Dettol huffer

I'd be in Newcastle celebrating Dad's birthday but for a throat frog. Not that I'm complaining. When you see entire communities destroyed by mudslides in Bolivia, it puts a piffling ailment into perspective. I'll visit him and Mum soon enough. Meanwhile, I have a new toy with which to entertain myself: a PS3. Went for the 320-gigabitch version, which came with four games. They threw in a fifth with the extended warranty (instant collection!), then I picked up a sixth at work after accepting responsibility for the games page. As I said to PG, the ghost of my teenage self is turning cartwheels.