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.
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Date: 2009-10-13 12:57 pm (UTC)So sad, there are more books in the world that I'd like to read than I will ever get time to read.
*sighs*
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Date: 2009-10-13 10:15 pm (UTC)*sighs*
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Date: 2009-10-14 08:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-14 08:23 am (UTC)Podcasts
Date: 2009-10-14 04:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-13 01:59 pm (UTC)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
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Date: 2009-10-14 08:26 am (UTC)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...