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Tag Archives: library
Christian Slater is a great rebel boyfriend (Belle)
The venue was hosting both a formal library conference and a small thrash metal event and I was unwilling to commit to either. In the break-out room Christian Slater and I locked eyes and – without needing to speak – … Continue reading
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Tagged board game, Christian Slater, conference, glitter, hotel, library, pirates, rock salt, Sir Ralph Richardson
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Library staff roles in University elearning systems (Rousse)
The vice chancellor was going to the US for a fortnight and left SC in charge of everything, including finance. Just before he left, he asked SC to read out the history of the University as printed in gold embroidery … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, bolster, cushion, data, elearning, embroidery, entry, finance, gold, history, library, objection, staff, system, university, Vice Chancellor
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An unworthy dissertation on Elizabeth I (Rousse)
SC and I were trying to work in one of the smaller University library reading rooms. While I was still worrying about my degree, she was marking a dissertation on Elizabeth I. She and JK wanted to fail the work … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, album, art, degree, dissertation, Elizabeth I, library, mark, photo, photograph, project, Reading, university
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Mystery woman at book group shows off season’s best selling grey woollen outfit from Next (Rousse)
Poor SC. We all turned up at her house for our monthly meeting, but none of us had bothered to read the prescribed text. I was rather puzzled because I recognised the book title and its jacket, yet I had … Continue reading
Loughborough moves a little closer to Glasgow (Rousse)
I was keen to learn the geography of Loughborough. So instead of taking a taxi, I walked from the city centre to the out-of-town hill-top university campus. I was surprised at how few students I saw en route. I guessed … Continue reading
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Tagged campus, computer, Glasgow, hill, information science, library, Loughborough, Strathclyde, university
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Insolent student sleeps rough in public library (Rousse)
Having spotted insolence in the student’s work I called him from the classroom out into the corridor to ask him to explain himself. He excused himself on the grounds of stress: his fitness business had failed in the US, he’d … Continue reading
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Tagged business, classroom, consolation, corridor, drink, drug, explain, fitness, girlfriend, grounds, insolent, library, public, rough, sleep, stress, student, work
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Books, visitors, and plans for Christmas 2016 at the newly acquired guest house (Rousse)
The guest house was now in the hands of MB. This meant that there was a completely different library of old books from which to retrieve your reading material. I soon worked my way through modern literary fiction, but then … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, animation, art, athlete, avant garde, beach, bin, blue, book, Christmas, classic, conversation, disabled, Disney, DVD, Everyman's Library, family, fiction, find, guest, heat, house, library, literary, missing, n, parking, sale, sister, street, sunblock, teenage, ticket, TPR, tracksuit, visitor, volume, whiteboard, work
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