What is FROGSTAR

FROGSTAR.COM is my personal humour web site. I keep adding and adding to it. My name is Jeff Goebel... a single guy living in somebody else's house not making an income from it. It's just an ever growing hobby web site. Any help you can give me in it's promotion is appreciated.

Over the years since I registered the domain in 1996, very few have recognized the name Frogstar from it's planetary origins, billions of miles away in another galaxy, somewhere in the vicinity of Beetleguise. Frogstar is a fabulous planet, at least in science fiction. Home to the Total Perspective Vortex machine, Frogstar is part of a cult British science fiction series; The Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams. I picked the name for my first web site, because the stories were significant to me as a child, and again later in life.
I've always been a fan of the subtle inside joke. A web site name that stands alone in it's own right, but also works as a neat company or site name. To some that share my enjoyment of THHGTTG, it will have a dual meaning , but it's fun either way.

Since this entire web site is a very personal hobby, containing only content that has made me personally smile, it seemed fitting to use a name that also meant something to me personally. It has nothing to do with frogs.

I'm not a heavy reader, but my memories of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy go back to childhood. CBD radio played the radio shows in segments, and I'd fallen in love with the odd humour and sound effects, every day on my morning commute with my father.

Later in life, the books were the first novels I ever read recreationally without them being assigned as homework. I've now read all 5 books in the trilogy, two extra short stories, and two Douglas Adams biographies.

I've also played the computer game, watched the videos of the BBS television series, listened to the original radio series (both on radio and CD deluxe edition). I am a HHGTTG fan on multiple levels. I respect the work, and the creative (A.D.D suffering) mind of the author. I also was in line on opening day of the Theatrical release in 2005, created after his death.

Douglas Adams 1952-2001 http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/bio.html

For those of you who are also fans, you might be interested to know they recently produced a third and fourth radio series performed on the BBC with many original cast.