Last stages of house sale are now upon us - should be closed by the end of the month and then we are free from the shackles of property ownership. I dance the happy dance.

Metaphorically anyway. In real life I am sipping on hot lemon flavoured drug beverage and aching all over in front of my keyboard having dragged my ass in to compose and send an e-mail I procrastinated over for a week due to feeling like I was getting a cold and having bad concentration. Fool. Remember rule 1 - no procrastination. The comfort gained from a lunch of wild boar stew with spätzli has fled and I'm on a long slow crawl til the end of the day.

Elections summary - Obama yay, California prop 8 boo hiss, Washington right to die yay. Overall win, but with a very sour aftertaste. McCain's concession speech was very dignified. Lucky he wasn't that McCain during the actual campaign.

My italian friend would now like to abdicate his nationality.