Monthly Archives: December 2017

Liberty lawn cotton and unfashionable wallpaper (Rousse)

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Two of my school friends (one KMcL) dressed in Liberty lawn cotton blouses admired my bedroom wallpaper. Meanwhile JB made snide remarks that it was ‘unfashionable’.

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Rivals vie for boat trip business from Miavig, Isle of Lewis (Rousse)

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Dreamaticus

There was a new company offering boat trips from Miavig on the Isle of Lewis. However, I was sure that it would soon go out of business because it failed to adhere to health and safety requirements. For example, I … Continue reading →

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A revealing silk jacket (Belle)

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t wait to see RB wearing the silk blouson jacket I had bought him. Featuring a cutesy kitten design, it was cut deliberately short so that six inches of his tummy would be on display. He seemed to really … Continue reading →

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Charity shop Whimsies and a sand slide bring joy to the office (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My new office space was appalling. I was shown to a tiny table with a computer at the end end of a long narrow room that accommodated around a dozen academics and research students. On the blue desk next to … Continue reading →

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New York’s latest spa craze is total wee wee (Belle)

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was visiting New York on business and I had no idea why the hipster librarian had decided I must visit the city’s trendiest spa. I was told the full story. The owner of the spa had been rootling around … Continue reading →

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Stockton man traffics refugees as a sideline to drug dealing (Rousse)

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were setting down to watch a 1970s film in the upstairs drawing room of the White House when we sensed that we were not alone. After a quick check behind the furniture revealed nothing, we sat back … Continue reading →

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Academic is owner of magnificent mansion on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I knew that it was unconventional to take one’s sibling to a school management meeting, but now that mine worked at the University (albeit in a different department), I thought that I would get away with it. SS glanced over … Continue reading →

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Jo Jo the poison pen email writer pushes stressed academic over the edge (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was in the habit of commuting by train to the headquarters of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in London. There I worked in the basement on an unending series of grant applications. From time to time … Continue reading →

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A spare CD of Scottish folk music (Rousse)

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I saved the CD of Scottish folk music as a present for FR. In the company of IB, LJ and JM, however, she regretted that she was unable to accept it. This music, apparently, was not to her tastes (at … Continue reading →

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Students love their naked teacher (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Discussing the module in my kitchen, the students and I worked out that we all fell in love around week 7. When we moved the conversation into the hall I started to feel chilly, so I excused myself to pop … Continue reading →

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