You'll have to forgive me for the lack of updates today.

It's been a write-off of a day. I started off by doing an interview for the Disability Times and then struggled to write my BBC News Online column, despite the brain-numbing heat.

This evening I've had dinner with friends. They've supplied me with plenty of material for tomorrow's blog entries but have also ensured that I'm too drunk to write anything of worth tonight.

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow...