Dear csteele,

I've just spent some "gift" money at Dymocks
and ended up with an autographed edition of
"RAY: Stories of My Life,"
Ray Martin.

It looks interesting - but I bought it on an
impulse as a New Year's present for my mum.
(We're taking the two mum's out for dinner
on New Year's Eve). Anyway, I'm sure she'll let
me have a read, once she's finished with it.

Dear Foxy,

Sounds like a gift that keeps on giving.

I'm afraid Ray Martin vs John Safran did not leave him in a good light. Did you catch the "Lost Pilot"?

I received Safran's "Race Relations" DVD for Chistmas even though I had seen all the episodes. What a trip.

I Choose to Live: Sabine Dardenne

Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend.

Dear Fatty: Dawn French.

and a couple of books for work that I bought with vouchers:

- Sex Offenders: Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment and Legal Issues: Saleh, Grudzinskas, Bradford and Brodsky.

- Challenging Silence: Breckenridge and Laing.