I’ve been away for a month getting married and going on honeymoon. Both were fantastic. Many thanks to all those who attended and helped make the wedding day so special. Thanks also to our friends at Fly By Night djs in Huntington Beach: our DJ Duane did a great job at the reception.

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Drug cheat

Despite not knowingly having an alcoholic drink so far this January, I just tested positive for booze. How can this be? Reading the small print on the Beecham’s liquid all–in–one remedy that I am taking for the stinking cold that I have picked up, it appears that a 20ml dose — of which I have been taking two per day for the last three days — contains ethanol “equivalent to 6ml of wine”. So much for my rigorous booze ban. Shows how careful you’ve got to be though.

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Snowboarding

Having got that out of my system, I do have some better news. I made further progress with my vertigo (or whatever it is) while on my recent ski–trip to Austria. On the first day, I rode a short, exposed open chairlift three times and a long, high covered chairlift twice. On the second day I rode a long open chairlift at a different resort six times. I had to steel myself a bit to get on the first lift on day one (and employed one round of EFT* to assist), but after a bit of initial apprehension quickly got into my stride. Had no problems at all riding the enclosed gondola lifts. This represents improvement on last year and major progress from three years ago, when I could not physically bring myself to get onto a chairlift (I wonder now whether that was a bad reaction to the hypnosis which I undertook following a bout of nerves when riding a lift in 2002?). I am very pleased with myself.

* as taught to me by Alistair Horscroft

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Engagement

For various reasons — chief of which being work — I tend to steer clear of particularly personal revelations on this blog and don’t use my name when posting. However, I feel that it is appropriate to document on here for posterity(!) and for those who know me, but don’t yet know what follows, that I got engaged on Christmas Eve and that my fiancée and I are very happy about that, and the prospect of our future together. I look forward to what will undoubtedly be exciting developments in my life during 2007. Happy New Year!

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