Necking it

My torn neck muscle is still causing me a load of trouble, although at least I'm now able to shave, shower etc, which wasn't possible for a while. Unfortunately my ability to sit, look straight ahead, and type wasn't really affected, so I didn't have an excuse to take time off work. (This is one of the few times when working at home isn't such a good thing.) Unfortunately again there is no real treatment apart from keeping it warmish and moving it about every now and then to prevent seizing up. But hopefully a few more days will see it off...

In other news (or, rather, things I've only just found out), the brilliant Simon & Miquita ("the wry couple. I think they're quite entertaining" as John Peel put it) are being replaced on Popworld by someone called Alex Zane. Who is this person, should I have heard of them? I suppose five years doing the same show is enough to fed anyone up -- but they still make me laugh lots, so it seems a bit of a shame to see them go.