Finally got custom moulded earplugs. Hearing protection is a big mood for me from now on.

I highly recommend Donna Kossy's Strange Creations for a very interesting summary of fringe views on the origins of human beings, including those which fed into Naziism and Bolschevism.

After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage.

I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword.