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Tag Archives: bacon
Rousse’s new job
I’d never before applied for an academic job where all short-listed candidates were interviewed together. The panel comprised two well-respected academics: the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of an English university, who – quite out of character – had turned bad cop for the … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, academic, academics, art, bacon, bad cop, boss, campus, candidates, Chinese, Christmas, competition, dilemma, dining room, driving, family, father, Friends, Glasgow, Glasgow University, Heriot-Watt, interview, job, kitchen, leadership, Manchester, mother, niece, panel, position, post, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, questions, resignation, romantic, short list, short-listed, Stockton-on-Tees, stuffing, turkey, university, University of Glasgow, Victorian, White House
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The dangers of dyed pig meat (Rousse)
My mother and I dived into the undergrowth to hide from the natives. When they passed by we could make out their cargo piled high on the trolley. Neatly stacked like a Tesco pallet delivery, it carried a variety of … Continue reading
Rousse prepares breakfast
I busied myself making bacon sandwiches in the upstairs kitchen of the White House.
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Tagged bacon, breakfast, kitchen, sandwich, sandwiches, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, upstairs, White House
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Postman in shorts steals Belle’s heart
As soon as I saw him in his ‘Smart Chav’ label beige shorts, I realised that the postman was the new love of my life. Excited and blushing, I filled the kettle to make him a cup of tea while … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, bedroom, boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, grotto, kitchen, postman, sandwich, shorts, water
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Beware imitations: the case of the “handwoven” oriental silk rug (Rousse)
I was in a flap. My parents would be arriving for breakfast in 15 minutes. We had no food in the house, and our silk rug from Singapore was filthy from the ashes that had spilled onto it from our … Continue reading
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Tagged ash, ashes, bacon, breakfast, carpet, china, clean, cleaning, cod, decipher, dirt, eggs, fake, fire, flap, food. filth, freezer, gas, hoover, hoovering, imitation, panic, print, printing, real effect, rug, silk, Singapore, sofa, Sweden, Tesco, text, TPR, vacuum, vacuuming
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Belle cooks Rousse’s bacon and applauds Princess Diana
I had been a guest at Rousse’s. While she was out, I decided to pay my way by performing domestic tasks. The obvious first step was to grill all the bacon on the eye-level grill. I then cleaned up after … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, cat, cleaning, grill, pink, sari, ship, time travel, wedding, wet-suit
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Extortionate eatery and exhibitor costs (Rousse)
While JW explained the set-up of the book display and encouraged us to invite potential customers to her sale the next day, I set to work grilling sausages and bacon for the hungry EdCM friends eagerly awaiting breakfast in our … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, book, breakfast, breakfast cereal, Christmas, conference, Edinburgh, exhibition, fruit salad, lava lamp, librarians, London, muesli, New Year, Olympia, sausages
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