Mellow greetings to you all,

Well, this blog finds QB in a contemplative mood.It's New Years Eve and so I always tend to feel a bit thoughtful today, looking back over the year, what was good, what was bad, what would I change or do differently if I could do it over again, what mistakes were made and what lessons learned. All in all, 2008 has been a more successful year than 2007 (although the only thing that would have made 2007 any worse than it was would have been the diagnosis of some terminal illness). And whilst 2008 certainly hasn't been a perfect year, it's had enough highlights to make it a middling year. Had better but certainly had worse.

Traditionally, my last blog of the year is my TV review of the year but that's going to have to wait until tomorrow. Today really hasn't gone as planned (in a kinda good way) so my time has been limited. I'm just about to go to a friend's house-party and then hitting the town in Cardiff.

So I will leave you with this...

And this quote by the late great Judy Garland:

Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe - next year at this time - we'd like each other a little more.

Tonight I will raise a glass to you all, my dears. I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year- and may 2009 be everything you all want it and need it to be.

With love,

QB