Tag Archives: colleagues

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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A happy job move (Rousse)

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I took up my new post so quickly that there was no time to organise a leaving do in Scotland. I didn’t even have time to arrange any temporary accommodation, so we lived out of our car for our first … Continue reading →

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A grandmother, assorted colleagues, South American doctoral studies, and an ex-boyfriend (Rousse)

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The venue for KB’s last meeting before she finally retired was the sitting room of my grandmother’s house in Hexham. My last visit to the house was in 1992, but little had changed in 20 years. I tested the comfort … Continue reading →

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Rousse bakes mini lemon meringue pies while her husband holds court in the bath

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My first problem was that I had to choose between three competing commitments all taking place on the same night. My second was that I had promised my boss that I would attend one of them. However, I now had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bath, boss, colleague, colleagues, commitment, commitments, computing, dead, death, dinner, Edinburgh, elite, flat, fridge, industry, kill, lemon, meringue, network, pie, pies, priority, Scotland, Scottish, TPR, visitors, work | Leave a comment

Lecturer in a tutu (Rousse)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was busy in the kitchen admiring my glug jug collection when KT called the meeting. I reckoned that I should wear more than a pair of lacy black knickers in the company of my colleagues so I rushed through … Continue reading →

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Bad behaviour and an F1 fireball kill conversation (Rousse)

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The conference launch event was a Victorian-Edwardian music hall concert in the style of BBC’s Good old days show. I thought this a bit OTT for a librarians’ conference, but this was the US, and it did make a change … Continue reading →

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A labrador, a poodle and a Yorkshire terrier (Rousse)

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The meeting took place at the dining room table of my grandmother’s house in Corbridge. Given that the location was so special to me, I thought that my colleagues could have been more patient when I interrupted the proceedings with … Continue reading →

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Another Sunday in academia – with a hedgehog (Rousse)

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Dreamaticus

If you have ever wondered how the typical academic spends a Sunday, the answer is straightforward: either at work, or thinking about work. This Sunday was no different from most others. TPR was entertaining himself elsewhere when I set off … Continue reading →

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A doomed flight from Japan (Rousse)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Dreamaticus

This was my second trip to the far east in a fortnight and, once again, I was astonished at the rudeness of the local population. I’d barely arrived in Japan and already airport staff had launched an enquiry into the … Continue reading →

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The assassin’s wife (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I wept on the number 11 bus as it worked its way through the Leith traffic. When the stranger came over to comfort me I listed all my woes: I was always getting lost on public transport (especially trains to … Continue reading →

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