Matt

Didn't quite work out! Instead i ended up extremely angry and pissed off after the match, so happy birthday me! Just the way you like it.

Hopefully a win will help the day be even better!

The very same. When I saw the front page of the Chronicle, I wondered if they'd say where he sat but when they reprinted his 'ditty' it confirmed it- he directed it at Benjani.

Not if you call me ginger you're not dicksplash! I've got your ticket remember. Pah, I know where you get chips.

Looks like I'm keeping the ginna company on Wednesday night.

Clever marketing by Nissan.

What service line you going for?

Watched the semis of the Poker Million. Now trying the Sklansky book and will try some free games as I go along.

Christ I'm dangerously out of touch. I always seem to get albums waaay after they've been released to the extent that half of my albums I bought this year came out in 2005. I'll be immensely unoriginal and say Muse, although Kasabian, Liam Frost and The Sleepy Jackson have all had a fair bit of a play. Disappointed by The Long Blondes, while quirky fun awards to Squarepusher and CSS. That article on 'unintentionally funny' albums is unintentionally wrong. Do they really think Dragonforce take themselves seriously? Dear Lord. They're just having fun and putting together some of the fastest solos in the Wild West.

Have a good remainder of birthday. I am sure you celebrated by not doing any work and spending all day on the net. Special occasion an' all.

I assume you can just buy the box but not the subscription as the HD box has full Sky+ capability. Having seen some screens in Currys it's looking like something 40-42" screen size, replacing the miniscule mono-speakered thing currently in use. I am pleading with the family to wait till January and get Godknowshowmuch more for the £££ than in the Christmas buildup.

Who's got Sky HD? We're getting a new HD TV and seeing as the video is also knackered, it seems the obvious choice to upgrade to the Sky HD box with the inbuilt HDD. My question is how much have people been able to negotiate Sky down on the install and box charges? I know they give a little over the phone, but it would be handy to know how far they'll go. We've got an existing subscription for normal Sky Digital and have done for years.

I'm quite liking Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family.

Legend. Just the fact he was called haddaway was enough (though I doubt the rest of the country got the joke). Became something of a reality TV star over in Germany.

Done!

My Mam had her mobile stolen while she was helping out at the kids' Christmas Disco at her school. What's worse is that it's actually my T610. It would be nice to think the twat responsible is now dead, but it's highly unlikely.

On the plus side, you don't have to worry so much about what to ask for this year.

Cheap alcopops give the worst hangover ever. Used to be the scourge of my tuesday mornings. Feels like your stomach will implode and fling you into an acidic pit of doom. It's not a great deal of use in this case, but I used to always try to stay up for a couple of hours once I was back home and sober up a bit. Bit of pricedrop.tv, cup of tea and some toast. Avoid posting on forums. Unless you're Toplass or Radgina.

We're badly lacking a flag for Trans-Dneister.

I've just re-done my BMI, an I'm back in the obese club by 0.02. Class. Appropriately calculated halfway between eating some tea and going to the gym.

Should get something, no idea what mind.

I think i'm still not technically obese, so may have a Chinese tonight to tip the scales, so to speak.

You split the difference, I hope.

Down to one Grandparent- my Grandad who is now 89. Last year he was put out of action while breaking out a concrete slab in the back garden and putting his knee out in the process. All things told he's doing remarkably well. He's a stubborn old bugger and is determined to keep busy. The result is the most DIY-bodge-filled house you will ever see. I never touch anything that's plugged into the mains.

I remember in first year at school there was a kid who went round thinking he was gett hard as owt because he 'knew the Conroys' (bullshitting, of course). Never did strike up the courage to ask him if he could sort a discount on a nice dining room carpet, though.