My Claim To Fame

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What Is Your Claim To Fame?

Do you have a claim to fame, anything you have done to give you notoriety? Your claim to fame might be the result of having someone famous in the family, or as a friend, having met a famous person, or having taken part in a special event, appeared on television or in a movie, or (heaven help us) on a show like Jerry Springer...

Andy Warhol once said that everyone should have their 15 minutes of fame. Well I can't guarantee you 15 minutes, but this is your chance to let the world know about something that you did that makes you someone special.

You can let me know what you feel gives you a Claim To Fame by adding to the guestbook (It's just below the Table of Contents, or CLICK HERE). The best Claims To Fame will be given their own section on THE WALL OF FAME as the list grows - and it is growing nicely!

Don't forget that this is your lens - it's up to you, the "not so famous" people of the world to help define it and to make it great.

Your Claim To Fame doesn't have to be anything that made you famous throughout the world.

What did you do (or can you do) that will make us go "ooooo" or "wow" or just make us fall about laughing...

Grateful thanks to Janusz for creating the Wall Of Fame Banner and Button

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The Wall Of Fame - What's Your Claim To Fame?

This module is just sitting here waiting for YOU to tell me what YOU are famous for.
If it's something noteable, then this module will become YOUR entry on the WALL OF FAME.

To get your own Claim To Fame module, use the guestbook below to tell me about your Claim To Fame. A module will be created in your honor...

It can't get any better than that...

If you can't think of anything that makes you famous, just read on... Read what I think makes me famous, then read about all the other wonderful things that makes other visitors to this site famous. And then, add your own entry to the WALL OF FAME...

ADD THIS BUTTON TO YOUR PROFILE (OR ANYWHERE ELSE) TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR CLAIM TO FAME

Just copy and paste the code below into your profile to display the button below. Anyone who visits your profile will be astounded to find that you are Officially Famous

<a href="http://www.squidoo.com/my_claim_to_fame" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.poddys.com/squidoo/officially_famous_150x116.jpg" alt="I Am Officially Famous" border="0" width="150" height="116" /></a>

To copy the code, highlight the code above using your mouse. Press CTRL-C (hold the CTRL and C keys together - this is the same as Edit-Copy) and will copy the hightlighted text into your clipboard. Next, open your profile for editing. Either at the top or bottom, or wherever you would like the "Officially Famous" button to appear, click with your mouse, and then paste in the code that you just copied. You do this by pressing the CTRL and V keys together (it's the keyboard shortcut for Edit-Paste). Save the module, and the button should appear. Anyone who visits your lenses will know that you are officially famous.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MARK 

I decided to place the Guestbook here close to the beginning of the page where you can find it. There are so many sections to this page that the guestbook was getting buried.

SO WHAT IS YOUR CLAIM TO FAME?

If you have something to be famous for, even if in only a small way, just leave everyone an entry in the guestbook and tell the world.

If you are deemed worthy, I will create a special section for you on the WALL OF FAME below to let the world know about your CLAIM TO FAME.

So what are you waiting for? Stake your claim today...

Lensmaster

CherylK wrote...

I can't believe I'm just finding this lens, Tony! It's fabulous and my new favorite lens of all time! My claim to fame is that I met Clint Eastwood years ago in Hawaii. I thought he was gorgeous! Actually, he's still gorgeous, imho - ha!

ReplyPosted October 20, 2009

Lensmaster

JaguarJulie wrote...

Tony, this is quite an interesting "get to know" the lensmaster more kind of lens. I'd surely love to see this bit of information on each lensmaster as I know each of us has something like this to share. Thanks for bringing out the 'best' in us.

ReplyPosted October 18, 2009

Lensmaster

spirituality wrote...

Belated happy birthday: Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)

ReplyPosted October 12, 2009

Lensmaster

andreaberrios wrote...

Congratulations on your purple star, awesome lens! 5*

ReplyPosted August 28, 2009

Lensmaster

Evelyn wrote

do you have any pix of Dann with hair?? I think everyone would love to see that!! [in reply to Cherie_]

Reply Posted May 26, 2009

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My Claim To Fame by Poddys 

As lensmaster I awarded myself the privilege of having the first highlighted entry on the walk of fame....

Ok, there is my list.

Over to you to add your own Claims To Fame.
  • My great-grandfather (on my mother's side) married the widow of Thomas Hardy's cousin (Thomas Hardy was an author from Dorset in England who wrote well known books like The Mayor Of Casterbridge)
  • My grandfather (on my father's side) was one of the last Cape Horners (sailed around Cape Horn in a sailing ship)
  • I have travelled around the world
  • I met Davie Jones of The Monkees
  • I met Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner.
  • I saw Benny Hill in the street once
  • My first wife's parents live in a 300 year old listed house that has a Blue Plaque which was unveiled by Tom Baker (Dr. Who).
  • I scuba dived on the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace ship the French sunk in Auckland harbour in New Zealand.

My Claim To Fame by Nathanville 

My claim to Fame is highlighting the Claim to Fame of family members, and others, on my websites including my lens The Famous and Not So Famous.

