The Season of Good Cheer?!?

A very happy new year to all.

In line with the general feeling of good cheer attendant with today or someday next week- deemed by psychologists to be the most miserable day of the year (unless you live in Baghdad, where every bloody day is a nightmare) I leave you with a totally subjective and selfish thought- It is never a good idea to go jogging in winter in cycling shorts and a flimsy t-shirt, especially in the rain. Neither is it a good idea to book a return ticket for an International destination without re-confirming prior to attempting to return.

The sum total of a failure to heed such advice is that it could be a fairly unpleasant start to your year. In conclusion, I shall send a goodwill message to all my long-suffering mates who are subjected to reading all this tosh by repeating the old saying culled from the Autobiography of the Nigerian Scholar Tai Solarin- "May your road be rough". Not at all negative but in line with the Nietszchean quote- "What does not destroy me makes me stronger".

Having said that some of us wouldn't mind Prince William's luck- good-looking bloke, nice posh bird, decent pay packet, assured career prospects, pension plan, mortgage paid off, paid holidays, free pass to Premiership matches and I'm absolutely sure- Free Beer (all he bloody well has to do is ask yeah?

Don't get me wrong I'm not jealous, of course not (said to the sound of my nose growing longer).

Happy new year anyway and may all our dreams be realised this year (Prince William excluded naturally)