Morning, all. Well, it’s a big time-shift, as I’m reporting back from Friday night, which I spent at my computer, trying to arrange my holiday, set up a week of pre-timed Behatted/Weekly Hat content and write another article as well. But I hope you had fun, and I hope I look back on it pleasantly as well.

And, as a pleasant notice, next week’s Weekly Hat will almost certainly not be published as early on Sunday as usual. In fact, it may not happen at all, but I’ll certainly have a go. I get back from holiday on Saturday night, it depends if anything interesting happens and I have the energy to write about it.

And now, this week’s contents…

• How the Messiah grows up: President Obama rumbles on through hatred, bile and other things. But how’s he doing?
• Anatomy of a post strike: Postmen, it seems, are the new tube drivers, at least in terms of industrial action.
• Media and stuff: Muse! Assorted new TV! Kanye West is a jackass! (The President says so!)
• Behatted Photo Of The Week: The most powerful man in the world gets a hat visited upon him.

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So, this is among the latest Weekly Hat posts ever, but in my slight defence, I got back from holiday last night and have spent most of today (with a few quite lengthy breaks) writing the damn thing. You’ll be happy to hear that I should be available to do this on time for the next few weeks. Score. And I was also glad to see that the automated postings I set up for last week’s Weekly Hat and Behatted comics actually worked.

Thank you all for being about. Now, as I’m tired and have still more Behatted tasks to do before I can lie down, on with the contents…

• Private eduction buys a photocopier: Apparently education costs money. But it could cost more!
• And then I went to Ireland…: A slightly bloggy holiday-based interlude.
• Media and stuff: New TV! New Aqua! New danger!
• Behatted Photo Of The Week: Amazed I haven’t done this one before, really.

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Good evening. And, indeed, happy Christmas!

Yes, this be the last Weekly Hat before turkey day on Friday. I am viewing next week’s as the big Christmas Special, as that will go out the day after Boxing Day and feature such festive things as the Christmas Doctor Who episode and, um, something else. But today is the last one before it, so have a good day.

It’s also a bit later than usual, partly because I didn’t start it until eleven this morning and partly because I wanted to wait for the result of the Rage/McElderry chart showdown. As luck would have it, said results leaked at about half three, so I’ve done all the writing by half four and, presuming the leaks are correct, will just click publish shortly after they announce the number one at seven.

That’s probably enough preamble. Contents!

• How About This Weather?: This week, two big stories have hit involving weather. So I have combined them.
• Media And Stuff Special – Raging Against The X Factor: Decided this had become big enough to expand from the Media bit.
• Media And Stuff: Plus I had enough other random guff to fill this bit without it. Merlin! Doctor Who! Get a free book!
• Behatted Photo Of The Week: Someone whose TV show has just finished. (For now.)

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