Tag Archives: Flu

A Glass A Day

Image: The Daily Mail Not a bad weekend all things considered. Despite the culmination of what I think may have been the flu – or something like it, on Friday – by Saturday I was feeling a lot better. I … Continue reading

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A New Member Of The Family

Image: FCM Things are looking to be on the up after having slept for the best part of 30 out of the last 36 hours solid. When I got up this morning the tiredness was waning but my head still … Continue reading

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Coming Down With A Katzenjammer

Image: Unknown I never noticed it starting yesterday, but today I have awoken with a head cold and it seems to be getting worse. My head is pulsing, my eyes swollen and my mouth is dry. Simply not what I … Continue reading

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James Tait Black Memorial Prize And Alan Warner

Image: Forbidden Planet I’m definitely coming down with a bit of chesty nonsense. It’s been worsening as the week progresses, which is just NOT what I needed with it being slap bang in the middle of the book festival. I’ve … Continue reading

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Apologies For The Inconvenience

Image: Unknown When I said it was snowy yesterday I had no idea just how bad it was going to get. The snow yesterday was nothing compared to what I woke up to today! Yesterday was a mere sprinkling of … Continue reading

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Shaping the Idea

It must have rained heavily overnight. Large puddles had gathered on the corners of the roads, and our back garden gleamed with droplets on all the trees, the smell of an early morning dew rampant when I went out to … Continue reading

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RTFM

Long day. Not so much with my workload, more so with the fact I have STILL got this damned cold. I’m still coughing and my head is still full of gunk, to the point where headaches are just something I … Continue reading

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A Pound Of Chocolate

I still haven’t shaken off this cold or whatever it is. Despite the presence of combative medicine in the form of Nurofen, Syndol, and Vitamin C, I still have an unacceptable amount of blockages in my ear, nose, and throat; … Continue reading

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