Ordinary people such as my great great grandfather George Burgess who was a practicing Phrenologist in Victorian Britain, Thomas Arthur VC and The Infamous Sarah Bradbeare of Pitminster (1664-1719).

My Claim To Fame by tzdelar 

Well, my dad's great, great...great? grandma sort of dated General Custer (before he was general I believe) and rumor has it we are related to US President Buchanan somehow.

But, more recently, I won a radio station caption contest, submitted a letter to the editor of our local newspaper on a topic that bugged me and I was included in the February issue of Parenting magazine, page 55 under what to do with your child's artwork.

All completely unrelated, seems a coincidence and likely will never occur again like this! It's been fun though.

My Claim To Fame by Shellonline 

Well... I do not if this is a claim to fame but it sure was fun... I do extra work in movies and by some freak of nature (long story... too long for this blurb) I landed a very small part in the new Batman movie coming out in July 2008. My character is a doctor in the movie and it was a lot of fun!

My Claim To Fame by Imagineit 

I've had several small claims to fame like winning an essay contest and receiving a sizeable monetary award when I was 13, singing a solo on the US Capitol steps on choir tour one year when I was 16 or 17, I have been interviewed on the radio and television for various activism activities in my younger days, and I currently provide private therapy services for children with developmental disabilities (e.g, Autism and Down's syndrome).

My Claim To Fame by Grandpas 

One of my claims to fame.... I stopped the singing group of the 1960's, The Mamas & the Papas who were driving in a Lincoln besides me one evening on my way home from work. We were driving over the Desoto Bridge by Manatee Memorial Hospital in the early 1960's and I motioned them over. The actually STOPPED and I got their autograph for my sister-in-law who was a huge fan of theirs! I talked to them for several minutes; they were friendly & enjoyable! HOW unique is that in this day of superstars & groups having body guards and private jets! Things were sure different in the 1960's. Now, Mama Cass has passed on & I'm so excited I actually got to meet them, driving down the street in a small town USA. Also met Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers Singing Group at Webster Flea Market in Sumter County, Fl. He was shopping for bargains, I recognized him & just approached him & had a 5 minute conversation. Just a down-to-earth, everyday country boy! Cool!

My Claim To Fame by Paroshep 

Aaah, this lens reminded me of my past life in the USA where I was once active in local politics and headlined in the newspaper for calling the Chairman and my college on the Board of County Commissioners unreliable.
But now I live on a Greek island and write lens about my brushes with celebrity. See our group at http://www.squidoo.com/groups/brushwithcelebrity

My Claim To Fame by Manxsal 

My great grandmother was an acrobat with the Barnum and Bailey Circus, my great-grandfather also worked there but I don't know what he did.
Me personally, I don't have much of a claim to fame. I was in the local newspaper when I was 4 years old. My twin sis and I were one of 3 sets of twins in our kindergarden class and we made up a third of the class, so they just had to do a story on it.
In my career as a Community Moderator/Manager & Administrator for online communities I was/am well known by thousands of members on the sites I worked on.

My Claim To Fame by Soultravelers3 

Our claim to fame is we are 19 months into a trip around the world as a family & it is an open ended, multi-year journey! www.soultravelers.com

We have the only video of a 5/6 year old child playing violin around the world:

Where in Heaven is Mozart?

This is our little "Mozart" and she is 18 months into a multi year, open ended trip around the world, that started when she was five. She started playing the violin at 23 months old, so we thought it would be fun to mark her unique odyssey by playing her violin around the world at key places. This is the first installment, with the most exciting moment being her concert in the Sahara. She rode in on a camel and played for 60 Berber kids that have no running water and have never seen a violin. This is a travel video, NOT a music or performance video. The beauty that we are seeing and the kindness of people every where, makes this world seem like heaven. This experience has been a great gift to us and we would like to share some of it with you. Enjoy! To answer some of the repeated comments, this is not a performance nor is this child a prodigy. The title is about her nick name Mozart, not the music which is Pachabel.It is a unique documentation of our open ended world tour that she wanted to do. You can hear her playing in other vids in our channel, but none are performances as that is not our purpose. She is just a kid who loves music and is good at it, but also loves most things kids love and has a full life. It took 18 months to make this video and it was hard enough to get the film, let alone decent sound in these crowded, noisy environments. Thus we did a montage cover song as all do in these kinds of videos. She is young and it takes great concentration to play such sophisticated songs under such circumstances, but her nature is one of great joy as you can see in our other videos or website.We are not rich and travel and live on a total of 25,000 dollars a year. For more information about our open ended family journey around the world, living large on little with lots of how-to information on extended frugal travel, see our website: http://www.soultravelers3.com

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My Claim To Fame by SemperFidelis 

Hmm, I guess our claim to fame was when someone emailed me and pointed out that we (SemperFidelis) were featured in a social bookmarking video. www.stompernet.com We're about 30 minutes into the video and last for all of 10 seconds. Does that count as a "claim to fame?"

I think that definitely does count. Just think, maybe millions of people all around the world will have heard of you. You are now officially famous

My Claim To Fame by Kim Giancaterino 

Mine is probably being Homecoming Queen in high school. Even though it was a long, long time ago, people I went to school with still introduce me to their friends/spouses that way.

My Claim To Fame by Lexi 

My claim to fame is having Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Supreme Court Justice, as an ancestor and Jesse James as an ancestor on the other side of the family. Odd mixture, huh?

On my own work I did have a book on painting flowers in acrylics published last year by North Light in North America, Search Press in the United Kingdom, and Simon and Schuster in Australia. I also won a juror's choice award for one of my paintings in an international competition, The Art of the Blossom.

My Claim To Fame by BarryfromTexas 

My claim to fame is not so big. I met President Bush in person before he was president, I did a protection detail for his father when he was president, and my sister was on the team that developed the IBM PC.

My Claim To Fame by Clarissa789 

Hey there, my claim to fame is erm ... being kissed on the cheek by Norman Wisdom. Cool. And not too many people these days even know who he is - but I do - I used to laugh at his movies when I was younger

My Claim To Fame by ElizabethJeanAllen 

I have a wonderful husband and together we managed to raise 2 fairly normal boys. They are in college now and doing well, sort of...
My other claim to fame, DRUM ROLL PLEASE... My humorous mystery MY MOTHER'S SHOES will be released in May. Congratulations - a budding author

My Claim To Fame by FlashFink 

I've worked in the animation business for a long time so my name has been buried and ignored in the credits of various TV shows and features. In the early 90s, after working on so many shows that required months of painstaking labor, I quickly threw together an animated film of my own one afternoon. To my amazement it was bought by MTV and shown all over the world!

The best part of it was a review on the internet that panned it mercilessly. It ended with "if you had one day you could make this piece of crap." Actually, the critic was being too kind since I made it in less than an hour.

My Claim To Fame by beeobrien 

Well, it's kind of a creepy one, but I was the piano teacher to the family who's little beauty pageant daughter was murdered quite a few years ago. Much better claim to fame was winning People's Choice and Best in Show Award for a woven shawl that I made. Oh, and I passed Woody Allen on the street once in London.

My Claim To Fame by blue22d 

My claim to fame...I met Kirk Douglas, flew in the Good Year Blimp (just 5 of us), tried out of the New Wed Game (didn't make TV) and still married after 40 years.

My Claim To Fame by XP 

My claim to fame? I guess it would be the 9 years I worked for Ted Nugent.

Started when he moved Ted Nugent World Bowhunters to Jackson, MI in January 1991, and resigned late in 2000. Worked my way up from data entry position to Managing Editor and Layout/Design Artist of his Adventure Outdoors magazine, official publication of Ted Nugent United Sportsmen of America, which at that time had a circulation of around 25K worldwide.

Crazy days. Just a teenage kid when I started. Had lots of fun and learned much; the hard way at times, but grew nonetheless.

Still in touch; did a Nugent for President bumper sticker design for his organization just a few weeks ago.

My Claim To Fame by Jo Murphy 

When I was out on my Hen's night about 10 years ago, the girls made me pose for photos with various men whilst we were out and about around town (Wellington, New Zealand). It wasn't until I showed my fiance the photos that I realised that two gorgeous fellas I'd had my photo taken with in a bar were in fact the New Zealand Rowing Champions (Rob Wadell and ..oh..I've forgotten the other guys name..).

My Claim To Fame by KrissyB14 

My claim to fame was when my band played for our schools intramural meet. That was such a big thing for me at that time because we were suddenly popular at school. Up to this day my batch mates still recognize me and ask if our band still plays.

My Claim To Fame by Chloe Cavanaugh 

Not much to toot my horn about, but back in the early 70's I placed 7th in the State of Illinois for my Dramatic Interpretation of the "Bad Seed." She was a pistol, and so was I, it seemed quite fitting.

My Claim To Fame by Chef Keem 

Let me see... I shook hands with Alice Cooper once, Al Franken appreciated the custom chocolate bar I made for him, Willy Nelson loves my Agasweet flavored agave nectar product, Billy Idol producer Keith Forsey used to be my studio drummer, I discovered the most successful humorist/comedian in the history of the German entertainment industry, Gerhard Polt - tons of videos on YouTube; I was the guest of honor at the 10th anniversary of CBS Germany, sitting at the president's table and being serenaded by The Tremoloes, Albert Hammond ("It never rains in Southern California"), and a score of European superstars; I was friends with and occasional band member of the disco super group "Silver Convention" ("Fly, Robin, Fly", "Get up and Boogie", "Save Me")...

That makes you famous in my eyes Chef

My Claim To Fame by XpectMorebizsolutions 

In my before marriage days 15 years ago I used to be skinny and a lot different. I was very much into acting and pageants. I won scholarships in acting and I was Miss Northern, NM USA, and Miss Paradise Hills, NM USA. I got to participate in 3 Miss New Mexico USA pageants and had the time of my life.

Another Claim to Fame: I have two wonderful children, a Wonderful helping Husband, a Great Family, and I love Being a Wife and Mommy.

