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Seal shot and skinned (Rousse)

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Dreamaticus

‘Even my vegetarian ex-wife likes it’, boasted my former neighbour AS as he showed me the dead seal that he had just shot and skinned.

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Prince George’s part-time passion and a romantic near-miss (Rousse)

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Prince George of Cambridge had 5 minutes before his next royal appointment to open a new hospital ward. He chose to spend it stroking my upper torso. Afterwards I almost climbed into bed with my cousin NA. Fortunately I saw … Continue reading →

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A wasted wedding day in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

This had to be the most boring and short-lived wedding celebration of all time. Although some of my most interesting school friends were amongst the guests (including JB and GB, now a married couple themselves), TPR and I were sitting … Continue reading →

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A PhD student, a wolf, and a champion demented Whitby stretcher-thrower (Rousse)

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Dreamaticus

There was so much going on in the corridors that it took a long time to get everyone into the room and the main characters around the table for the PhD supervision. The student had become so paranoid that she … Continue reading →

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When roux sauce goes wrong (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I knew that he should have kept his mouth shout. Instead, he opened up the invitation to dinner at his house to everyone at the meeting. “My wife won’t mind”, he boasted. Indeed she did mind – very much. She … Continue reading →

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Sir Paul McCartney sings for information scientists (Rousse)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Dreamaticus

BC organised an evening reception for all the summer information science interns based in the US. I was delighted to be invited: I’d been getting very lonely living in a shed in my hosts’ garden. I was beginning to feel … Continue reading →

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Mac swap scam alert (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Such was the value of my most recent research report that it had been translated into Swedish. I was about to boast about this when SL pointed out that it looked like someone had “swapped” Macs with me. The one … Continue reading →

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McKinsey incentive holidays trump cinema trip with criminologists (Rousse)

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Dreamaticus

“I flew first class with 90 Russians, and we ate like kings both on the outward and return journeys” boasted TT. “Who did you work for?” I asked. When he answered “McKinsey” it all made sense. The incentive event that … Continue reading →

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Children and the dangers of thin ice (Rousse)

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The children boasted that the ice was so thick that they could walk across the frozen river. I asked them to demonstrate, my camera at the ready. The first girl placed her booted foot onto the supposedly solid ice, fell … Continue reading →

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Seagulls feast on evidence of “secret affair” (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dreamaticus

While I was recovering from the sight of R’s bronzed buttocks hanging out of the tightest pair of denim shorts imaginable, K pulled me outside to show me the evidence of the affair. “Just look at all those uneaten packed … Continue reading →

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