This year the ObscureInternet forum members decided that this year we should have a 'Secret Santa', the main rule being The present sent must be something you already own. The value of which is entirely up to you.

Anyway fast forward a few days, this arrived;

Look at the address, it could only be my secret Santa gifts! So I hurried to open it, and I found the following;

A pen making light of serious problem of cats being killed by dogs wearing clowns clothes in hit and run incidents.

One of those fashionable (a few years ago) wrist band things, that is extremely tight even on my girly wrists. This one is for beating off bullies or some such thing. 

Some chewing gum, which was sent no doubt to hide my offensive breath.

Disappointingly, none of the chewing gum was missing.

Some Boots Spa washing gear, so not only do I have bad breath, my body also smells. Great!

Soup. Soup that is worth 25p. Soup that is worth 25p which was won on a raffle.

Some 'Fiz Wiz', I'm not down with the kids but I can only assume that this is some sort of new drug, that they are taking at their Rave parties. I will put this in the wife's tea to see what happens.

A coin, with a picture of a disfigure man on it. I mean seriously that scar is bigger than his entire face.

The finally gift, was a pound coin sized token with a picture of smiley face that has been shot in the forehead. Is this warning to tell me not to get too happy or is it a message to tell me I should go shopping with the wife more often.

All in all, I couldn't be happier with my 'Secret Santa', I think this fits the bill perfectly and I can't wait for next years!

Link: Join the community!

Well Christmas is now less than a week away, but I have still got a few more thing to buy. Hopefully I will be popping into town tomorrow to get those last few things.

The situation at work is pretty much sorted, I am just waiting to hear the final confirmation. One thing that has definitely happened is the split up of my old team. We have all gone in different ways, but of course we didn't let this monumental occurrence pass without a celebration. Pictures of this celebration can be seen in the gallery.

Speaking of celebrations, it was the Conor's Karate club Christmas party at the weekend, and great fun was had by all, especial by niece Abi who won students Choice student of the year, again pictures of this night can also be found in the gallery.

However the major highlight of the last two weeks was watching the Conor's school play yesterday. I was very proud to see Conor on stage and he wasn't bad at all, no problem with this lines or anything. Perhaps a future in acting beckons? The only slight disappointment was that the physical comedy was missing from yesterday performs as there was a prop malfunction (they had the wrong size bucket on stage), however there is another performance tonight which I am going to see some maybe it will happen then.

The spare Wii I got from German is on sale on ebay, get it while you can because it's only listed for 24 hours. 

As you know I'm always trying to get people to join the ObscureInternet forum, and this years Secret Santa is great example why you should. Check the blog on Christmas day for more details.

Now then turkeys, as you may have guessed I've had a little bit of blogger blocks as far as this blog is concerned, but I'm sure you'll have got use to that by now.

Anyways loads has been going on we since we spoke last, most importantly we've almost done all the Christmas shopping. We've even manged to get hold of those Nintendo rare items, the Wii and DS. Infact I got hold of two Wii's as I pruchased one from HMV in Middlesbrough, and then one a I'd order from a online store in Germany turned up the next day. So I've got a Wii to get rid off. The DS was actually more difficult to get hold of, the wife managed to buy the last one from Game this afternoon after they got a few delevired.

When I say we've done most of the Christmas shopping, of course that doesn't include the thing I'm buying for the wife, as I have to sort that out myself. Anyway I've a good idea what she wants, as she has told me. She wants some Craft gear, she is current into all this creative stuff, making Christmas cards and the like.

Workwise everything is still up in the air at the minute but it does look like it will be sorted out in the next week which is great news, since I've been waiting 18 months for them to sort this out.

The other stuff I've got going on it's very interesting, so I'll leave it for now!

There is a great article on CNN called 'What can you do with a Commodore 64?'. Surprisingly it's all about the Commodore 64, a computer you'll not be surprised to read I'm very fond off. Go read it.

Link: What can you do with a Commodore 64?