• 12:30 Looks like @andygates ‘s rock bunneh is sunbathing today. What a change in the weather! #
• 23:58 @warrenellis As I said before, we have a parang. Used. You can’t have it, though. It’s ours. #

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• 15:39 Oh good. I can now have the right eye in for three days straight! #
• 15:44 I am hiding from the weather. #
• 16:27 @andygates The wind equivalent of tepid, methinks. Makes last year’s Dumb Run look like a tropical paradise. #
• 16:28 @andygates I’ve always liked that one too. #
• 23:31 Eddiue Izzard is making me laugh but not cheering me up. How can that be? #

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• 12:09 @splinister Nah. I think I’m finally going to switch to Firefox. #
• 16:08 Probably going to wuss out and drive home, if only so I can go to the pool later. Temperature’s dropping below freezing and it’s very wet. #
• 17:48 Have changed to firefox. Probably about time. But by christ it’s slow. #
• 17:58 Come on, central heating. I’m cold! #
• 18:23 @mbftwit It’s mostly when trying to tweet. It loads fast enough, but typing into the twitter box takes forever. #
• 20:58 Not the best swim session ever, but I can still manage under 8mins for 400m. #

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• 12:17 Trying to work up gumption to go running. It’s raining. I did 1500m in the pool last night (31 mins). Got dr this afternoon. #
• 12:19 Could just leave it and go to gym this evening. Utterly knackered, though. #
• 12:21 So THIS is why Frood can eat so much mashed potato and never put on weight! news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7785118.stm #
• 17:04 @splinister Well, if we *happen* to be in the same place we should see it together so you can laugh at me squeeing over it. #
• 17:04 That wasn’t a euphemism. But gods, he’s hot. #
• 17:12 Just back from the doctor’s appt and feeling depressed. It was as pointless and demoralising as they usually are. #
• 17:12 I should remember: ONLY EVER GO SEE A DOCTOR IF YOU’VE CHOPPED YOUR LEG OFF. They can’t argue with symptoms like that. #
• 17:13 I’M SORRY I CHOPPED MY LEG OFF AND I’M NOT CARRYING A MAP AND COMPASS AND I LET THE DOG ON THE SOFA. #
• 17:15 Pleeeeeeeeeease forgive me! I won’t do it again! And I won’t try climbing Ben Nevis in stilettos and a mini skirt, either! #
• 17:40 @splinister Worst bit is you don’t feel reassured, even if it *is* nothing to worry about. #
• 17:40 @splinister He didn’t look at me closely enough to rule out anything and managed to make me feel I was making an unnecessary fuss. #
• 17:56 Calming down with a weekday splishy splasy (naughty!) before making Thai Green Tofu curry. #
• 17:56 Went for my lunchtime run, after all. #
• 17:57 Buggery arse typoes. #

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• 17:59 @warrenellis Sadly no, but I’m thinking about going back there. The only alternative is trying to kill the goblin living in the cupboard. #

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• 12:14 @splinister The Wolvie trailer has been taken down. Copyright. #
• 12:36 @splinister As I’m following @marvel on twitter, I’m pretty sure I’ll find out when they do. #
• 13:13 Trying to think of new veggie recipes that don’t have tomatoes, peppers or aubergines in. Bah. #
• 13:25 I love the LGC. Only there could we have a conversation about merkins becoming a practical discussion of the merits of vag visors. #
• 13:25 And it’s a cycling forum. #
• 13:27 I’m actually waiting for the water to heat up so I can give Shackleton a bath. He am be filthy. #
• 15:32 Right. One moderately clean bicycle. Not my usual standards but it’s bloody freezing out there! #
• 16:44 @splinister Yeah, and I haven’t changed my euros back yet. Blast. #

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• 13:42 @splinister No! I shall not! I shall not go there! I have to tidy the flat today. #
• 13:42 Must tidy today or else will not have time to give bike a bath tomorrow and go to gym. #
• 14:04 Right. Coffee time. #

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• 15:08 @splinister Ew! #
• 15:08 Just back from having car asessed. Oh dear 🙁 At least I’m not paying for it. #
• 15:41 @splinister Oh, we could be looking at A LOT of money. New bumper, new towbar, rear floor staved in, struts need replacing… #
• 17:18 @splinister Hmmm. That may swing my inclination to go see it. Have you been? #
• 18:16 @splinister I just managed to find a block of Willie’s Wonky Chocolate which I am going to use in a chill. A rare tomato treat. #
• 18:20 @warrenellis What lubricant would sir prefer? #
• 18:40 @splinister tinyurl.com/3ynbxy #
• 23:01 @andygates Yep. My Deadpool is oh so much better. #

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I’m working from home today as a result of my still-dodgy digestive system making riding to work very tiring (my car is awaiting garage treatment after someone ran into it on Sunday night).

Taking a break from the serious stuff (well, everyone in the office is away for their Christmas meal about now, to which I was supposed to be going but can’t, as the only substances I can keep down are boiled rice and tea/coffee/boiled water) I mosied on over to world outside the dayjob, where, pointed at Alternative Culture mag Coilhouse by a twittering Warren Ellis (of The Authority), I found myself captivated by a strange music video.

The song is called Souvenir de Chine and it’s by a Swiss pair called Larytta. Sounds like it was made on some sort of 70s harmonium, which means it was probably created on a computer and kurreltheraven is already trying to produce something better on his Commodore 64 array. The video is by Körner Union who, from their website, are a couple of acorns short of a squirrel’s winter larder. Or, at least, have the sort of sense of humour that would make Frood grin.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306MUlh054Y]

Also, my friend Rupert liked it.

• 11:25 Back at work. Not impressed. Head full of what feels suspiciously like wet, scrunched-up spider silk & stomach made of clenched fist. #
• 12:04 @splinister There was sunshine while I was over! #
• 12:05 Currently only able to stomach plain boiled rice and boiled drinks. Don’t know what I’m going to do for lunch as I’m riding today. #
• 12:05 Still. At least I can drink coffee again. Not as much as I’d like… #
• 21:08 It was so cold on the ride home I had to wear three buffs, including my polartec one. Roads frozen. I looked like a microfleece ninja! #

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