On Friday

I don't want you to get your hopes up.

Friday's coming, yes. But I'm not going to be making a band announcement this week. I'm sorry. It's not that there aren't more big announcements coming. There most certainly are. Loads of them. But look, it's only January. If I tell you everything now, then how will you struggle through the remaining cold weeks of winter with no news to look forward to? It's for your own good. It's tough love.

But I'll tell you what I'm going to do because I like you. If you're good, if you eat your veggies and make your bed and are kind to your mammy, I'll introduce you to someone on Friday. Someone that you, as an Irish Fester, will get to know well in the 221 days between now and the close of Irish Fest '07.

And she's cute, too.