The Exodus has started

[slowfox]

brundle has upped sticks to move across to our new accommodation. I'm hoping to move before the end of the week, panic-jobs outstanding willing. A Brave New World beckons, notably one that's at the other end of the grounds to my current position.

Had lunch cake with cynthia_black yesterday at a new(ish, to us) coffee place on Newland, which is a sort of second-hand bookshop/coffee bar. With free wi-fi, too. Definitely the sort of place one could hang out in for a while, but I do wonder whether the economies of this kind of enterprise really work out - can you honestly generate enough income from selling coffee for the relatively small number of tables/chairs to cover rent/staff/materials/wi-fi/overheads for the week? This, alas, is why I'll never be an entrepreneur - too timid to take such risks (and also, too devoid of imagination to come up with such concepts).

Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan, ordered on Friday, arrived yesterday - that was speedy service for free delivery! For more YA Steampunk, I've also been pointed at The Hunchback Assignments. But it's Leviathan first.

Comments

[carolanne5]

*sighs*

So sad, there are more books in the world that I'd like to read than I will ever get time to read.

*sighs*

[cynthia_black]

*seconds*

*sighs*

[slowfox]

Indeed, life is too busy, and there are a lot of good books around. And it's easier for me, too, since my time is wholly my own Monday - Friday. But I *do* make a specific effort to try and read stuff, perhaps at the expense of other things. As always, there's a balance somewhere...

[slowfox]

You might consider listening to audiobooks on the commute - my initial intention was to sign up to Audible to load the iPod up with books for dog walking, but I find that I can generally stock up on podcasts to a sufficient extent that that's not yet necessary. But it's certainly one way of getting through books outstanding...

Podcasts

[carolanne5]

I already have too many podcasts to listen too! I subscribe to the Friday night Radio comedy (The New Quiz or The Now Show) and Stephen Fry's.

[aome]

I'm glad you and cynthia_black still get to visit now and then. :)

Good luck with the work move. Just don't forget to walk to the right part of the building when you come to work the following morning! :D

[slowfox]

I've moved office three times in this place before, and never yet accidentally turned up at the wrong door. 'sides, I suspect that I'll still be coming across to this building every now and again, so I can always claim that such a detour was intentional!

[cynthia_black]

Must admit, I *really* like the idea of that cafe, but it could do with having the same sort of space as t'other one further up t'road (why yes, this *is* Yorkshire). Me wonders if they too could branch out upstairs in order to make it work...

[slowfox]

The tables were a tad cramped, agreed. And I do worry that if that was a lunchtime, during term time at the Uni, that they might not be generating enough traffic to remain profitable...

But yeah, more space upstairs would be cool - I *really* like the idea of the books. Pave, though, has books to read, by the fireplace...