My Claim To Fame by enslaved_by_faeries 

I would have to say that my closest claim to fame is my father-in-law who played the chicken farmer in Napoleon Dynamite. My husband and I also owned a music venue in 2002 and had a chance to meet several touring bands. Some are pretty well known and now living like rock stars. We had The Used play our stage right after they signed their first record deal.

My Claim To Fame by D-Artist 

Around 1960-61 I worked for Fiberboard Paper Products in San Francisco, there I was asked to go to the art department for a favor. I was asked to hold a tray, they wanted to draw my hands. Thinking nothing of this, I volunteered and held the tray.

The artist sketched the image and was telling me about the changes that where being made, "however the image was to be kept with the same recognizable pose".

When I went back to the art department I saw the painting, I was surprised to see it looked like me.

Being a freelance model I didn't think too much about it. Some of my co-workers called me the raisin-gal, I thought it was funny.

After leaving Fiberboard to pursue my Modeling I never saw the image and years went by.

One day my mother called me and said, I was at the store and saw the SunMaid package and your picture was on it! Well of course I had to go buy a box, this was in 1970.

Over the years I had talked about it and always wondered if Sunmaid knew about me.

When I got a computer I emailed the Company asking if they knew about me, but all I got was a reply saying "thank you for offering to pose for the box, we have an image that will be there for a while"

In 1999 the local newspaper did a story on the Sunmaid image and me, the reporter contacted the Company, but they never heard of me.

Feeling like I was making up a story I felt unsettled. I contacted Sun-Maid Growers of California and told them my story, they replied with a call and some mail information for my curiosity.

As time went by, we did phone tag and emails, then I was invited to Fresno to meet with the President of the company.

My husband and I made the journey February 2006, we had a wonderful meeting and after much research they welcomed me as the image on the box.

It is a good feeling to know I have resolved something I thought and talked about for many years... it is a good thing.

CLICK HERE for the full story.

My Claim To Fame by Top Style Travel 

My latest claim to fame is the successful YTB Mastertouch Travel Explosion seminar on the Queen Mary, Long Beach CA. It was hosted by the Mastertouch & Top Style Travel teams. Over 500 Directors, RTA's, REP's, and guests attended. This is unique since to our knowledge no RTA in the company 8 year history has done this type of event. Only YTB Directors have.

I toured the Queen Mary at Long Beach back in 1987. A wonderful ship.

My Claim To Fame by Stazjia 

I was invited to the Royal Variety Performance in London and sat amongst all the stars that attended. Around the same time, I went to an opening night at the Savoy Theatre and the aftershow party and met Mickey Rooney. As I worked in a theatre box office and met people like Brian Rix (who remembers him now?), Ray Cooney, a big theatrical producer, Susan Hampshire, PJ Proby - none of these known outside the UK.

I loved Brian Rix. Saw him and Jimmy Edwards in a farce at The Pavilion in Bournemouth. Wonderful stuff. Susan Hampshire is a great actress too.

My Claim To Fame by Debnet 

I once appeared on a documentary on the BBC about teenage suicide, as a girl in my year group unfortunately chose that way out. My Mother still reminds me of the comment I made about "parents just don't understand" !!

A couple of years ago, I was interviewed on SaintsFM radio about the work I do & about my team. I thought no-one ever listened to that staion but I continually got told "loved your interview" etc... so you never know who's listening ;)

Apart from that, I did meet Davy Jones last Christmas.

My Claim To Fame by beempa 

My claim to fame was a short film (The Americanski) my husband made for some kind of Director's reality show contest in the US. I don't know what the name of it was, but his entry was submitted too late and he didn't get to qualify, but the show was produced by Steven Speilberg, or it had something to do with him.

I forget the name of the show, but it was really good. The budding directors produced some amazing short movies.

My Claim To Fame by Nancy Oram 

My claim to fame, one good and one creepy.

I met Tom Selleck. I was at the edge of the court of a volleyball tournament he was playing in watching someone else. All of his fans were screaming in the stands. I decided not to bother him. He must have appreciated this because he came over to me and started a brief conversation.

The creepy one is Ted Bundy (serial killer) tried to engage my help in finding a rental car in an airport. I spent over 20 minutes with him before I finally ditched him. It wasn't until years later after he was caught that I realized who it was.

And, one last thing. I'm a genealogist and while I was researching something else I accidentally stumbled into documentation that John Alden and Priscilla Mullins are my 14th great grandparents.

My ClaimTo Fame by Jaguar Julie 

My Claim To Fame is knowing Woody Hayes -- he was the master of ceremonies at my wedding to my ex-husband ... we waited for Woody to show up, he was a little late. Then the OSU fight song started to play and we did the wedding walk into the garden. I thought that was pretty cool ... and have a couple of pictures with Woody that have turned 'yellow' with age. Oh, oh ... dating myself.

My Claim To Fame by Treasures-By-Brenda 

I am going to call my FAMILY my claim to fame. They are very important to me and I have invested my all in them! I would be thrilled to have this claim known as what I did that makes me someone special so please count me as one of the not-so-famous people of the world who made an important contribution locally!

