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Happy New Year!

No, I'm not sat at my computer waiting for the clock to roll 'round. I'm probably with some very dear friends trying not to spill too much fizz on their sofa. I'm just enough of a geek to have set this automagic thing in place quite some time ago. And, come to think of it, if I don't remember about this it may well crop up again next year.

Or, erm, the year after.

Anyway: *smooch*

There's a new Allie Brosh. I died laughing.

Merry Wobs, everybody. Have a lovely seasonal holiday of your choice!

Gardening question: I took two cuttings from Perdu's Rose (the boule de neige we planted over our dead cat) and one from my apple tree on Saturday. Dunked in rooting compound and potted. Was this a stupid thing to do, this time of year?

Today's QC is right up my proverbial.

Someone needs to make this now.

Well? Why are you reading this? Go and make it!

The initial "put on the red nose" moment. This happened on Wednesday (so it's out of sequence) but I wanted to show it.

Goths! I want a pair of black or dark olive combats; soft canvas ones, not the stiff cotton type (or worse, the shiny polycotton). Do you know of a good supplier of such items on teh interwebs? Leeds types, where do you go for army surplus gubbins these days, now that FAS is basically Blacks?

eta: this is for my clowning costume, if you were wondering. I've not fallen off the wagon. The rest of the costume will consist of the Puck outfit I got from the Grand's wardrobe sale a couple of years ago - a dark green jacket & waistcoat spattered with paint - and either some bassies or a knackered pair of DMs. I would love a top hat or old, battered to hell bowler to go with it but they're quite hard to find.

One of my things is to volunteer for something, another is to begin a training regime, another is to run a 5K. It turns out that I could do all three if I enter the 3-mile version of the Sport Relief mile. There's one in Leeds, although I don't know the route yet.

It looks like I actually want to do this. Anybody want to join me? We could get a team together.

(eta: well, I've signed up, so I'm doing it now. Six weeks to get fit enough to run 3 miles without dying. At this point I'd say something like "bring it on" if that sort of thing didn't make me roll my eyes.)

The ECHR has delivered judgement on Gillan & Quinton. "POLICE STOP AND SEARCH POWERS UNDER ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION TOO WIDE AND NOT ADEQUATELY SAFEGUARDED BY DOMESTIC LAW AGAINST ABUSE"

Right... let's see what happens now...

eta: the Beeb weighs in, as does Boing^2 and teh Grauniad.

etaf: and the Home Office (who are appealing) (the decision, not, well, yes) and Liberty.