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So yes... ever-so slightly credit crunched; made redundant a week last Friday - not entirely out of the blue but the speed and the severity of the axe fall was quite shocking. C'est la vie - but if I've been quiet or moody of late, that's probably a pretty good reason why!

Right - started the year with a friends clearout; if I couldn't remember why you were there, or the last time you said hello or I'd said hello, you got chopped. I've axed about a third and I'm still happy to keep chopping, so buck your ideas up

2009 already? eek! this whole time flying thing is getting scary...

Happy New Year - here's hoping 2009 isn't as apocalyptic as predicted! *raises pint of Guinness to everyone who's made me smile and made me horny in the part twelve months*

Merry Christmas to one and all - enjoy the festivities and take the time to think about those less fortunate... it's great to recieve but it's better to give!

Normal service will be resumed in 2009

...and we're off in the Festive season; last few days in the office (though working from home across various bits of the holidays), started the visiting of family / being visited by family, and I haven't even started any shopping yet - is it ok to blame the global financial meltdown?

Oliver Postgate had died at the age of 83. He was the imagination, the animator and voice of such great kid's TV as Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor The Engine, Noggin The Nog and others. it's entirely possible if you're not British this name will mean nothing to you, and indeed, going by the age of most of the people on here, even then the majority...
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Fuck me, it's December already... (that's an exclamation, not a request, but hey! I'm flexible... )

I am really really really enjoying the new Killers album

All in all, it's been a damn good year for music...