Mr Mist’s Blog

Christmas 2009 is fast approaching. Quite a lot has happened this year really, for us of course the biggest event was the arrival of our daughter Niamh, who is now just over four months old, so this will be her first Christmas. In the wider world, the global economy is picking itself back up, so (locally) that means that the two building sites surrounding our house are putting up more houses and getting a bit closer to finishing (though still not that quickly really.)

The latest entertainment thing is the battle between X-Factor and Rage Against The Machine for the christmas number 1. RATM’s Killing In The Name Of has been championed by a Facebook campaign and the last I heard it was actually pretty close. I suspect though that the X Factor single will overtake by chart time, especially given that simple volume will come into play in the end, and the X Factor single will have been mass-produced in sufficient quantities to assure the top position.

Of course it’s always amusing to get to this time of year, because it comes with the traditional Steve Brookstein anti-X-Factor outburst. He really should listen to fellow contestant Rowetta and just let it go.

We’ve had some snow this past day, and it’s currently about 50-50 as to whether we will be seeing a white Christmas this year. I wouldn’t mind a bit of snow. But not too much, obviously, don’t want to go over the top.

So yes, I hope you all have a very good Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Finished work for the year today. Woo! This means it is now officially “almost Christmas”. I have just one more thing to get. I shall attempt to get it on Monday.

Meanwhile, out in the world, due to this “credit crunch”, companies are failing all over the place, and other companies are being bailed out by lots of government cash.

Web browsing might be safe(r) again, but some cannot browse the Internet at all, after a cable was cut under the Mediterranean sea.

Pie.

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My 25 bits of Christmas are coming along nicely today with the arrival of my tree!

Sadly, my batteries have ran out before I could photograph the completed tree, so that will appear as day 22. For now though the other pieces are up to day 21, and here is a picture of the tree as I got it.

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