After a delicious roast-beef Christmas dinner at about 2pm, presents were opened. Highlights included giving my parents a gorgeous carved olivewood bowl I found in a Weihnachtsmarkt in Berlin; and, on the receiving side, a set of pieces by Richard Rodney Bennett called “Partridge Pie” (which I have tried; they are really rather charming), Bill Bailey’s “Cosmic Jam” DVD (which also includes “Bewilderness”) and a marvellously geeky Star Trek: Borg DVD set (14 Borg episodes, selected as the best by real Trekkies) which I am thoroughly looking forward to watching. :-)

However, having (somehow) failed to set the digi-box to record Doctor Who earlier this evening, and having (with some relief, because my sister was very pissed off) ascertained that it’s being repeated on Wednesday and set the digi-box (definitely, this time) to record it, it’s reached that point of the evening where people want to do different things. Having grandparents here means that there’s quite a few films/DVDs we can’t watch because they’d be either bored or offended. Unfortunately my lovely big-screened iMac is not in front of a sofa, but I think I will endure a dining chair for a while now, to watch some of the Bill Bailey.

May well blog again later. I don’t know why I’ve started writing on here again, and I don’t suppose I’ll keep it up for long.

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