Yes, folks, it's what you've all been waiting for. Monday night sees the first session of the Oracle of the Night Shift for 2004. So get your questions in now.

And while I'm here, I'd just like to thank Lizzie, Joseph, Robin, Helen and Peter for making this year's February 14th so much less miserable than last year's.

The fact that I'm currently unafflicted by infatuation (and have been since last May, hallelujah) has a great deal to do with it, but good company, a couple of games of Cranium, and copious amounts of booze worked wonders.

And for a fairly recently married couple to give up their own Valentine's night in favour of entertaining their close, single chums is friendship indeed, and just one of the many reasons that I love them.