I've just sat down in front of my shiney new PC, kicked of a 'net radio session and I'm looking forward to some self awarded Geek Time.

I must say it is a pretty unusual event for me to be stone cold sober at midnight on New Years Eve. Not quite feeling a hundred percent after the stomach bug (and more than a little guilty having passed it on to Karen) I headed back home with Anne …

I've been out of action the last few days since contracting a rather nasty stomach bug from visiting my Gran in hospital. I'm still not a hundred percent but I'm on the up now although feeling bad that I've managed to infect a housemate. Still apart from gory medical details …

As the evening moves on and the family retires into the traditional post meal slump I thought I?d better recount the events of the day. I woke relatively early this morning to go visit my Grandma in hospital and bring her some presents. According to my mum she was …