Fireworks

The tribe stayed until just after 12.00 last night, long enough to see in the New Year. We all had a good time eating, playing Trivial Pursuits, eating, introducing a sceptical big brother to Half-Life 2 and knocking his eyes out, eating . . . and then watching with dropped jaws the firework display on the London Eye. I'm usually unimpressed with such things, but this got me quite patriotic. Maybe we'll do a good job of the 2012 Olympics after all. I mean, it's the fireworks at the opening and closing ceremonies everybody talks about, isn't it? Not the actual sports. We might just carry it off yet.