Tag Archives: injury

Swollen toe

Well, I didn’t get off as unscathed from yesterday’s tumble as I thought. I have a swollen toe. It’s not pleasant. This is a bit more pleasant. It’s one of the wide swathes cut by the tractor throughout the park, … Continue reading

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Not defying gravity

Yesterday I woke up to the news that Robin Williams had died. This morning it was Lauren Bacall. I’m thinking that waking up and listening to the radio is not the most joyful thing I could do each day. And … Continue reading

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Spitting

Tonight, just as Nicktor and I left the Albion after a lovely dinner and couple of pints, the heavens opened up and showered us in very heavy rain. There was thunder, lightning and torrential, very unEnglish rain. We managed to … Continue reading

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Not merrily at all

My knee is ridiculously swollen. It feels like it could give out at any time. It hurts to bend it. I can’t drink because of the antibiotics. AND we didn’t get to go to Merrily We Roll Along, a Sondheim … Continue reading

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Exactly a year ago

The question of the week, in London at least, has been “What legacy has the Olympics left?” Apparently, in terms of the millions of people who were going to take up sporting activity, not a lot. Pretty much what one … Continue reading

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Heatwave hysteria

Ben (who works with Mirinda) had a letter published in the Telegraph this week. This is what he wrote (though he maintains his funniest work was edited out by the paper): Heatwave hysteria SIR – Is there to be no … Continue reading

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Happy WWW day

20 years ago, today, Tim Berners-Lee convinced CERN that the web he’d devised should be for the entire world to enjoy. CERN agreed and the world was changed completely. Imagine, no World Wide Web…I can’t. This page says it all. … Continue reading

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