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“Your Days are Numbered, Biscuits.” 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
As if his life wasn’t biscuity enough already, a couple of days ago Leftwing Idiot went and bought hundreds of them. The reason for this? Tomorrow we’re having a party to celebrate the publication of...
Bad Language 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
It’s time I addressed an awkward issue that tends to dominate most people’s understanding of Tourettes Syndrome – bad language. By this I don’t mean the swearing or personal insults that so many peopl...
Observations 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Every day for over two and a half years I’ve written in this blog about my life with Tourettes Syndrome. When I started I worried that I’d run out of things to say, but I soon realised this wasn’t… re...
Changing The World - A Tic at The Times 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a journalist from The Times interested in finding out about people’s reactions to being told they had Tourettes. He’d been inspired to do this by the experience of...
Fuck A Sheep 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
For reasons best known to my unusual neurology, every time I hear my phone beep to tell me I’ve got a new message I automatically say, “Fuck a sheep!” Having Tourettes is an unpredictable business, a...
“Help! I’m stuck down a well.” 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Back in July I spent several days with a charming Australian film crew for a piece they were doing about Tourettes. Doing things for TV can be quite daunting, but the Channel 7 team were friendly, rel...
Green Screen Cheese 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
The dust is starting to settle after last night’s amazing book launch. I’ve been exhausted all day and frustratingly I’m feeling under the weather again! We had over 100 guests, some from as far away...
Sunday Over The Rainbow 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Every day I tweet a new verbal tic on Twitter, and every day I end up spending far too long deciding which one to choose. Fortunately my mischievous friend @ticbot doesn’t suffer from the same indecis...
FBJ - A Term Is Born 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
This Sunday’s going to be my one-year Fit-iversary. For the last 363 days, at least twice a day, and often many more times, my tics have increased in intensity to the point where it looks like I’m hav...
Bent Backs and Fight Backs 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
I started writing this post in the early hours of yesterday morning. I was feeling tense and restless and initially I couldn’t work out why, but my mind kept coming back to my wheelchair. Two weeks ag...
