My General Details - Mildly updated Thursday 8th May 2014 - |
My Favourite Radio Programs My Favourite Books / Authors School Reports Filming Projects |
Name: | Call me Tim, and mine's a Carling / Budweiser (most things really). | |
Year of birth: |
1965 (and I look very good for my age: for evidence of this please go to my Photos Of Me page). |
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Place of birth: | Earth | |
Height: | Just right | |
Weight: | Over | |
Immediate Family: |
My mother Doreen Lillian Harris (nee Hook) popped off in 1997 (aged 60). My
father, Anthony Colin Harris (preferred to be called Colin) died December
2012 (aged 76).
Three brothers, Gary, Andrew, Lauran. Good guys, all of them, I've got used to them by now. One sister, Carmelle. She is a brilliant and flawless person, although as I'm allowing her to edit this, she'll probably alter my comments. Brother Gary and wife Debbie (nee Whiting) have two daughters, Megan and Eleanor. Brother Andrew and ex-wife Caroline Naylor have two sons, James and Ben. Lauran is engaged to Emma and has no kids. A cat named Charlie, got him in 1999, when he was about 8 weeks old. See the Pets page. I also have many uncles, aunts, cousins. Bloody hundreds in fact. |
When I grow up I want to be: | An author. Never
done it. Written loads, thrown most of it out. I also dreamed of owning my own TV station: it would have been named HRVT (Harris Regional Vision Tele). I've used HRVT as a name in other ways since, i.e. edited DVD videos and associated DVD covers, plus the site domain hrvt.net. |
Work / Occupation: | This, that, you know the kind of thing. |
Marital Status: | Single, but it ain't like I
haven't tried. All applications for the post of wife should be sent via e-mail. Women only
need apply. They should preferrably be |
Kind of Person I Am: | Fantastic. |
Hobbies: | Video filming (holiday DVDs and amateur films), design work (DVD covers, brochures, cards, postcards, pictures, etc, etc), drinking in my favourite pubs, oh, all sorts of things. |
Foreign Places Been To: | Erectile Dysfunction,
causes of impotence and cures,
France: Bolougne, Paris,
Nice,
Monaco, Cannes (Bolougne put me off going to France for donkeys years and Paris put me off
going to Paris ever again). I love Nice and the South of France in general. Bulgaria: Pamporovo Cyprus Holland: Amsterdam Hungary: Budapest Italy: Venice USA: Florida, Manhattan, New York (twice), Philadelphia |
Favourite Places In The Universe: | Portmeirion, Wales Manhattan, New York Longleat (Warminster) Cala Bona |
Schools attended: | Barton Infants (1970 - 1973), Barton Juniors (1973 - 1976), Bayswater Middle School (1976 - 1979), Cheney Upper School (1979 - 1985) (See my School Reports page). |
Qualifications: | "A" Levels: Economics
Grade D (failed History & dropped out of Geography 'cos it was boring). "O" Levels: English Language Grade B, Art Grade C (should have been a "B") "CEE/CSE" Level: Design Graphics, Maths, Economics, Geography Grade 1, English Literature & French Grade 2 (dropped out of Science 'cos playing cards seemed far more interesting). |
Favourite TV Programmes: | Doctor Who, past and present, The Prisoner, The Avengers |
Favourite Films: | Melody, The Wizard of Oz, The Godather |
Favourite Publication: | Doctor Who Magazine. I've been buying this since it began in 1979 and I absolutely love it, it's brilliantly produced by a very dedicated set of people. |
Favourite Musical: | Guys and Dolls. I used to dislike this musical when younger but it grew on me big time in later years. |
Last Book I'll Admit To Reading: | A Cat Called Norton by Peter Gethers. |
Favourite Word: | Verisimilitude (t |
Favourite Contradiction In Terms: | The word 'minimalism'. |