My Claim To Fame by SherryHolderHunt 

When I was very, very young, I thought my grandfather was near to being "Smokey the Bear" a person could be, he was the Forest Ranger at Chickasaw State Park. As a child I thought it was because our family is related to Andrew Jackson. As a teen, I was Miss Tennessee Sweetheart one year. As an adult, being my husband's wife and my son's mother. Now, I think it is having new friends here at Squidoo and over at Imagekind. I have met oodles and oodles of amazing people, and hope to meet many more.

My Claim To Fame by Spook 

My claim to fame is that I have met and played with some famous cricketers and pigs might fly, great lens.

Thanks Spook. Oh look - a flying pig

My Claim To Fame by Tiddledeewinks 

My claim to fame is that I won my very first karaoke contest, singing classic country songs like "The Teddy Bear Song" by Barbara Fairchild, "Blue Kentucky Girl",and other "oldies". Oh, yes, I'm a descendant of Sir Francis Drake-the pirate.

A pirate according to the Spanish, and a hero according to the English.

My Claim To Fame by Ruth-Palmer 

My claim to fame was going from a shy, completely unknown mother of 4 with no future plans to one of the top selling artists on the internet in only 2 years! My first ever painting sold at the CNIB auction for $475 in 2001 and I've been one of art.com and Allposters top-sellers for almost 5 years now. Of course, you all know how important Jesus was in that plan! The rest is pretty much history.

One other small claim to fame was when I was a young 19 year old receptionist working for the company Faberge many years ago...I met the great Cary Grant (Judy, Judy, Judy) and his wife Barbara. He was on the board of directors for the company and came to Canada for the grand opening of the company headquarters expansion. Needless to say, I was so starstruck that I was speechless! He shook my hand and said (in that charming accent). "Hello, I'm Cary Grant". WOW!

My Claim To Fame by Quipping Queen 

Besides having been conceived on an island (London, England), born on an island (Montreal, Quebec), and currently living on the tip of an island (Victoria, British Columbia), I am but a mild-mannered Monarch of Mirth, aka "Her Royal Highness Quipping Queen & Empress of Eccentricity", "Patroness of Pith & Vinegar", and "Giant Squid of Diddlysquat".

My Claim To Fame by Ms-Giggles 

My claim to fame is, I was the best waitress on the planet earth. I felt as if I had made it to the big screen in the restaurant business. I sang Birthday song and made people laugh. I had an amazing clientele of people that love me and treated like I was a star!!! My career as a waitress lasted 27 years. I'm just waiting for my royalties to come in. HeeHee.........

My Claim To Fame by Janusz 

I played Soccer for the Polish U16 National team. I Play in the Westfalen league in Germany. I have created over 100 Logos for the Squidoo Community.

And very good logos too

My Claim To Fame by Margaret Schaut 

My claim to fame is that, to my surprise, two lensmasters made a superhero lens about ME!!! If it doesn't make me really famous, it sure feels like it did! There may be other things I can make a claim with, but this one was so SPECIAL!

And there's nothing quite like being made to feel special.

My Claim To Fame by Lizblueberry 

I am still waiting for my claim to fame lol!

Well now you at least have a spot on the Wall Of Fame. Go out and be famous...

My Clasim To Fame by Sellingnicestuff 

My claim to fame was at 12, (hmmm, a long time ago) designing a city wide logo to "be an exterminator and stamp out litterbugs." That picture was published for years in the newspaper. Every year there was a campaign to clean up the litter.

That's a pretty good claim. Welcome to the Wall Of Fame

My Claim To Fame by TheLosAngelesExperience 

My claim to fame is being a successful event planner & lifestyle manager in Los Angeles California. I listen to people & improve their lives. I am passionate about what I do and wouldn't change it for anything in the world!!

My Claim To Fame by Hunnydoodle 

My claims to fame are: being crowned Princess San Antonio By the current King Antonio during Fiesta week when I was 8; I played pool with Willie Nelson in the '70's; I AM the Doodlebug!

My Claim To Fame by Clive Anderson 

My only real claim to fame, if you can call it that is that my name Clive Anderson is also the same as a high profile TV Presenter also called Clive Anderson, although he is exactly ten years older than me to the month.

My Claim To Fame by Madukes 

My claim to fame is when George Clooney was in my neighborhood filming "Michael Clayton" in Feb. 2006. Tony Gilroy, who wrote and directed the film is from my neighborhood and we went to school together. Tony decided to bring production of the film "Home". They used my parents neighbors home for some scenes, and before production wrapped up, Jon Stewart came up and he and George Cloney filmed a scene for the Academy Awards in my parents bed together.
Please read my lens: George Clooney~A Fans Encounter for more details.

It's a very interesting lens, and quite an exciting story

My Claim To Fame by MobyD 

My claims to fame are as a coffeehouse emcee and folk radio announcer. From 1976 to 1989 I was emcee at the Northern Lights Coffeehouse in a church basement in Fitchburg, MA, where I also booked musicians from the Northeast and occasionaly further afield from Canada, Scotland and England. I did a couple of folk music shows on WICN, a public radio station in Worcester, MA from 1986 to 1991. In the latest round of naming Giant Squids, I was chosen, even though I'd never actively sought the honor - I just kept making lenses.

