Tag Archives: idiot

Severed toddler’s hand doubles up as business card (Rousse)

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Due to a microphone mix-up, I now looked a complete fool. The problem was that it was my turn to speak, but the mic that I was holding was silent. Meanwhile, an idiotic woman was blethering into the one that … Continue reading →

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Bitch confronts idiot (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Dreamaticus

The renovations of the main building on the Corstorphine campus of Queen Margaret College rendered it almost unrecognisable. Gone, for example, was the old refectory, replaced with small takeaway outlets scattered around the campus. I wondered what had become of … Continue reading →

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How not to stalk stoat (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was stalking stoat in the long grass until an idiotic woman chased my prey away by opening a cupboard loudly.

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The work of Val McDermid: where to start (Rousse)

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Val McDermid and I chatted on the top deck of the bus. ‘I am embarrassed to admit that I have never read any of your books’, I confessed. ‘It’s just that everyone says that they are so gory and that … Continue reading →

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A [deleted] academic idiot (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Dreamaticus

There was precisely one hour before my first lecture of the new academic year – and I had done no teaching prep WHATSOEVER. RR urged me to at least make a couple of PowerPoint slides, while I wondered how many … Continue reading →

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How not to peer review conference submissions (Rousse)

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Dreamaticus

AM reminded me why she would have very little time to herself next academic year: she was organising a conference in Leipzig. Apart from the idiotic behaviour of one of her colleagues, who refereed conference submissions by lining up yellow … Continue reading →

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Virgin TV disappointment (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I had two homes in Edinburgh. The first was a basement flat with excellent storage. The other was a bright, airy Newhaven apartment with open views across the Firth of Forth. Whenever we were in one we decided … Continue reading →

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Unsuitable work for a claustrophobic (Rousse)

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I’d undergone all the engineering training so now they expected me to enter the mineshaft in a battered old white Renault four with unreliable gears, then work my way underground by foot back to base, inspecting the tunnels along the … Continue reading →

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Ditching a Hugh Grant lookalike leads to divorce disaster number 2 (Rousse)

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Dreamaticus

How had I got myself into such a terrible mess? Six weeks earlier I’d ditched a gorgeous Hugh Grant lookalike for this hapless, over-tall, skinny-framed, dark greasy-haired, pale-faced idiot hovering at conference reception in an ill-fitting suit. What was he … Continue reading →

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