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Day Eighty Seven - the devil's number
In cricket, if you're a superstitious batsman (or batter as seems to be the current term) on 87 runs not out then it's a worrying time...

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Mar 24, 2024
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Day Eighty Six - authentic dialogue
We watched an incredibly maudlin show on Netflix last night called 'One Day' which is a false name if ever I've heard one. It was a tonne...

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Mar 23, 2024
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Day Eighty Five - congratulations subscribers
Been a mega busy couple of days and whilst I'll catch up this weekend, work has beaten me on the cartooning front. So congratulations...

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Mar 22, 2024
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Day Eighty Four - names
There are an awful lot of young brunette women in our office of a certain age, and certain height, who wear the same clothes, and have...

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Mar 21, 2024
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Day Eighty Three - where do all the bruises come from?
Today at work I sat down on one of the specially procured ergonomically designed chairs in the open plan area, carefully thought through...

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Mar 20, 2024
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Day Eighty Two - security
We're on the first floor in our block of flats, so if there are any intruders we've got the loss leaders of the two flats below us first...

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Mar 19, 2024
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Day Eighty One - the mania
The light in the eyes glints differently. There's slightly more white too. And it comes with the occasional shudder. When you see it, you...

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Mar 18, 2024
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Day Eighty - St Patrick's Day
Amazing how big a deal the national day of one particular country is around the world. There are about 195 of them, but the Irish...

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Mar 17, 2024
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Day Seventy Nine - relaxing weekend
Saturday has arrived and its time to chill. And take in our achievements so far on this diet. Well, that was the plan. A key point I'd...

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Mar 16, 2024
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Day Seventy Eight - the Ides of March
Caesar was warned to beware the 15th of March and look what happened to him. Well, for me it's a case of 'beware the day before the Ides...

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Mar 15, 2024
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Day Seventy Seven - oh dear
Just got back from the client drinks session tonight. Not as disciplined as I'd hoped. Sad. A bad night for the diet. The things you do...

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Mar 14, 2024
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Day Seventy Six - business dinners
An occupational hazard for diets is evenings with other business people. The social lubricants for productive conversations usually...

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Mar 13, 2024
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Day Seventy Five - snacks
Iulia made a very good point today. Too often on this diet we treat the week like we would a project at work. Essentially delay until the...

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Mar 12, 2024
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Day Seventy Four - slowing down
Weigh in day today and the scales gave their judgement. Beginning to think we may need to install some kind of CCTV for the weigh-ins...

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Mar 11, 2024
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Day Seventy Three - surprise on Mother's Day
Rained all day today on Mother's Day in London. Normally we'd get a takeaway or goto a nice restaurant and have a big nosh up with some...

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Mar 10, 2024
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Day Seventy Two - Anatomy of a Fall
We're beginning to get into the rhythm on this diet. It's only taken about seventy days, but we're finally starting to be good during the...

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Mar 9, 2024
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Day Seventy One - Women's Day
March 8th is a big day in the Balkans. A day to celebrate mothers and women. And for the men in these women's life, a treacherous...

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Mar 8, 2024
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Day Seventy - glamorous friends
As I've mentioned before, my partner goes out a lot more than I do. She's clearly a terrible mother as a result. But putting all that...

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Mar 7, 2024
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Day Sixty Nine - ancient music
There's usually about an hour or two between the moment Iulia conks out on the couch and the time when I'm ready for bed. I'm a bit like...

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Mar 6, 2024
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Day Sixty Eight - jealousy
I'm incredibly jealous when Iulia goes out in the evening for one of her fancy gigs. It's not my fear of her finding another bloke and...

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Mar 5, 2024
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