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Date: 29 November 2006 22:00:52
Being off ill does have its benefits. I get to lie in; watch Top Gear reruns; Frasier; Corrie; and catch up on my reading.
At 11 last night I began reading Merde Actually, the sequel to A Year In The Merde. Looking just now I discover that I'm on 246. This is fun and very easy to read.
For those who haven't read the origial it tells the story of Paul West, an Englishman living in Paris. It shows ou the good things about French life and, of course, the bad. In the second book he is setting up an English Tea Shop in Paris. It is fun and has had me chuckling out loud, I can't laugh or I'll cough myself to death.
I've also read John Le Carre's The Honourable Schoolboy and will shortly begin Smiley's People, to complete the Smiley trilogy.
I also need to read Men Are From Scunthorpe and Women Are From Calcutta (or Kolkutta, or Calcutter - or however its spelt today), or some such thing. It is felt that I need to discover why females are incapable of conversing in the same language as their spouses. I find its a common problem that you emerges about 10 minutes after your vows are completed.
I also get to watch films I haven't seen, or not seen in ages. Yesterday's was Mr Smith Goes To Washington, a film that proves that political corruption did not start in my lifetime.
Also on my list are the first series of Rome, season 5 of CSI and seasons 1-3 of The West Wing. I hope the doctor can sign me off for that long....