My Claim To Fame by Michaud68 

Well everywhere I go people come up to me and tell me I look like the actor Edward Norton. So I guess thats my claim to fame

My Claim To Fame by Jacqueline Stone 

My claim to fame is the quiet work I do to help battered women change their victim consciousness, learn to love themselves, and create a different way of life.

I also started a global intiative to support the awakening of consciousness in humanity. It has the support of The Intenders of the Highest Good, James Twyman (the Peace Troubedour), and The Beloved Community. Empowerment & Enlightenment hosts the project and there's a blog with more information at Intending Awakening.

This year, I represent my school in the All-State Academic Team. They gave me a beautiful medal, cash, a letter from the governor, and a full scholarship to Arizona State University. My (ex) husband made it too. The Arizona Republic and our local paper did an article on us. I was a high school drop out who got a GED at 42 and started college at 45. Also, my husband and I met in a homeless shelter and 3 years later bought a brand new house. We tell our story a lot to encourage people who feel beaten and hopeless.

In May, 2007, I coordinated local participation in the world wide peace event hosted by James Twyman and PassAlong Concepts.

I used to be the Church Historian for the Spirit of Joy Methodist church, and sang in the choir.

If there is one thing I am most proud of, it is the work with victims of domestic violence. Having almost lost my life to an abusive husband, I know first hand what goes on in the mind and heart of the victim. The most important thing I do is help those people learn how to heal, forgive, let go, and change their consciousness so they no longer live as a victim.

My Claim To Fame by JoeCapista 

My claim to fame is the passion I have in helping people to help find their own passion. I help people to grow with proper systems, in order to build a Multi-Million Dollar Business. My claim to fame is my book at Amazon book entitled: What Can a Dentist Teach You about Business, Life and Success?

My Claim To Fame by Jewelsofawe 

I am a descendant of the McCoys of the Hatfields and McCoys.

My Claim To Fame by TheInfamous7 

I have 2 claims to Fame!?! I passed the British Army 'P Company' All Arms Test to gain entrance into 3 Para!!.or The Parachute Regiment for Civvies!! ;-) And i just sold my 1st Website..to Hewlett Packard!!!.."HPMini.com" for $4000!! :-)

Cool - especially selling the web site

My Claim To Fame by Stargazer00 

Zeppo Marx, one of the Marx Brothers, told me I had a nice face and invited me to his place in Palm Springs. I didn't take him up on it.

My Claim To Fame by Harry Heys 

My claim to fame is travelling all over Europe and the East in an old beat up van - many years ago! On the first night in Europe I was locked up by the Gendarmerie (French Police) for having one too many!!

My Claim To Fame by Jewelsofawe 

My claim to fame is I am descended from the McCoys of the Hatfield and McCoys, but I would not say I am proud of it.

My Claim To Fame by Lamar Morgan 

My claim to fame is three things:

1) I feel very fortunate to have been among a group of folks to witness the grand opening of Walt Disney World back in the early '70's.

2) I feel fortunate to have presided over the 10th Anniversary of Amiga Atlanta, Inc. and having it co-hosted by Susan Rook of CNN's "Talkback Live" and Stewart Chiefet of PBS's "Computer Chronicles."

3) I feel fortunate to be providing FREE Wi-Fi hot spots to the small business community around the world along with Wi-Fi digital photo frames that can be remotely controlled from home.

My Claim To Fame by AJ2008 

My claim to fame: I appeared on a TV show with Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers) and the actress Jennifer Clulow when I was 12. I have met BBC radio presenter Janey Lee Grace. My son played a tennis match against Hank Marvin (The Shadows), he's great! Also met the musician Jeff Wayne, who did War of The Worlds - as my son played tennis against his son. Have also met Children's TV presenter Michaela Strachan, who is well known in the UK for wildlife programmes and documentaries. I also used to know Brian Close, the England cricketer.

One of my proudest moments was when I was on a BBC radio phone in and told the Chairman of British and American Tobacco exactly what I thought about a company that gets children of 12 and 13 addicted to nicotine.

Another claim to fame is that I fell asleep during a Hawkwind concert. Only a Hawkwind fan would have any idea what an amazing feat that was!

I also hope that one day I will be a famous Giant Squid!

I have a funny feeling you will one day very soon

My Claim To Fame by RawBill 

My claim to fame is that I was once an extra on an Australian TV drama series. My neighbour years later saw me while watching re-runs and doing her ironing! I was also an extra on an American series filmed in Australia called Roar! I was hanging out at lunch with Heath Ledger that day before anybody knew who Heath Ledger was!

Such a shame he died so young, he was a very talented actor

My Claim To Fame by Rokusan 

I have three claims to fame:

* The actor Michael Munoz, stunt double for Danny Devito, among others, is my cousin (2nd or removed, I never get those right) on my mom's side. At least that's what her brother, my Uncle Bob told me. Unless he made that story up ~ and he was a joker, so.... Unless he made that up, Uncle Bob was Michael's grandfather.

