h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It was my birthday a few days ago - I hit 35 which is half way to seventy so I think it must be time to start turning in to a miserable old so-and-so...

Another Christmas has been and gone. It snowed a bit on Christmas Day which was good, and on Boxing Day I woke to a couple of inches of snow. One year we will get as much snow as they have on Christmas cards...

I didn't get any naff Christmas presents at all this year, which means that people are saving them to give me a really bad Christmas next year...

I have been making the most horrendous Christmas gases ever but my intake of brussels sprouts was down to only about 35 after the record 65 last year, so I think I have proved conclusively that it is the turkey and not the sprouts which are responsible for the excessive Christmas gas...

The thing which isn't really the new millennium is approaching very fast now. My PC checks out with a couple of tools so hopefully it will keep going if the power, telecomms, ISP are still functioning. If not then life will become spam-free again. I can survive without my internet access, I did so for at least 9 hours today...

I have decided on a New Year's resolution - 1024x768, but after a few days it will gradually slip back to being 800x600 again