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My favourite dinosaur is Triceratops. But according to Dinosaur Club, most of my colleagues answered "Brontosaurus." The Brontësaurus pun possibilities make up for the mild disappointment...

Academic who adores teaching. Old and Middle English, Finnegans Wake, literary emotions and senses, neurodivergent representation. Winner of 6 teaching awards. Accidental Founding Member of First Year Poetry's Dinosaur Club...yeah, I don't know how that happened either...

Make a lot of spreadsheets, just because. Have always loved lists and sorting info. But need to learn more spreadsheet skills. 2025 goals.

Family friendgave me the single, but mum bought me Too-Rye-Ay to avert frequent calls to "turn it over." Remember being wheeled home in my buggy centre with my prize in my hands, showing it to everyone, pointing out the man on the cover who I thought was named Dexy. Got to see them finally last year

Music lover. First and enduring love: Dexys and Dexys Midnight Runners. Heard them for the first time in Skegness when I was wee, and since then "Come on Eileen" has been known as "Frances' song." Took up the violin because of Helen O'Hara (I'm still rubbish)...continued...

My favourite dinosaur is Triceratops. But according to Dinosaur Club, most of my colleagues answered "Brontosaurus." The Brontësaurus pun possibilities make up for the mild disappointment...

Academic who adores teaching. Old and Middle English, Finnegans Wake, literary emotions and senses, neurodivergent representation. Winner of 6 teaching awards. Accidental Founding Member of First Year Poetry's Dinosaur Club...yeah, I don't know how that happened either...

Make a lot of spreadsheets, just because. Have always loved lists and sorting info. But need to learn more spreadsheet skills. 2025 goals.

A family friend gave me the single, but mum bought me Too-Rye-Ay to avert the frequent calls to "turn it over." Remember being wheeled home in my buggy centre with my prize in my hands, showing it to everyone who passed, pointing out the man on the cover who I thought was named Dexy.

Music lover. First and enduring love: Dexys and Dexys Midnight Runners. Heard them for the first time in Skegness when I was wee, and since then "Come on Eileen" has been known as "Frances' song." Took up the violin because of Helen O'Hara (I'm still rubbish)...continued...

Waited 8 years, as I felt 16 was probably old enough. Asked for my first copy for my 16th birthday, and spent years annotating it. Now, article accepted by James Joyce Quarterly and several others on the go.

Finnegans Wake fan since before I read it. Sister took me out to the shed when I was 8 to see the copy that Dad kept there (hidden from the nuns and priests who frequently visited). Was entranced by the book that began and ended in the middle of the same sentence, but sis said I was too young ...

Personal assistant to three cats. One has congenital hypothyroidism, which is rare in cats, but thanks to a great vet team he's thriving.

LOVE crochet; I don't think there's an evening I'm without it. Prefer blankets to jumpers because I don't like making sleeves. This is a gift for a colleague who is expecting a baby. Pattern not mine; available here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Trouble-maker-in-chief to two Collies. Love sheepdogs impossibly much; despite growing up afraid of dogs, it was a Border Collie who convinced me otherwise. Said I'd never live w one, but apparently s/o had sneaked some collie into my Golden Retriever puppy and she convinced me how wrong I'd been...

"Glavitas" was such a missed opportunity...