This blog is suffering. But what can I do? My head is still full of Paris and I now know how mad Vikram Seth and Salman Rushdie must have been during the release of An Equal Music and The Ground Beneath Her Feet. I'm not comparing myself and I even know the reason... those telepathic waves in the atmosphere that she talks about that we all sort of plug into...
Meanwhile, as Maddy grapples with viral and the senior sub has a look of unabashed glee at being able to bully the 'bully', the deadline is back-breaking. But Agassi is playing today.

On return from leave, I'm not only dealing with the culture shock but also the deadline shock. 12 o'clock! So while the world gets caught up in Goal 2006, for us it means more hours of hysteria and waiting and no yoga. Sigh.