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[pbray]

Top Gear is back for a new season on BBC America, yay! Taped the episode last night and watched it after I was done supervising the evening data loads. The boys were in fine form, and absolutely hilarious as they lamented the inadequacies of British police chases versus those found on American tv. Alas I found out too late that the BBC had just auctioned off a ride with The Stig as part of their annual charity fundraiser. The winning bid was far outside of my price range (not to mention the whole "must make own arrangements for transportation to test track in Surrey") but still, it would have fun to think about. I'll put that on my list of things to do if I win the lotto, right next to the Zeppelin tour of San Francisco bay.

Christmas shopping has involved numerous trips to the bookstores, where among other delights I discovered the pop-up version of Moby Dick. How cool is that?

Tonight's the final night of the ledger close for the month, so looking forward to resuming a normal(ish) schedule tomorrow. Christmas will be here before we know it, and then I'll be working over the year-end, which is the busiest time of the year for finance, oh joy. At least this year-end will be better than last year, when I had one night's training via IM messages before I was expected to pick up the new job and run with it. Now, at least, I know what I'm doing. Mostly.

Comments

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Pop-up Moby Dick? Can you make Queequeg's spear plunge in and out of the whale?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It's awesome! You should check it out-- B&N had it in the graphic novels section of all things. I looked the author up on the web, and it turns out he's just done a pop-up for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

The mind boggles...

I suppose they put it in Graphic Novels so no clueless adult relative would get it for the three-year-old on their list.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Pop-up graphic novels? I'm there.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

The reviews implied one mom had bought it for her six-year old... who loved it. But I definitely see this as an adult attraction, something that anyone who suffered through the book would enjoy.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense.

I've never actually read it, I confess. I've been told if you skip the whaling chapters, it's quite good. I know a fair amount about the history of whaling anyway.

Lived on Nantucket for a while as a Person Temporarily Below Average Height.

(And no, you evil woman, I have not gone back as a Person Permanently Below Average Height. ;p)