I couldn't decided whether to get my godson a toy or a pet...

...so i compromised and got him a rattlesnake.

As it is christmas and text inboxes are filled with joyful poems summing up this time of year. I thought I'd give it a try and be able to give an original reply rather than "cool". Here it is. It's surprisingly upbeat for me.

So this is it

December twenty-fifth.

A time for happiness

where spirits should lift.

But let us not forget those who've wronged

Kanye's complaints over Taylor Swift's song.

Michael Jackson's death

the O2 wasn't rocking.

Henry's handball

the lump of coal in Irish stocking.

But yes it is christmas and no one should forget

family and togetherness is something you won't regret.