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It’s a few days late, sure, but I’ve been busy. I spent New Year’s Eve trying to keep the baby quiet so we could get some sleep. We barely even noticed it was night time, let alone new year. All the days just seem to roll into one. Anyway, things are calming down a bit. As in, we’re actually getting some sleep sometimes now. Hurrah!

You know, I just saw Father Christmas going past on his sleigh! No, really, I did! And I shot him. Merry Christmas!

Yesterday, our carbon monoxide monitor broke. I rang British Gas, and, since it was still under warranty, they told me to ring the manufacturer for a free replacement. So I did. Unfortunately, although the replacement would indeed be free, we’d have to send it back, wait a bit, and then they’d send it back repaired (or replaced). The woman on the phone said it was possible that the Christmas post might mean we wouldn’t receive it until the new year. …

Very portal, in fact. You can never have too many ports.

We’ve got Virgin Media cable TV, and, ooh, 18 months or so ago they had a slight argument with BSkyB. The outcome was that Sky threw their toys out of the pram and withdrew all their channels from Virgin’s service.¬¨‚Ć They expected everyone to ditch Virgin as a result, but, of course, many people barely even noticed. It’s not like Sky are the pinnacle of quality programming. In fact, the only thing I noticed was the lack of The Simpsons …

I found out today that a friend of mine’s 8 week old baby died last night, in sudden and unexpected circumstances. I can’t even begin to imagine how terribly this has hit him and his family. I know he won’t be reading this, but if on the very, very slim chance he might be, I’m so sorry for your loss, and my thoughts are with you. It’s the sort of thing which is upsetting to anyone, even if they don’t …