{"id":1047,"date":"2007-12-31T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T16:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/12\/31\/eight-for-2008\/"},"modified":"2007-12-31T16:55:44","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T16:55:44","slug":"eight-for-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/12\/31\/eight-for-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight for 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a couple of meme tags still outstanding, one of which needs addressing before midnight and so I&#8217;d best get it done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libdemjo.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/my-8-wishes-for-2008.html\">Jo off of Jo&#8217;s Jottings tagged me<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/iaindale.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/eight-for-2008.html\">Iain Dale&#8217;s Eight for 2008<\/a> meme. So with world peace and Prime Minister Nick Clegg taken as read, here are my 8 wishes for next year:<\/p>\n<p>1. That the fourth series of &lt;DOCTOR.WHO&gt; will be at least as good as the third; that the second series of <em>The Sarah Jane Adventures<\/em> will be at least as good as the first; and that the new series of <em>Torchwood<\/em> will be better than the first (and I&#8217;m sure it will).<\/p>\n<p>2. That the Lib Dems get good results in the London elections and the English and Welsh local elections in May.<\/p>\n<p>3. That I&#8217;m able to find enough spare time to make some progress on various projects currently sitting on the back burner.<\/p>\n<p>4. That in the light of its inability to handle personal data securely the Government abandons the illiberal, costly, and technically monstrous identity database.<\/p>\n<p>5. That I maintain a reasonable record playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apps\/application.php?id=3052170175\">Scrabulous on Facebook<\/a> and at some point win a game of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Settlers_of_Catan\">Settlers of Catan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>6. That the majority of my commuter trains into London are on time (December&#8217;s score: 0%).<\/p>\n<p>7. That a sensible Democrat wins the US Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>8. That I lose some more weight, although ideally not through amputation, decapitation or any sort of wasting disease.<\/p>\n<p>Given that it&#8217;s December 31st, I&#8217;ll not tag on. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a couple of meme tags still outstanding, one of which needs addressing before midnight and so I&#8217;d best get it done. Jo off of Jo&#8217;s Jottings tagged me with Iain Dale&#8217;s Eight for 2008 meme. 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