This weblog is becoming more of an irregular thing than a regular thing. I have so much to cover.

This is a mild winter, so we were told before it began. El Ni?o, and all that. Christmas began with a foot of snow, which blew that theory clean out of the water. I was hoping for a DVD player and got one, but not on Christmas morning. I did get a load of Yankees clothes (can't wait for summer, and baseball, and daylight until bedtime). A CD-player which can play mp3 encoded stuff (handy for when we get a CD-RW) and a cordless drill, amongst other things. Which included four DVDs from work. That settled it; we went out and bought a $90 player. If you don't have one, here's a piece of advice. Get one. The quality over VHS, even on an older TV with only one spare set of AV inputs, is staggering.

New Year's Eve saw us wrapped up nice and warm. This mild winter gave us another foot of snow then too. My 33rd birthday came and went (I'm really 33... I don't feel as old as I imagined when I was much younger) and now it's almost a month since the whole holiday shebang started for us and there's no sign of this mild winter yet. We have two months of it to go, so it's early days I suppose.

Went to see Bent Blue again during the cold snap. They were a lot better than they were at their 'Red Room' set, even belting out songs like "Just" by Radiohead and "Lucky Man" by The Verve. Nice mid-to-late-90s British songs. Made me feel right at home. They're currently doing a West Coast tour, so maybe they'll hit the big time.

Work evaluation's coming up. After nearly fifteen years in a union job in England, I have no idea what to expect from an American work-talk. I did recently put in a bucketload of overtime and impressed people with my handling of a recent system crash. I hope that gives me a nice pay increase. I'll find out in the next few weeks.

Been working on the website again. The link is to the left. Completely overhauled the look, using a template design I downloaded (then altered beyond recognition). Added some CSS code to make text light up when you go to click on links. Looks quite snazzy. Give it a visit, sign the guestbook, thankyewverymuch!

The whole web design thing got me thinking that my talents are wasted. So I've signed up for courses at the local University. Macromedia web design. Hopefully, it'll lead to something with better pay and a more relaxed work environment. It starts in March, so I'll keep the 'blog posted.

Listen: New Dress - Depeche Mode.