I wish I could say that New Year was better. Unfortunatley I was the victim of a serious assault on New Year and spent most of the night in hospital due to have been slashed down my forehead. Upon getting home from the hospital around lunch time on New Year's day I later found out that the son (aged 10) of my on/off girlfriend (who has been in Iraq) tired to kill himself. He was brought back to life and is still in a hospital but that is all I know for the moment. I hope he is going to be ok.