I think my experience on Flickr is a very common one. I hadn't even heard of the site until April '08, and I joined just to store/share some photos I had taken during a holiday in South Africa in '07. I had little or no interest in photography, apart from taking holiday snapshots. After browsing through some of the images and groups here, I quickly became addicted and motivated to try to create new shots and learn and improve my photography. I really don't even know the basics, but I hope I'm learning slowly. Enjoy!

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I was 'tagged' for 10 things about myself, so under protest, this is it:

1. While still in my twenties, I made my fortune from shrewd stock-market investments and retired young.

2. I once dated Scarlett Johansson for a few months, but there’s only so much flatulence any man can put up with. She was upset at the break-up, but I’m glad to see that she’s found happiness again.

3. The statement I hear most often from others is “Wow, you must really work out”.

4. While I love my house in Beverly Hills and the penthouse overlooking Central Park, my favourite property is my apartment in Monaco. (Princess Stephanie regularly drops over for “coffee”).

5. I taught Michael Flatley many of his Irish dancing steps.

(There’s no truth to the rumour that I taught Michael Jackson to ‘Moonwalk’).

6. Generally, I don’t like to be chauffer-driven, preferring to drive one of my own supercars. At the moment, my favourite is my new Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4.

I plant deciduous hardwood trees on my estate in South America in order to offset my carbon footprint.

7. I try to remain modest and ‘grounded’, though sometimes it can be difficult, especially when I sit back and think of all that I’ve achieved at such a relatively young age.

8. It’s hard to say who’s the most famous person that I have in my

cell-phone/mobile. Tiger, probably.

(Although I’m sure Madonna will argue over the fame thing when she reads this. She sooooo hates to be second! I always like to remind her of that whenever we meet).

And no Maddie, I’m not deleting this!

9. Friendship is important to me. I have hundreds of very close friends.

10. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. (Aside, perhaps, from trying harder to keep Scarlett away from the baked beans. We’d probably still be together otherwise).