"And then he said..."

is discovering that the pain-free limit from one acupuncture session = a week. Not bad at all. Am going back today. But OWWW MY BLOODY BACK! #
.@stevedownes1973 Who wrote the "Chase is on for new Canaries boss" headline? NEVER use the word 'Chase' in the context of City! *shudders* #
"I demand a tumbler full of [...]

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Roy Keane: "Clinton headed it at knee height. If you're a defender and he heads it that low you take his head off." [Just sack him, please.] #
Paypal adds new fees with no notice http://bit.ly/U3N8Z #paypalfail #
Had acupuncture for the first time today. Deeply unpleasant but stunningly effective. #
Unbelievable piece of Facebook stupidity, via Wendi [...]

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Still plugging away with story, back on track, deadline extended, buoyed by encouraging email from Freya North #blatantnamedropping #
Also, am busily growing Victorian whiskers like Yardley in Lagaan: http://bit.ly/1YNIIi It's awfully hard work. Energy-sapping. #
Feel like I'm pulling teeth. My short story heroine has just thrown a shoe at a copper & will shortly escape [...]

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It's 3am and I wish it wasn't, but lumps of the story I have to write by the end of the week started appearing fully-formed in my head #
5am – time to stop. Got three paragraphs down and some outline notes. Huge step forward, had to grab the moment, dog tired now! #
Oof. Feel bloody [...]

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Really bad back day yesterday, couldn't get up stairs unaided at end, had to be helped up on hands & knees. Got plans to work on it however. #
Pete & Dave's Dodo Emporium http://bit.ly/3k91A6 [I'll take a v3.6 please] #
Back is much improved – just as well, since we are touring the Williams F1 factory [...]

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Off to Donington Park tomorrow for a Superleague Formula presser with the Liverpool, Rangers and Spurs cars/drivers. Should be interesting. #
RT @DesignerDepot 12 Steampunk Gadgets and Designs: http://ow.ly/h6d2 [Also this Oxford exhibition in the comments http://bit.ly/QaU9n ] #
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http://twitpic.com/ac3vs – In Donny pitlane with Spurs car #
Always nice to start the day by playing [...]

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Another Monday, another headache. Life is always better when you know what to expect in advance. #
Spitfire has been taken to a Triumph specialist – early prognosis is gloomy ( #
RT @artesea good to see BT finally pulling out of Phorm http://bit.ly/oQqv6 hopefully the death of it. #
Things any would-be politician should do: http://bit.ly/10hx3E [...]

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Here we go again. Late Sunday and I'm still bloody working. Just filed the WSR report, now to Justin Wilson's brilliant victory at the Glen. #

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Went for a walk in an attempt to clear my head and improve efficiency. In this regard it succeeded. But back has now locked up. Pain… #
For them as like small balls of squawking fluff, see this new site that we built and sent live yesterday for a client: http://bit.ly/SE8bb #
This heat is really doing [...]

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Calm before the – well, not the storm, but the busy period. Got a half-day marketing training session here at our home office. Wish us luck. #
Emerged unscathed from seminar, plenty of ideas, but now hungry and a bit raw. #

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