“Now is the winter of our discontent…” becomes:

“This is the winter of your donkey doing headstands.”
“This is the winter of your backpack loving mum.”
“This is the winter of your baby eating sheep.”

I came across this video of Devin, a young man with Tourettes, performing a poem about his tics.

No need to watch a long documentary: I think he makes you understand and feel what he’s saying in just three minutes. In his words:

“I’ve got a glass shard syndrome with those lightning spit symptoms, here’s a glass ceiling anthem and a tic ridden tantrum.”…

As part of my Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) I’ve got a set of exercises to practice many times every day. My therapist suggested doing them at times when my tics are bad, and even doing things that I know make them worse.…

Earlier I watched Save the Green Planet with Leftwing Idiot and his mate Nez who’s staying for a few days. I was having a real battle with concentrating because I felt uncomfortable and couldn’t keep still. Many of my tics are accompanied by a strong internal sensation and tonight this was so overwhelming.…

This evening Screechy met Squawky when I recorded Desert Island Tics with Screechy Badman, a radio show host who broadcasts on The Source FM.

We chatted about the effect of different music and sounds on my tics and I chose eight tracks to be cast away with.…

Newsnight anchorman Jeremy Paxman followed in the footsteps of Radio Four presenter Jim Naughtie tonight. I wrote about Naughtie’s slip of the tongue a while back, when instead of saying ‘Hunt’ he said ‘cunt’. Tonight, live on BBC 2, Paxman said ‘Cunts’ instead of ‘Cuts’.…

I watched The King’s Speech earlier today. It stars Colin Firth as King George VI, and tells the story of his relationship with the speech therapist who helped him overcome his severe stammer. Stammering disrupts the flow of speech and makes communicating difficult.…

I went to an exhibition about art and movement at the Hayward Gallery with Poppy this afternoon. The name of the exhibition had caught my attention – Move: Choreographing You – and I was intrigued because that’s exactly what Tourettes does: it choreographs me.…

Back in June I described an evening at the lair when we watched Robocop and I spent a lot of time ticcing, “Bitches leave!” It didn’t stick and I haven’t ticced it since, but a few days ago I started ticcing a variant, “Biscuits leave!”

This morning radio presenter Jim Naughtie mispronounced the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s name and as a result said ‘Cunt’ live on air. Predictably this has caused an uproar and it’s reminded me of an amazing George Carlin video I watched a while ago.…