Before Monday's game, Kreider said that this birthday would be surreal, but he added that he had had some "weird" birthdays and holidays lately.
The notion that the world's most wanted criminal might have been ensnared by his own vanity in this manner would be surreal enough, if we were talking about any other criminal.
The coming weeks would be surreal as police officers from all over the country descend and at times feel like an occupying army".
Under the circumstances it would be sufficiently surreal if what they played here were "La Boheme" and "Carmen": standard repertory.
Considering the advantages in financing, recruiting and tradition at Big 12 South rivals like Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, it would be almost surreal if Tech found itself in position to pass them and win the division.
The idea abounds that it would be more unnerving – "surreal" – if the killer were not associated with Islamic State, had never fought in Syria or been "radicalised" at an extremist mosque.
With its episodic structure, its flowing-haired women in evening gowns and its would-be surreal theatricality dipping into cruelty, the piece could have also been Ms. Herrera's bid to become the Pina Bausch of South Beach.
It would be cheap to call "Housekeeping" a surreal work.
He called the verdict "surreal" and said it would be appealed.
