After being delayed a couple months, they have arrived:

So has anyone finished reading the third book yet?

Its thread seems to still be locked.

Incidentally, I quite like that song.

That was quick.

I was just reading the email exchange this morning.

Monopoly, yesterday evening. First time I've ever controlled both Park Place and Boardwalk and got three houses on each. It was glorious.

I got GundeadliGne from the lovely Negzee! :3 Thank you again! Ooh! And in return, I got Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII, A double-pack! ItLers are the best. <3 And on the flip side... People who didn't get what they wanted for Christmas (via Daring Fireball ) So sad and...

Got my mom and iPad 2, and my dad a MacBook Air.

Got myself a nice bottle of Woodford Reserve, which I shall take to the family Xmas dinner.

Oh, and I preordered Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2.

The Sound of Music, a couple days ago. I don't recall ever having watched the whole thing through before, or if I did, it would have been at an age I wouldn't have understood the second half with The Anschluss and Nazis and stuff.

Augh, second post in a row I come back and decide to make a minor edit to a post and someone punches in another post right then. Anyway, the clip is taken from a debate on blasphemy held at the 2006 Hay Festival. The entire thing can be downloaded here . There is unfortunately no official transcript...

He was kind of an abrasive jerkface sometimes. If he was ever an abrasive jerkface, then he was an abrasive jerkface who backed his motherfucking shit up. ... which brings me to one of my favourite Stephen Fry quotes: (at the end of the clip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnSByCb8lqY Ordered an ex...

Christopher Hitchens, R.I.P.

Damn, this is gonna dampen the holidays a bit.