My Heart Keeps Saying "Stay Young", My Lower Back It Seems To Disagree

On top of persistant lethargy and having a horrible allergic reaction about twice a week at the moment, a nagging lower back pain has elected to join the party. Who knew that my terrible life choices would one day come back to bite me? Certainly not me, as I had successfully been living in denial about the issue for years. Anyway, the timing is rather irksome with a trip to Edinburgh coming up next week.

The upshot is that I've been sofa and bed bound all day. I'm getting to the end of Season 5 of Community on Netflix. I have reached the conclusion that my overall opinion of the show is unlikely to change at this stage. The show has been the subject of a great deal of critical and cult acclaim but it isn't one of the all time great sitcoms from me. Some of the episodes entertain whilst some of them wash over me completely. It's a clever show which frequently addresses the tropes of sitcoms in a sophisticated way. But it isn't as funny as it needs to be. And John Oliver isn't in it as much as I would like. Netflix don't have the rights to the 6th and final season so I'll probably give that a miss.

Also, I picked up a last minute return to see Jo Brand at the Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells tomorrow night. I will explain when I come to review the show why that's something of a surprising turn of events.

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