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Puppet maker passenger puts her trust in the professor (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Stuck in traffic, I noticed a woman with a baby on her lap at the bus window. Seated towards the back of the ground floor of the bus, and almost level with us, she was the spitting image of JS. … Continue reading →

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Green teddy bears seek release from Edinburgh airport (Rousse)

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dreamaticus

For a reason that I could not understand AA and IR had clubbed together to buy me a celebratory present that comprised a collection of green cuddly toys and some rather bizarre clothing, much of it the same colour. Rather … Continue reading →

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Hall of residence handicrafts at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Nobody needed any persuasion to take to the floor at the Manor House reunion disco. With the first beat of the first record it was filled with enthusiastic dancers. I mentioned to TPR that we should list all these popular … Continue reading →

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Stationery heaven and an unpaid debt (Rousse)

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Normally we would have flown down to London to catch the onward flight from Heathrow. However, because we were keen to go to MS’s party on Saturday evening, we were obliged to drive down afterwards overnight. It was such a … Continue reading →

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1980s innovations in publishing: the musical academic journal (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dreamaticus

GMcM and I were browsing through old copies of the Journal of Information Science. Back in 1989 the fonts were enormous. What surprised us most of all, however, was that each issue was musical, just like a novelty greeting card.

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Write early for Christmas 2012 (Rousse)

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Dreamaticus

JK was away so DB chaired the meeting in her place. Instead of discussing business, however, we all sat at the table writing our Christmas cards. After a few minutes of addressing envelopes EH mentioned that perhaps this was something … Continue reading →

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Man falls to death from medieval tower: “lost” handbag takes the blame (Rousse)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I found my new Joey D handbag again where I’d left it: sitting in the corner of the lift. It must have been travelling up and down the floors for hours, yet it appeared untouched. I pulled the zip to … Continue reading →

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Mistaken identity and a monkey (Rousse)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Dreamaticus

At first it was flattering when delegates approached me to say how much they admired my work, but soon it became obvious that they were mistaking me for someone else. I had never written a single word of research related … Continue reading →

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Corridor card games (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Instead of dealing with my mounting e-mail backlog, I helped RK set up the playing card game along the red-carpeted corridor at work. We laid the enormous cardboard figures of the jacks, queens and kings flat over black plastic sheeting, … Continue reading →

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Promoting public libraries and chaos at work (Rousse)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was super keen to show BR the publicity material that I had developed to promote public libraries. She picked up my MacBook, adjusted the settings (I had no idea that the screen was detachable), and clicked “play”. The video … Continue reading →

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