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Well thanks to the free trial on offer after their 'Burning Crusades' release, I've wasted most of my weekend playing World of Warcraft (WOW) again. Impressively my character was still on their system. They say they keep them for at least six months, but as it has been a year since my subscription lapsed I was expecting to have to start all over again.

So I've spent a very geeky weekend getting my gnome up to a level 37. My aim is to get up to a point where James and I can play together (he's lvl 43). Its addictive and takes up a huge amount of time - but hey its fun. As London is finishing off on the warmest April in over 300 years and heading towards what is likely to be the warmest summer on record, I may just have to stay cool by drinking Pimms and playing Warcraft.

Ah what a geeks life. I'd stay to chat but monster killing time is 'a wasting....