The last few days (and the next few) have been an emotional roller-coaster. My dad’s had his heart bypass operation today so most of my time was spent reflecting in the ICU waiting room. Son’s should never have to see their fathers like I saw mine today. The operation was successful and I'm waiting for him to come off of ventilation as i write this. Tomorrow was a day i have been looking forward to for a long time – the Xbox 360 launch. I am expecting my machine in the morning by courier. But none of that seems important any more. I’ll spend the day at the hospital waiting for my dad to wake up. I don't know of anyone as brave as my dad. To walk into that hospital feeling perfectly well, knowing that he was about to go through a quad-bypass, took some balls. I feel quite guilty as all of this has come at a time when my best is really required by my employer who have to close out an important delivery. They’re even offering a bonus. I apologise in advance to my co-workers if my absence in any way causes us to misses the deadline (and bonus). Other news I’ve just received is that as a premium NTL customer they are upgrading my broadband connection to 10Mb downstream & 512k upstream. Which once my dad’s home we’ll certainly help, as I’ve promised that he’ll be a Halo 2 & Perfect Dark Zero pro with all the time he’ll have to practice online. Thanks for all the emails & text of support.