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  1. @RunningComm @sweder Most of the twitpics I've seen (yours excepted @sweder) look like thatabout 2 hours ago from BeTwittered in reply to RunningComm
  2. New blog post: The cloths of heaven at http://bit.ly/1O4gYKabout 4 hours ago from API
  3. Die is cast, going for run, it's not going to get any drier, nor any wetter.about 21 hours ago from Seesmic
  4. New blog post: Robert McFarlane on the South Downs at http://bit.ly/37SsHjabout 22 hours ago from API
  5. Trying to find my copy of Landham's Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. Failingabout 23 hours ago from Seesmic
  6. @Hels55 But indisputably trueabout 23 hours ago from Seesmic in reply to Hels55
  7. New blog post: My dream job at http://bit.ly/24hmw9about 23 hours ago from API
  8. @Hels55 Must be my students. No one can move as slowly or achieve as little as themabout 23 hours ago from Seesmic in reply to Hels55
  9. New blog post: Bonfire at http://www.roper.org.uk/tr/...about 24 hours ago from API
  10. @Hels55 Will do, though no sparklers in evidence. Flares were fun, though, both ring-pull, top and bottom, and bayonet2:58 AM Nov 8th from Tweetie in reply to Hels55
  11. Off to sailing club #bonfire soon http://icanhaz.com/nssc Paddy the bosun will demonstrate correct flare-lighting technique9:40 AM Nov 7th from Seesmic
  12. New blog post: Photographing libraries at http://bit.ly/N0BFI7:19 AM Nov 7th from API
  13. New blog post: Wincanton & Down Royal. http://icanhaz.com/wincanton3:27 AM Nov 7th from Seesmic
  14. @Sweder Good stuff. I must come along to #ParkRun one of these days.2:49 AM Nov 7th from Seesmic in reply to Sweder
  15. Off to drinks with medical school running club. Hurrah!10:54 AM Nov 6th from Tweetie
  16. Very disappointed that National Archives want me to pay to see Domesday Book online. Should be free, surely?9:37 AM Nov 6th from web
  17. @RunningComm Solidarity, RC. Very strange comma use in this example6:19 AM Nov 6th from Seesmic in reply to RunningComm
  18. @brunella No, this was done by a colleague who was, AFAIK, well-intentioned6:18 AM Nov 6th from Seesmic in reply to brunella
  19. Irritated. My carefully wrought prose has been turned into ugly solecism-stuffed nonsense by someone else, but it still bears my name5:44 AM Nov 6th from Tweetie
  20. @stuartbenjamin Myles naGopaleen had another approach, which involved rising very early, completing it, & pretending to do it later in day2:54 AM Nov 6th from Seesmic in reply to stuartbenjamin
  • Name Tom Roper
  • Location Sussex, Britain
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  • Bio Librarian; bon viveur; runner; amateur Greek scholar; defender of the semi-colon; man of action
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