Good day all and a very Happy New Year! I hope 2008 brings much joy and happiness to all you lives!

I got off to a pretty good start. I really enjoyed having the last few weeks of '07 free. It was great to visit friends, grab a concert and just relax for a while. My New Years plans all fell through, but a friend of mine got me an invite to a party in Hilversum at the last minute. It was actually a lot of fun Weren't many people there I knew but was a great crowd and I really enjoyed it And oh yeah... we got REALLY drunk!

The only bummer was not being able to get my girlfriend her present on time... I had to back order it but hopefully I can pick it up tonight. I did get her another small gift of earmuffs in the mean time. She's always complaining about having cold ears so I thought that'd be a good choice. And she does look SOOOO cute with them on hahaha!

I'm back to work as of yesterday. So things are slowly getting back to normal around here.

The only negative note to the new year as that things haven't gotten off to a great start here at SG. The SG Newswire was always one of my favorite features. I could spend hours sometime reading the articles and the reactions to them. Now, not only has it gotten a reduced presence on the homepage, but some of the best writers they had have been axed! WilWheaton, SleepyLady and _DictionaryGirl_ are all gone I don't know who else has lost out, but I know that we SG members certainly have. Let's hope this is a mistake that the management here will reverse.