Memo from: my sick bed

After a delightful trip home, I'm back in Lancaster.  Unfortunately, I'm also feeling totally rotten, and rather than get on with something productive (as was the plan), I've elected to nurse myself back to health with my electric blanket, some oranges, and some Modern Family.

(The cast of Modern Family - I own absolutely no rights to this picture, of course)

If you haven't heard of it yet, it's an American sitcom, based around one, extended family and their daily lives.  Now, I'm usually pretty sceptical that American humour can ever truly translate to us Brits, but in my opinion, Modern Family totally nails it.  Sometimes it's silly, but it's usually pretty clever in its humour, and it's also easy to pick favourite characters without absolutely hating others (I cannot stand shows with deliberately annoying characters).  In America it's shown on abc, which I think is Sky1 here, if you want to take the conventional viewing route.  Episodes are around 30 minutes long without ads, which is making it very difficult for me to stop myself from watching "just one more" tonight.

And with that, I will leave you.  I hope you're all enjoying your Easter break/looking forward to the bank holiday weekend!