Movies, sport, books...the usual

I've been off work for a couple of days with a tummy bug. A genuine illness, but it was actually OK. I just sat under a duvet watching movies (now up to 701 out of 1001) and a brilliant cricket match. It would have felt very indulgent had I been able to eat anything.

M&I had a little indulgence on Sunday when we went to a fancy bar at Star City (Sydney's opulently tacky casino) for a book launch. We were invited because I had done a little research for the book and I am mentioned in the acknowledgements. It is about famous hotels, so we had a Basil Fawlty/Manuel impersonator double act which was odd. I also had an unexpected conversation about goats giving birth.

Hope you like the little Flickr gizmo I've just added over there on the left of the screen, by the way.