yesterday was...

A good day for:

Old Wives, one of whose tales has been offered some vindication by a paper in Archives of Ophthalmology that links certain cases of blurred vision with intense sexual activity. "Maybe this gives us a physical explanation as to why there were some old wives' tales that certain sexual activities could result in blindness," said researcher Neil Bressler.

A bad day for:

Santa Claus. New Zealander Michael Lindsay was sentenced to six months' jail for breaking a window at a service station, while dressed as Santa Claus last Christmas, when the attendant refused him a free ice-cream.