2009 - oooh we like this

1. Mints - all kinds - deeply under-rated when you think about it; Everton, Butter, Toffee, Cream, Humbugs - the variety alone tickles my fancy. A little like tea, oolong, green, white, needle, jasmine, darjeeling, black, orange pekoe, flower, oh stop me stop me stop me. Mints AND tea - talk about afternoon delight.

2. Spotify - a kind of radio jukebox heaven, now fully open to Joe Public - that means you. Enjoy https://www.spotify.com/ I am mostly listening to my mum's golden oldies and loving it. Dire Straits here I come.

3.The Film industry - been pulling out some corkers for this year - more serious challenging topics, more docs in the mix - has the credit crunch filtered the wheat from the chaff? On my to watch list - Frost / Nixon, Man on Wire, The Reader.

4. Twitter - whats the point? If you don't know, I can't tell you fool. But in my book, if Fry likes it, I like it.

5. Sorry for the tone today - for some reason, I think I have turned into Mr T for February, I think it keeps out the cold or something.