This is a personal log of sneezes, maintained since July 2007, with each entry recording a running total, date and time, location, perceived strength, and a brief note about what was happening. The 2018 entries shown run from sneeze number 5,052 in January to 5,134 on June 1. They do not present a medical explanation or systematic analysis; instead, they document sneezing as it occurs in the ordinary flow of one person’s life.
The notes range across home routines, work, travel, family activities, and leisure: making coffee or tea, doing chores, working on statistical reports, listening to the radio, reading, and visiting places around Birmingham, Swansea, and elsewhere. Most episodes are rated moderate, with some mild or strong, and the accompanying circumstances are often mundane or playfully specific. The record’s interest lies in its accumulation of small details and its sustained attention to a bodily habit: a sneeze becomes a timestamped observation tied to a particular setting and moment, rather than an unexplained event or a symptom discussed in depth.
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