Tag Archives: box

The effects of global warming, old school friends, and a recruitment question (Rousse)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dreamaticus

In this topsy-turvy world the sun hadn’t risen for weeks and the streets were under snow, even though the calendar told us that it was the middle of the summer. It was so cold outside that the thick soles of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baby, bottle, box, canteen, cold, courage, dorm, dormitory, Dr Martens, earth, Friends, global warming, interview, job, lunch, moon, pals, parents, PhD academic, photo, photograph, qualification, recruitment, restaurant, Sheffield, Sheffield University, shoe, sleep, snow, summer, sun, table, Teesside High School, TPR, Upper V, wine | Leave a comment

New canoe-carrying Dr Who takes to the Tardis (Rousse)

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

TPR signed up as Dr Who and appointed me as his assistant. To make the role his own, he took his canoe whenever he went. This meant that there was not enough space for me in the Tardis, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged box, British Library, canoe, concrete, Corstorphine, Dr Who, flying, phone, tardis, taxonomies, telephone, TPR | Leave a comment

Records management, referencing, and ripping off airline passengers (Rousse)

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This “executive briefing” was little more than a run-through of basic records management principles. The sharp-suited speaker was full of confidence when he declared that everything that you ever needed to know could be summarised in 35 minutes. He was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airline, box, check, display, executive briefing, flight, numbers, page, plane, PowerPoint, presentation, records management, referencing, rip-off, ripping off, seat, suit, tick | Leave a comment

Silver landmarks a huge hit with the tourists (Rousse)

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

For the third time JB asked if I would help teach the first years how to dance, and once more I happily accepted her invitation. Didn’t she ever read her e-mail? Standing in her office, I also wondered why JB … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bath, book, books, box, boxes, cardboard, coast, coastal, dance, dancing, e-mail, first years, hardback, hardbacks, hike, HTML, invitation, Leeds, lid, Manchester, North Yorkshire, novel, novels, office, packing, path, Roseberry Topping, silver, students, tourist, tourist board, tourists, walk, Whitby, work, World Wide Web, www, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Rag doll family imposters invade Paris (Rousse)

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I popped out to phone TPR from the call box down the street from my Paris pied a terre. I got lost on the way back, distracted by the shop windows stuffed with wonderful cakes and pastries that I could … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged box, cake, cakes, call, cousin' Russian, doll, dolls, family, film, key, kiss, kisses, laundrette, movie, Paris, pastries, pastry, phone, pied-à-terre, rag, road, shop, star, street, stuffed, toy, toys, TPR, twin, twins, window, windows | Leave a comment

An intruder, a storm, and the terrible after-effects of tree resin rain (Rousse)

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

There’d been a number of break-ins at our flat over recent weeks, none of which had triggered our burglar alarm. We were sure, however, that it was just matter of time before we would walk in on the culprit(s). When … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acoustic, after-effects, alarm, alternative, arrest, bell, black, bouquet, box, boxes, break-in, burglar, caramel, celebrate, celebration, chocolate, chocolates, coffee, conversation, culprit, cushion, cushions, damage, door, flat, flower, flowers, fly, flying, friend, friendship, garden, gardens, ground, guitar, gym, hall, headlice, house, houses, identity, intruder, kettle, kitchen, lice, lifestyle, loss, memory, mother-in-law, mystery, neighbour, neighbours, paralysed, paralysis, peanut, peanuts, police, policeman, prison, rescue, resin, Russian, sitting room, sky, sofa, stiff, storm, stranger, tea, TPR, training, tree, weather, wind, windy, woman, work | Leave a comment

Famous beards and underwear (Rousse)

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Dreamaticus

DB and I were cataloguing journal issues, then filing them in slim cardboard boxes, in the reading room of a large academic library. I also took this opportunity to consider the common data elements in MARC records and APA referencing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged APA, beard, beards, box, boxes, cardboard, cataloguing, dress, facial, girl, hair, journals, knickers, library, library and information science, MARC, meeting, Reading, reading room, reference, references, referencing, room, serials, sister, taffeta, underwear | Leave a comment

Nun murder: rally driver Rousse carries clues in her car

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I drove the red hire car like a maniac rally driver, screeching round corners and off-roading where necessary. This was not deliberate, but due to a lack of familiarity with the car’s controls. Shod in wellies, I also kept missing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accelerator, anorak, bay, body, boot, box, brake, camera, car, coast, conference, convent, corpse, dolphin, dolphins, driver, driving, folders, forestry, garden, MacBook, murder, nun, off-raoding, police, police officer, police officers, police woman, police women, policeman, policewoman, policewomen, rally, red, sea, shore, sister, track, walker, walkers, wellies, wellington boots, wellingtons | Leave a comment

Dead grandmother finances tricky train travel (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I’d over-stretched myself with a busy morning of cycling to the Welsh border combined with talking to strangers along the route, and now it was time to head home to Newcastle. It was only when my family gathered at Waverley … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged box, Carlisle, cartoon, cycling, Edinburgh, flat, grand-daughter, grandmother, lost, mother, Newcastle, purse, sister, station master, step-sister, train, trains, Wales, Waverley | Leave a comment

Tiffany Blue box “engagement” mystery (Rousse)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dreamaticus

“That Tiffany Blue box from New York, what’s in it?” I carefully chose the moment to pose the question that was on everyone’s lips. The pair of us were bound together by rope, clinging to a mountain ledge, and RL … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birmingham, box, conference, desk, desks, Dreamaticus, filing cabinets, German, Glasgow, Haymarket, hill, iPhone, late, mobile, mountain, New York, Newcastle, Northumberland, number, office, Outer Hebrides, Pentland Hills, sponsor, STV, summit, table, taxi, Tiffany, Tiffany Blue, TPR, wallet | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: box

The effects of global warming, old school friends, and a recruitment question (Rousse)

New canoe-carrying Dr Who takes to the Tardis (Rousse)

Records management, referencing, and ripping off airline passengers (Rousse)

Silver landmarks a huge hit with the tourists (Rousse)

Rag doll family imposters invade Paris (Rousse)

An intruder, a storm, and the terrible after-effects of tree resin rain (Rousse)

Famous beards and underwear (Rousse)

Nun murder: rally driver Rousse carries clues in her car

Dead grandmother finances tricky train travel (Rousse)

Dreamaticus populae

Recent reveries

Top dream themes

Dreamaticus updates direct to your inbox

Archives