Dreamaticus populae
- Salvaged: a single-footed skateboard and an antique secrétaire (Rousse)
- Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre recruits new performer (Rousse)
- David Tennant and the global success of mini-Yorkshire puddings (Belle)
- Princes Harry and William at the ice pageant (Belle)
- David Beckham in disguise (Rousse)
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Recent reveries
- Salvaged: a single-footed skateboard and an antique secrétaire (Rousse)
- String sorting wife clings to marital home (Rousse)
- Chatting with Kylie Minogue and Melanie Sykes in make-up at the BBC (Rousse)
- Dangerous diving in Denmark (Rousse)
- When an ex refuses to exit (Rousse)
- Unwelcome gate-crasher knowledge extractor (Rousse)
- Sainsbury supermarket misdemeanour results in hefty fine (Rousse)
- Librarians infiltrate 10 Downing Street (Rousse)
- Caribbean boat wreck survivor (Rousse)
- Donald Trump the thief and Boris Johnston the fool (Rousse)
- Middle-aged Swedish lesbian spoon art (Rousse)
- A sunblock bottle hoarder in dip-dye blue jeans (Rousse)
- North Sea cello concert (Rousse)
- Falling in love with a puppeteer and hill tapestry (Rousse)
- Lost in a forest, all alone (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: career
New lovers complicate Christmas (Rousse)
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
Sleeping with a student (Rousse)
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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Tagged beau, bed, boy, career, class, exam, fatal, hall of residence, impatience, plan, sleep, student, suitor, tryst
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Career-limiting head tattoo (Rousse)
JG didn’t care that his new dirty blue tattoo covered half his head. When I pointed out that he risked never getting a job with such a monstrous appearance, he explained that he had already considered this. He would just … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, blue, career, dirty, hair, head, job, limit, tattoo
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Careers in Finland (Rousse)
TPR, OC and I had been in Finland so long that the snow had returned to the mountains across the bay. OC had travelled here initially in hope of joining the music industry as accountant for a major record label. … Continue reading
Belle the librarian serves Rousse the criminal (Rousse)
It was a tough route up the concrete staircase in the cold to the main library of Birmingham City University, but so worth the struggle to be greeted by squeals of joy from Belle, on duty at the main enquiry … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, Belle, Birmingham City University, campaign, card, career, classroom, concrete, crime, criminal, CV, desk, dull, enquiry, forearm, graduate, grown, hall, joy, lecture, librarian, library, police, protest, Rousse, SCONUL, sensible, shock, sit-in, staircase, student, suspicion, table, terribel, toned, warrant, work
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How to progress your career (Rousse)
It was the Professional Development Review season at work. My reviewer was PN, an ancient octogenarian former librarian who was still drawing her salary. I wasn’t terribly impressed with my reviewer’s performance. Her only advice to me in respect of … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, career, divide, librarian, octogenarian, office, PDR, performance, Professional Development Review, progress, reviewer, salary, suggestion
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Hospital portering as a career for the elderly (Rousse)
My father complained that he was sick of living in Edinburgh and wanted to move elsewhere. I couldn’t understand why. Whatever would we do with the ponies that grazed in our garden? Perhaps he needed a job? I suggested hospital … Continue reading
Birthday log book refusal ruins friendship (Rousse)
TDX barged into my office, with a lackey in tow, and demanded my log book. I said that I was not prepared to give this to her. Her eyes narrowed and she raised her voice in anger. I now knew … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, birthday, book, career, demand, disobey, friendship, lackey, log, logbook, office, ruin
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A work affair avoided (Rousse)
A dip into time travel should have reminded my boyfriend of how he had changed over the past couple of years. To see him laughing and joking with his old colleagues only emphasised the dramatic shift in his personality. When … Continue reading
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Tagged advance, affair, bed, boyfriend, career, colleague, corridor, damage, dress, hair, invitation, joke, laugh, party, personality, photograph, red, sheet, time, travel, work
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Falling for the charms of a lady lady killer (Rousse)
I agreed to take a photo of the huge group of people who had gate-crashed our party for their own celebrations. If only they could gather everyone together in the same room at the same time, this would be possible. … Continue reading
