Burst Attention Span

More exciting news comes with the new year… We will have a new franchised English pub in my town, and I am to be the resident DJ.

t's all under wraps right now so I can't blab the name (although the clue's in the title, Admiral). They expect to open in mid february, so I'll get details up in advance for my local readers. The venue is sweet – spacious central bar, enclosed beer garden out back and plenty room for comfy seating.

The DJ booth is all brand new equipment and will have sofas beside it so my groupies don't get tired. They're also planning wireless internet, which means I can hang out there in my spare time too!

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Last year there was a cold snap near Geneva, leaving everything under a sheet of ice. I only just found these amazing photos.

Newpaper report for the doubters…

I have an exciting new task to take on this year! My long-time friend and agony-uncle, Mark [right of picture], is getting married in 2007 and he's asked me to be his best man. I'm understandably proud :)

Not to be outdone by anyone else though, he's having multiple best men due to the geographical distribution of his best buddies. I'm the Swiss best man, but there will be a UK-based one (doing all the work!) and one in America. We will be having a stag night in each location!

It should come as no surprise (to people that know me) that one of my tasks involves creating a website for the happy couple. It will serve as a kind of wedding list, but not for fondue sets and toastie makers or vases and cutlery sets and all that crap – they've already set up home together and have better taste than your average wedding guest – instead they will have a list of experiences for people to purchase for them.

The honeymoon will take in Asia and Australia (yet again, lucky bastards!), so the experiences will mostly be in those regions allowing some rather extravagant possibilities which I will update you on in a future post. Watch this space for more news on Mark and Chantelle's excellent adventure…