a love post

[erastes]

Things I love today:

1. The internet. I'm struggling to describe the house I have in mind for Mere Mortals (I think I'll have to visit it, anyway, it's in Peterborough) and I go and search on line and find... a floor plan! Just fabulous. Now I can write about it as if I were there.

2. Patrick O'Brian. I'm just getting started with his Aubrey books, but he just makes me laugh so much. A lot of the naval terms I'm struggling with, thank god for Maturin, that he explains stuff to him and I can pick things up, but now and then he makes a really funny joke, and it's just really appreciated.

3. You Lot. Thank you for your kind comments the other day. You rock.

Off to bed.

Comments

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

*smooches* You rock pretty hard yourself you know.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Aw pish. *snugs*

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Patrick O'Brian is a phenomenon. Until you mentioned it the other day I had forgotten how incredibly funny he can be. And the character of Stephen Maturin was a stroke of genius. He's easily the most intelligent of the regular cast, but so flummoxed by naval terminology he makes the most land-lubberish reader feel a bit less dim at needing the same explanations the Doctor does.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I love the way he keeps falling in the water. :) And it's an excellent ruse to have a landlubber on ship who is just as baffled at the sea speak as I am.

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

Which house would that be? I know of one, called Peckover House (which is Georgian and looks glorious )in that general area, but not of any others.

I hope you're feeling as ok as can be expected, too.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Oxburgh Hall

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-oxburghhall/

[the-sea-to.livejournal.com]

wanna come too! pretty housie!

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

Me, too. It's a shame it's so far : (

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

Admit it, Erastes, you only want to go for the 'Priest's hole interpretation with visual displays', but alas, it will not be what you imagine!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*snort* so true!

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I laugh everytime I see that advert now! Simples!