I can't belive my prophetic post. Within hours of writing about Charles Kennedy, he's resigned. I do feel for the guy, and I wish him well. I'd like to see Menzies Campbell replace him. Actually, I'm not really that bothered. I'm a card carrying member of the Labour Party and a Socialist.

Well, it's 4.30 in the morning, and I'm up to tidy up my house. I've got the Estate Agent coming to take photos in about 4 hours and I still need to get a few things straight. The things we do for love!?!

I'm over the moon that the Redskins managed to beat the Tampa Bay Bucs at the weekend. We've moved on to the Divisional playoffs where we'll meet the Seattle Seahawks. Can Joe Gibbs work his magic again? I certainly hope so. On top of that, the Habs managed to snap their 4 game losing streak by beating Ottawa 4-1. They've dropped out of the play-off spots but we're only half way through the season. The only down side was United failing to get past Burton Albion in the third round of the FA Cup. A 0-0 draw was not the best result, especially with players like Rooney, Ronaldo, Richardson and Saha making an apperance for at least some of the match. Still, I can't see anything but an United victory at Old Trafford next week. Then it's on to Wolves in the 4th round.

I can't believe that I've been on a mouse hunt at Sarah's. We first saw the mouse back in October, and it's been around ever since, succesfully avoiding traps and bait. At one level, I think the little bleeder has done enough to be allowed to live! I mean, if it can avoid everything that we've put out for it in the last 3 months, then maybe it should see another spring?

Talk about lucky! The fuel cap on my car (I've got an 11 year old Ford Escort) got jammed on Saturday night just as I was setting of for Hull. Try as I might I couldn't get the cap off, so I phoned my parents for help and my dad arranged to come up with some tools. Heading over the road to the recycling plant, I found four (yes, 4!) AA vans. Since business had dropped off, they were only too happy to help. Sadly, the outer part of the lock was broken, but what are the odds?

Band was better on Sunday night. At least we've managed to sort out the sectionals for the upcoming Area finals which should make life easier. I should point out that the brass band world is arranged into 8 Areas (Scotland, Wales, North of England, Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, London and Southern Counties and West of England). Each Area has 5 sections (Championship, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th). Every year bands in each Area come together and compete against each other by section. Generally, the winners and runners up go forward to represent the Area at the National Finals, which are held at the Royal Albert Hall in October (for Championship section bands) and Harrogate in September (for the rest of the bands). There is also a promotion / relegation system in place which averages results over 3 years. Since 2000, I've played for bands in the Championship section. Firstly, the Yorkshire Imperial Band (in the Yorkshire area), then the Ransome band (in the Midlands area) and now the East Yorkshire Motor Services band (in the North of England area). At the Area Final, each band in a section plays the same piece. This year, the Championship section test piece is called "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Peter Graham. It's hard work in places, although not as hard (in my opinion) as "Harmony Music" which is the test piece for the Senior Cup in May. Anyway, like I say, band was better, even if my hand hurt like mad because I'd been trying to change a toilet seat before I left Sarah's.

And finally.... I was sorry to read about the passing of Tony Banks. He seemed like a nice guy who was a good politician.