Vanderbilt and the Yeggman. Vipers. Vigor, the Hammersmith wonder.

Apparently you're not supposed to rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth – just spit. This was news to me… but maybe not to you?

Also, see here for great levels of detail on how to brush – the Modified Bass Technique!

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Bah! -- when I suddenly crave Hobnobs, I want them to be sugary, salty, and so fatty that they leave greasy marks on paper.

Today's Hobnobs are so flippin' healthy, they're more like eating compacted sawdust. Jamie Oliver, you have a lot to answer for.

I've just this afternoon started wearing a new pair of glasses, in which the left eye prescription has changed slightly. I now have a headache, and it also seems to be making my nose run on that side. Is this normal? I've not had a change in prescription since I was about 15, so can't remember much about what it was like previously.

Is there any good way of 'breaking in' new glasses in such a way that you don't get a headache at all? I guess if there is, working at a computer (which is what I have been doing) probably isn't it...

OTOH glasses technology seems to have moved on somewhat since I got my last ones however long ago, and these ones seem about half the weight despite being cheaper. And they make me look even more dashingly handsome than before, if you can believe that.

Here's a suggested mechanism. Judge for yourselves!

NB I sternly resisted all temptation to make "I'm in two minds about that" etc jokes, because schizophrenia as we all know these days is not the same as "split personality". But if I hadn't, they would have been funny.

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.

Boo, I have a nasty cold today. I've worked a decent half-day but I think I might knock off now. Pesky English climate!