Damon's Review of the Year 2007

Time for my personal round up of the year....

Family: In August my nephew Robin was born, and in November my uncle Peter passed away. My cousin also had a baby girl in Autumn. Angie took British citizenship, passed her driving test and now has a car!

Politics: I stepped down from being active after the Assembly elections, and actually now am no longer a member of the Tory Party, although still an ardent supporter of the Tories and CF. David Cameron and Nick Bourne led the party wonderfully in the Tory revival nationally and in Wales this year.

Education: Well, this was the year I completed my degree finally with the Open University. Finally. I'm a sucker for punishment so I signed up for A215 Creative Writing to keep me going until summer next year. I'm also still mad about languages in general.

Heroes of the Year: Andrew Murphy, the voters of Tokelau, and lecturers and students of the Open University.

Zeroes of the Year: NatWest Bank and Virgin Media.

Language of the Year: (language that caught my interest the most) Sorbian (Sorbisch), closely followed by Swahili.

Most interesting book I've read this year: "What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Terrorist Threat" by Louise Richardson (2006, London, John Murray Publishers)

Innovative Website of the Year: http://www.facebook.com/

Blogger I'd most like to buy a pint for: Theo Spark, Ordovicius, Peter Martinovic, and I would have said Prague Tory but I've already bought him a beer this summer. I have also had a beer with Ordovicius, but I didn't buy him one, we bought our own.

That's it. See you next year.