"07.00 Weigh myself on the bathroom scales. 3.8 kilos.
Given that I am pure intellect, this is dreadful. Decide to do exercise every morning.
07.30 Go out into the street, ready to run 6 miles.
Tomorrow, 7; the day after, 8, and so on.
07.32 Pass a baker's. Buy a pine-nut cake and eat it on the way home. Someone else can do the running."
'No word from Gurb', Eduardo Mendoza