Stovepipe, West 12

Text of the day: “Yes.”

Quote of the day: “Technological amnesia and complete indifference to history remain the defining conditions of contemporary internet debate.”

Fact of the day: top price tickets for The Book of Mormon have reached a record high of £202.25, an increase of a third on last year.

As one year ends and another begins, Pirate Dog curls up in his basket, and ignores my attempts to get him to help me to review the highs and lows of the past year.