Once again, I've neglected keeping up with keeping in touch with the world.

First of all, there was the snow. Since Christmas Day, we've had snow at least once every three days until the beginning of March. There was even a heavy storm a few days before the St. Patrick's Day drinking but thankfully the weather warmed up a bit.

I mentioned going back to night-school to take classes in web design. I've been messing with HTML for a few years now so I've already been on top of what we've covered so far. Standard site layout, nesting content in tables, working with different image types and so on. This Tuesday we'll be doing something called CSS (which I already use up to a point in my pages) but I am learning loads of shortcuts and explanations as to what makes a seemingly good website not fit into the design you gave it (and how to correct it). I've also signed up for a Flash animation class so I can make those outstanding graphics.

Speaking of which, the marketing manager at work asked if I could do a template for a new look for our business site. I'm working on it now. This may be a career switch for me... I won't complain if it is because it's something I enjoy doing.

Big shout out to Matt and Helen back in the UK, who got married and are both now somewhere exotic on their honeymoon. Sorry again that I couldn't make it to the wedding. Hope you spend the £50-worth of vouchers irresponsibly! I met Matt in a place called Pages' Bar in London, and I could be wrong but I think that the two of us were dressed in Star Trek costumes at the time.

Yes, we really were that sad.

Still househunting. It's a pain to see what you think's an ideal house from the outside, only to find the seller moved a few walls around and now the front room is 8 foot wide and 30 foot long as a result. I dare say it's only a matter of time before we get a decent house in a decent neighbourhood for a decent price. We spent the better part of Saturday going around the Home Depot, pricing up everything from fencing to kitchen cupboard layouts. Just in case our dream home has a nightmare garden or kitchen.

This year is going to be good for sporting events. We have tickets for the Manchester United -v- FC Barcelona exhibition game in Philadelphia and we're before that we're going to see the New York Yankees at home against the Toronto Blue Jays. Footie and baseball. Nnnnice.

I will try to update sooner. Promise!

Listen : Ready Steady Go - Oakenfold.