* I attended a lecture by, shook hands with, and got the autograph of Alex Haley, author of Roots. Absolutely fascinating!

* I played basketball with Oprah Winfrey in, I think it was 1981. She was a local news anchor at WBAL in Baltimore, MD (USA), and we were on opposing sides in a benefit game to raise money for a women's shelter.

My Claim To Fame by Rinchen Chodron 

My claim to fame is that I have travelled to Bhutan, a destination that few people in the world have seen. I have also jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and have been a pilot. I am an expert on the uses of essential oils. I have also studied personally with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I also have an ancestor who invented the pneumatic tube (like you use at the
ATM).

My Claim To Fame by ByRoy 

My claim to fame, hmmm let me see.... I suppose these are my families claims to fame.

1. My wife's family is descended from Evan James and James James composers of the Welsh National Anthem.

2. My Great Grandfather installed the first conveyor system for moving letters (mail) around a UK post sorting office.

3. My Uncle was part of the design team that first developed the ATM, unbelievably the banks initially dismissed the idea as not needed and would never be popular!

4. My ancestors were locked up in the Tower of London for Treason after supporting Mary Queen of Scots.

5. My ancestors were also involved in preventing the Gunpowder plot (Guy Fawkes 1605) to blow up King James I in the Houses of Parliament in London.

Interesting topics to research and maybe the theme of Squidoo lens in the near future. I wander what my descendents will be saying about me in a couple of hundred years time?

My Claim To Fame by Vbright105 

I guess my claim to fame is that there are several "celebrities" that know that at my home, they will be treated no differently than anyone else.

(Maybe my real claim to fame is I've raised, going on 3 kids, through the teenage years, without killing them!)

My Claim To Fame by GypsyGirl68 

My claim to "fame"? Which one shall I share? I am a published poet, have traveled with the rock band Great White (way back in 1989 folks!),have lived in 3 different countries, operate 10 zazzle galleries, am an accomplished photographer... and have just managed to survive 40 yrs on this planet including overcoming an abusive relationship!

My Claim To Fame by Ener-G 

John Smith (of Pocahontas connections) is my ancestor.

R.E.O. Speedwagon stayed at my family's guest ranch, until their helicopter whisked them away.

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor married my brother and his wife.

Actor Carol O'Connor (are they related?) spoke to my daughter at a gallery opening.

I have created a new subtle energy technique called Crystalline Consciousness Technique which could save the world.

At the age of 16 when I thought of nothing else but myself, I taught a girl with Down's Syndrome how to ride horses. Sally still includes me in her prayers for showing her how to ride. I still include her in mine for showing me that being in service to others is more gratifying than being self-serving.

Well I think you have more than enough claims to qualify for your name on the Wall Of Fame. Thanks for adding your name to the growing list.

My Claim To Fame by RMS 

I shook hands with one of the most powerful people on the planet, Bill Clinton. You can read the story here - www.squidoo.com/Bill-Clinton-Touched-Me

I'm also a published writer (I've had short stories and poetry published in several books. No novel yet but I'll get there!) and quite possibly my biggest claim to fame is that I'm a Squidoo.com Giant Squid Organizer!

My Claim To Fame by Mugshot 

I went to school with the band Kasabian (well Serge, Tom and Chris Karloff)

I used to play Rugby with Louise Deacon (Leicester Tigers and England rugby player)

I was on the ITV news in 1995 for being in the British Speed Skating Championships

I have interviewed the Bulgarian powerlifting champion and a member of the Australian national powerlifting team (For my own weightlifting site)

My Claim To Fame by MBrownAuthor 

My first book, "Bobby Bean Goes Wandering" was released in August of 2008. Oh...and I once saw Travis Tritt standing beside his Harley Davidson on a Michigan highway!

My Claim To Fame by CoolFoto 

When I was a kid, my family went to Hollywood. One of Dad's business connections set up a private tour of a movie studio for us. We visited a movie set and met and talked with Jimmy Stewart and Alan Mowbray. I had my photograph taken with Jimmy Stewart.

My Claim To Fame by BethMcElliott 

I met Tom Cruise at a gymnastics meet about 7 years ago. His son is about the same age as my son and they were on competing teams. I was so starstruck I couldn't even breathe when I heard his voice coming out of his body. He looked at me with great amusement, as if he was wondering why I wasn't saying hello or something. I played it cool and acted like I wasn't standing there to be close to him. My legs were so shaky that I was worried about being able to walk away without falling down. I made it all the way to the steps and my knees buckled and I fell halfway down, causing a big scene. I spent the rest of the meet trying not to act like a stalker. I lost track of my daughter that day, who was about 6 years old at the time, and I had no idea how my son did at the meet. I'm so embarrassed that I acted like such an idiot. He was at another meet a few weeks later, and I almost ran right into him. I played it cool that time, and just said 'Hey' and kept walking. Anyways, I'm a fan.

My Claim To Fame by Beaman 

One claim to fame I want to keep private but the other is being related to the English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday on my maternal side.

