(Adopt Noddy Holder voice) It's CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS!

How does one write a post nearly a month after last posting? Hang on... more than one month after ones last post?

Well first things first, i could tell you that i'm writing this sat at my desk in the prison i work in, but that would only be surprising if you understand the fact that we don't have internet access in prisons (well we do but you can only view .gov.uk and bbc websites). Subsequently i'm almost contravening Her Maj's Rules, as i now have one laptop on the Prison Service network, and because i'm travelling down to London tomorrow to stay over and give a presentation on Friday, i have another laptop which acts as a standalone server for the software i 'look after'. This second laptop can access the internet as well as being able to play DVD's, and as i found out last night, GTA 3. Now i've never seen a laptop running a game and i was mightily impressed particularly because it's not the newest of laptops, but also because it means i could, if i wanted, take it on the train and play GTA all the way down to London. I'd be surprised if the battery lasted that long so instead i shall make sure it's fully charged and watch a DVD with my headphones on.

Whilst the day to day of my job is still dull drudgery, it is at least getting a touch more exciting, and it is this excitement that i shall attempt to elaborate upon over the next few days.

Oh yes it's nearly Cristmas too...