Oh dear!!

Well Giocos was nice, but much more expensive than we remembered, partly  because of the different exchange rate of course and partly because we all had Martinis to start with. It was worth it though if only to  hear Tami  (Spry from St Cloud State Uni who visited Bristol earlier this year, see the identities theme link on right) ordering them. I intend to rehearse this order and use it when I get the chance ... I can't quite think when as we speak  ...  but here you go: 

'I'd like a Stoli,* straight up with  whisper of vermouth,  two olives and just a little dirty'

*(Stolichnaya vodka)

We met up with Ann, Sue  and Glen, who recommended the Chicago cultural centre as being worth a visit and Susanne ( Gannon from Western Sydney) also joined us.  We are hoping at arrange a visit to Bristol for Susanne who has some done some very interesting work with collaborative texts  and has some really interesting ideas on the teaching of the separation of text ( that we can all work with) from autonomous boundaried individuals (and imagined/alleged ownership of text). We then got into an interesting late night conversation about the ownership, editing and representation of collaborative texts...at least it seemed like it at the time, but then i was jet (and a bit martini) -lagged

I slept like a log actually, but I do seem to have woken with a slight headache. Today the temperature is already 73 F with 72% humidity, so after my breakfast coffee, I'm heading for the air con.