My Claim To Fame by Poutine 

So far, I can't claim any fame status, except that I won $500.00 in a contest when
I was "young". At that time, it was quite a bit of money. It was in the regional
newspaper.

My Claim To Fame by BFUniv.com 

I received California's highest civilian award, the certificate of valor; for breaking in and pulling a few passed out adults and a baby from a burning house. This is the first time I've thought about it in years. I tend to be future focused. Not what have I done lately, but what can I do soon that will be important.

My Claim To Fame by Cherie 

My claim to fame is that I went to school with Dan and Dave Florek. Both are actors who have been in numerous films and commercials.

When I was a junior in high school Dan was a senior and Dave was a sophomore. I have a great photo of Dan playing in the rock 'n roll band he was in back then. I was quite the 'groupie' and would love to post it on his website, if he has one...it's really funny!

Dan is on the series 'Law & Order' he's captain Donald Cragen. I liked him in the 'Flintstones' movie, he was Mr. Slate in that.

Dave was a cop in 'Ghost Busters'...and not too long ago was in the series CSI where he played an old man. I saw him on a food commercial where he asks, 'Wuddya fishin' for?' and he was Coach Smiley on the show 'Fresh Prince of Belair'.

Anyway, they both have done lots of acting and you can Google them. They were both neat guys and it's fun seeing them on tv! If I see them, I always have to say 'I went to school with him!'

My Claim To Fame by Ramkitten 

Well, my claim to fame is that I met and sat with the band of my favorite country music singer, Trace Adkins, on a plane from Nashville to Arizona, and we became friends. Now we, my husband and I, are invited to shows and meet-n-greets with the 6'7" man himself all over the country. They are the nicest people! Oh yeah, and my other personal claim to, ehem, fame? I wrote a novel while hiking a couple of thousand miles and got the thing published, so people can use it as a coaster or doorstop.

My Claim To Fame by GrannySage 

My claim to fame is that my husband and myself were extras in an independent movie called Mind Forest. We played witches living in the 1600's. He actually has a bigger part than I did. The star of our movie went on to greater fame....she is Lauren Maher and she plays Scarlet in all the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies. Google Mind Forest and you should be able to find a trailer to watch.

I also had an imaginary cocktail date with Mikhail Baryshnikov. You'll have to wait for the lens on that story to be created.

Other than that, I am busy creating fame for myself right here at Squidoo.
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My Claim To Fame by CherylK 

My claim to fame is that I met Clint Eastwood years ago in Hawaii. I thought he was gorgeous! Actually, he's still gorgeous, imho - ha!

PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED FAME ON SQUIDOO 

Have you made the grade on Squidoo? Got a high performing lens? Been nominated for something? let us know...

7th March 2008

JaguarJulie - Lens Of The Day today! Jaguar Julie Lensography. Does that count? It sure does - congratulations

bdkz - I am a Giant Squid does that count? PS - I've also given you a Squid Angel Blessing! Yes that counts too - well done, and thanks for the Squid Angel Blessing

14th March 2008

Frankster - My Squidoo claim to fame is that my lens Are You Polar Bear Aware? made Lens of the Day, PR3, and top 100 within 30 days of going live and just won 2nd Runner Up for Lens of the Year, 2007. I love polar bears and it's been a joy to share these fabulous animals with everyone. Just what is it about Polar Bears that makes them so photogenic? So many cute photos of Polar Bears.

Pastiche - My claims to fame on Squidoo: Easter Coloring lens was named LOTD and I became a Giant Squid in my first year as a lensmaster.

PEOPLE WHO DESERVE A CLAIM TO FAME 

I thought I would add this section for anyone who has done something that I think they should be recognized for.



The first recipient of my award goes to Robbie Burger of Orland, Florida. Robbie has created some amazing artwork that I hope one day will be properly appreciated. This is a link to his blog on Stumbleupon... ROBBIE BURGER

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Mark Knopfler - My Claim To Fame lyrics 

[My Claim To Fame Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

Artist: Mark Knopfler
Album: Golden Heart
Year: 1996
Title: My Claim To Fame

Well he's a big star now
But I've been a fan of his for years
The way he sings and plays guitar
Still brings me to tears

I wouldn't want to be a big deal
I wouldn't want to be a celebrity
I spend my life building ships of steel
That's all there ever was for me

Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame

He spends his life in the studio
Jet planes and big black cars
Plays records on the radio
In all of the clubs and in all of the bars

By day he didn't have a choice
You had to take a trade
You had no money and you had no voice
That's the life I made

Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
And I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame

That's my claim to fame boys
That's my claim to fame
To sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame

Well a song can live forever and a day
An old ship goes to the breakers yard
In a hundred years you're gonna hear him play
They won't remember me for working hard

Now they've all gone away, all the boys and the girls
They yard is a grave where the river runs through
We used to build the ships for the whole wide world
Now we couldn't do it if we wanted to

Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame

Take a hammer to the sea belles
And shout my name
I'll sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame

That's my claim to fame boys
That's my claim to fame
To sail the seas as free as a breeze
That's my claim to fame

Song Lyrics courtesy of knopfler.net

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Sailing to Philadelphia

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