Avatar and Family

We saw Avatar last night in 3D Imax. Wow. Not the most original plot for a film, not a script worthy of Oscars, and I could have done without one scientific violation in particular, but it is stunning all through. Visually fabulous. See it on the biggest screen you can find.

My family will not be arriving today. It snowed in Manchester last night, and it snowed in their connecting city - their flight was delayed and delayed, then finally cancelled. Currently they have spent 14 hours at Manchester airport. I know I asked for a magic extra day, but this isn't the kind of day I would have wished on the poor relatives :-(