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Shamed at a Newcastle University seminar (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I travelled to Newcastle for two visits to my mother in her care home. Between the visits, TPR consulted physics text books in Newcastle University library, then we both attended a research seminar in the School of Fine … Continue reading →

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Peril in a pram, a phony pellet of paper, and political editor Chris Mason (Rousse)

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Dreamaticus

From a distance we could see a baby’s head hanging loosely out of the back of its pram. Its mother, who was pushing the pram along the edge of the dual carriageway, obviously mistook our calls as friendly greetings when … Continue reading →

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Sister with a shaved head – and wigs (Rousse)

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Dreamaticus

With her shaved head, my sister resembled our three boy cousins. Why would she take such drastic action to look so terrible? When she modelled her first wig, I understood. She could change her look instantly to match with her … Continue reading →

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Beggar bleeds to death in gutter (Rousse)

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Dreamaticus

This was going to look very fishy in court, especially since a witness overheard my instructions to TPR: ‘He was begging. You thought he was going to attack you, so you struck first. It’s not your fault that his head … Continue reading →

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Jumpers for huge heads (Rousse)

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Dreamaticus

There were plenty of jumpers around my size on the shop rail so I was confident that I would find one to fit me. What I didn’t appreciate was that they also had head sizes – and that my head … Continue reading →

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Dot.com heyday reunion party gatecrashed by secret lover (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The huge Sun Microsystems Sunrise reunion was hosted in a massive chain hotel in a major US city. It was almost as if the heady days of the dot.com boom had never ended. My boat was so late docking in … Continue reading →

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Horse head hood hotel hillock attire (Rousse)

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Dreamaticus

After a two year break due to pandemic restrictions, conference season was once more in full swing. I joined the throng in the registration queue, looking forward to dropping off my case in my hotel bedroom and seeing the colleagues … Continue reading →

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Lost audience, sight, and a Dutch cap (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Dreamaticus

When responding to the question as to how I had met my boyfriend, my first job was to correct the enquirer. We were simply friends from University who had first met at a bus stop on the Bristol Road South … Continue reading →

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Alien pink babies emerge from the plumbing (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was returning the keys of the Lomax so that someone else could take it for a drive when a woman at the sink shrieked. ‘It’s Elaine’s head – as a baby!” she shouted ‘And several more of them coming … Continue reading →

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Barry Cryer’s autograph (Rousse)

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I overheard Barry Cryer’s minder announce to the theatre staff that his boss was waiting in the car outside. I followed him back out to the street, then asked him if he might be able to ask Cryer to sign … Continue reading →

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