Monthly Archives: August 2011

The magic flower (Rousse)

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Whenever you called out our niece F’s name, the magic flower echoed your words back again. At the same time, one by one, items in the garden went invisible. The job of folding up the blankets became more and more … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s travel trauma

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The up escalator confused everyone when it switched direction from up to down. Then someone knelt down, stroked the metal teeth from front to back, and travel upwards resumed once more. Later on KT and I were trying to get … Continue reading →

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JK Rowling’s cot death charity competition and the Scottish slave trade (Rousse)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I chased my north Northumbrian cousins through the corridors Scooby Doo style as a strategy to keep them entertained while were waiting for the main event. Then the word came that the real fun was about to start. We gathered … Continue reading →

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What has Rousse got up her sleeves?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dreamaticus

If truth be told my Norwegian jumper was too big for me. What I should have really done is pass it on to someone larger and buy myself a new one. Instead I decided to adapt it. I cut off … Continue reading →

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A fortune in apps, an Andy Warhol masterpiece – and Mark Kermode (Belle)

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The launch of my third motoring-related app was going to bring in £100,000. It enabled drivers to top up their parking meters remotely. The app’s success meant millions of pounds in parking fines were being lost by local authorities and … Continue reading →

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Belle to go blonde!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Every time I admired my new flatmate’s changing hair, she told me which two colours she had mixed to create the desired effect (“apricot-peach and smooth mink”). How dull I was by comparison! I decided to go blonde for the … Continue reading →

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Gloop for non-coffee drinker Rousse

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was just the placement student so I tolerated yet another change to arrangements to my office accommodation. When my boss realised that the two other heads of group had taken advantage of my sweet nature I made sure that … Continue reading →

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Kit Kats, crisps and claustrophobia (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We were cycling down the glen over the bumpy grass. TPR took the front, a male friend followed behind, and I was in the middle in sole charge of the tandem for the first time ever. I had really got … Continue reading →

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Boy racing and GCSE results (Rousse)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It difficult to tell what was the more shocking: (a) my colleague PC terrifying my Volvo-driving parents by goading my father to race his souped-up Subaru around a supermarket car park in Peebles, or (b) my nephew’s one and only … Continue reading →

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Kevin Towler – Olympic athlete (Belle)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

They were an unlikely pair of gold medal hopefuls. In fact, they looked more like young media types out on the town in Hoxton, and yet here they were being filmed for a documentary about Britain’s Olympic hopefuls. It had … Continue reading →

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