I came across an article online earlier which describes the results of a recent research study into Tourettes, based on some earlier findings. The researchers used MRI to look at the area of the brain responsible for controlling movement and they found there were differences in the white matter connections between people with Tourettes and those without.…

I’ve written lots of serious entries recently. Tourettes does bring challenges but my tics don’t let things stay serious for too long. Tonight they seemed even more abstract than usual:

“I fucked a kissing gate.”

“Key a llama with a biscuit.”…

About six months ago I wrote about the return of a biting tic that I’ve had on and off since I was a kid. It didn’t stay for long last time, but it’s re-emerged in the last week or two and I’m biting my hand and arm frequently.…

“I hold my own with gibberish. I hold hands with donkeys.”

Just in case you thought my tics had moved away from the subject of Christmas, here’s a selection of new festive tics for March:

“Happy Christmas Harry Enfield.”

“Buck up Christmas tree.”

“You’re under arrest on suspicion of being a Christmas tree.”

I’m having a difficult evening tic-wise. I’m saying ‘fuck’ over and over again in the same monotonous voice, and it’s been driving me mad. Leftwing Idiot and Poppy were here, and I’d desperately wanted to enjoy a relaxing evening hanging out with them.…

I described in an earlier entry how I’ve been ticcing, ‘Mystery’ whenever I hurt myself. I’ve now started saying it whenever I see other people get hurt. Leftwing Idiot told me earlier that when he was watching a tense thriller with Poppy yesterday, she’d said, “I think they’re about to get mystery’d”.…

“Russell broke the shower.”

Russell broke the Microwave.

The first of these is a genuine tic, the second is a description of what King Russell did this evening.
In fact he didn’t just break the microwave, he blew its door off.…

Yesterday I compared my squirrel and donkey tics with each other. It got me thinking and I realised these are not the only animals which feature in tics. Here’s a selection:

“I’m a free-running ladybird.”
“Kiss a whale.”
“The elephant left the room.”…

“I’m living ketchup reality and I’m a donkey.”
“Life begins at squirrel.”

“Shall we make a cloakroom out of donkeys?”
“Squirrel, squirrel, squirrel, fashion.”

“Dear donkey, I’m sorry you’re a bachelor.”
“Squirrel loving fish.”

“Donkey cum, donkey cum, going only where a donkey can.”…