Wednesday December 26, 2007
We had a great Christmas, without over-indulgence, and with a sufficiency of interesting pressies to see us through the rest of winter and into spring.
“What shall we do today, then?” I asked when we got up this morning.
“Much the same as yesterday.”
“What, you mean more pressies?”
“No, silly. Food. Booze. TV. Snooze.”
“Sounds good apart from the TV.”
“You said it, buster.”
Ain’t that the truth of it, though? I’m sure there have been worse Christmas TV schedules but I’m struggling to remember one. Even the Doctor Who Christmas Special[1] didn’t please. So we watched a bit of the Muppets and then gave up in favour of Red Dwarf repeats.
Then, as the witching hour approached, Graham had an urge to watch a Buffy.
“Sorry, Mr Custer. I think I’d rather change my library books. Quite run out of oomph, I have. Do you think it’d be alright if I went to bed instead.”
“No. You’re right. Turn off the goggle-box as you go past.”
[1] The Doctor Who broadcast might just be available to overseas fans for the next six or seven days on the BBC ‘play it again’ link. It works fine for me, but I have heard that these expensive BBC goodies are for UK web-users only. Give it a try–the effects are good even if the story line is a little light.
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