Tag Archives: career

Teenage behaviour amongst the middle aged (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Two middle aged men called over to us from the other side of East Claremont Street, Edinburgh. ECM and I didn’t immediately recognise them as ST and PN. However, as soon as we did, we were transported back to our … Continue reading →

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Belle the bad bookbinder

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Dreamaticus

In an interesting career move, I had become a self-employed bookbinder. My USP was that I only used bright yellow leather in my work. I still hadn’t learned how to make the gold lettering stand out, so most of the … Continue reading →

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Developing a small business research strategy (Rousse)

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Belle was  in disgrace. While I had been advising DC and his colleagues that UK research council documentation could serve as the starting point for the development of a government mandated small business research strategy, Belle had sloped off to … Continue reading →

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A Mexican double life (Rousse)

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I spotted the black notebook lying in a side street of run-down terraced houses. Curious as to their contents, I picked it up from the gutter to take a look. There on the first page my childhood home address stood … Continue reading →

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A career start in Sunderland (Rousse)

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Dreamaticus

The prize job for top Oxford graduate HH was in artificial intelligence in Sunderland.

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Parrot breeding David Tennant (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Dreamaticus

David Tennant bred and sold parrots as a sideline to acting. I knew this because I was his secret mistress.

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Prince Harry and high heels (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I travelled to locked down London for training as a new member of the British Secret Service. England’s capital city looked, and sounded, very quiet. I could even hear bird song through the closed top deck bus windows. Soon I … Continue reading →

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Holy Island pre-death giveaway (Rousse)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Several of my former colleagues flocked to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to attend AT’s pre-death giveaway. The ceremony was rather like the reading of a will, except that AT was still alive and you took away your booty on … Continue reading →

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New lovers complicate Christmas (Rousse)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I introduced CA to TPR as my new lover-to-be. This new relationship was to be understood as a positive career move, though for whom uncertain. Part of the deal on my side was an agreement to take on CA’s two … Continue reading →

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Sleeping with a student (Rousse)

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The most gorgeous boy in class wanted to sleep with me, and the few people who knew this encouraged me to follow him into bed. I suggested that we delay our tryst until after the exams. My young suitor could … Continue reading →

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