The real Carlsbad here in New Mexico? On Jan 3, 2015 3:56 PM, "Richard Williamson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 8 years ago... 2006ish, I was living in Nairobi at the time. > > I can still get a job in SD or in Carlsbad (or out in the desert), but my > kids are in Vienna which is why Europe is the prime location for my > search. Remains to be seen. > > My friend wants me to go to SD, she lived in Del Mar while post-doc'ing at > a cancer institute in La Jolla. > > Re the weather -- I took the kids shopping* yesterday, every time we came > out of a store, the weather was different. Blue sky -> High Wind -> > "Schneeregen" (snow/rain mix) -> Blue Sky -> Schneeregen -> Wind/partly > cloudy. The only other place I've lived with weather that variable was > Baumholder (Germany). People would be in AM formation in shirt sleeves, > but carrying wet-weather gear and parkas because "blue sky's a lie". > > r > > * I joined this list before the eldest was born...and he just turned 15. > I know time flies, but who issued it a scramjet? > > On 03 Jan 2015, at 18:05, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, old chum, my last contact in the DOD related industries > retired from Convair about 8 years ago. > > Good luck. > > Best, R.E.F. > > On Jan 3, 2015, at 9:00 AM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Alas, > > Due to a confluence of planning, I had assumed that I would be here for > about a year. I was in Milton Keynes for about six months, while the > company said they were trying to get me work and residency permits for > Germany (Munich). Given their inability to make that happen in the short > term, I decided that I would move to Edinburgh, and once the permits were > in place (next Fall sometime), I would move from here to down there. > > From Edinburgh, the flights to Germany cost about the same but the cost of > living is about 70% of what MK is, and it doesn't take hours to get to the > airports (Gatwick or LHR, although sometimes I could use Luton). > > Turns out they (the company) weren't actually getting the permits, indeed > they decided that it would cost too much, so instead they made me > redundant, just before Christmas. Eh. Such is my life. > > So instead I will be here for about 60 more days, at which time I either > need a new corporate sponsor to remain (Tier 2 visa), or I need to leave > the country. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aentity :) in case you or > somebody you know are hiring. Actually, Ray, if you have any friends down > your way at Northrop Grumman ... :D ) > > I've decided to use the 60 days to do some re-edits on some novellas > ("Stowaway" and "Deflection Point"), write another novella in that same > universe ("Stale Chips") (all three about 120k words), and hopefully finish > the light rom-com thriller ("A Fictional Account") which will come in at > around 85k words. Of those ~200k, about 75k will be new and the rest > polish, which is almost exactly a Nanowrimo/day rate, so is quite > reasonable. > > As an aside, Charles Stross recently blogged that the Novella is actually > making a resurgence in the market, given the ability for writers to > self-publish now. His thought is that a Novella (45-65k words) is actually > a better length for a self-published work, as it represents a less > expensive "buy-in" by a prospective reader, they don't need to spend as > much money (or time) to find out if a writer can actually put two words > together in order to be entertaining. > > Anyway, I'll write "Stale Chips" and self-pub the three and see what > happens. > > This is now street address #50 in 50 years. I made a spreadsheet in case > I have to apply for a security clearance. > > rip > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:02 AM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Yep. >> >> I moved to Edinburgh* just before Christmas. This is unrelated to my >> enjoyment of the finest thing in life (single malt whiskey). It is, >> however, an enabler :/ >> >> Anyway. A bottle of 18yo Glengoyne at the distillery: gbp 72. At the >> local whiskey shop at Northbridge (across from the Prêt if you're here), it >> is gbp 77, although I've seen it on sale for gbp 69. in US$ that's around >> $110 (using the distillery shop price, at the current www.xe.com >> exchange rate). >> >> A friend can order it at her local liquor store in Branford, CT for >> $105. qed. >> >> rip >> >> >> When I was building my collection, I did a fair bit of online shopping in >> the UK (mostly London, which has the deeper discounts (by comparison, deep >> is a relative term)) Best prices are US, Japan, and Portugal (not so much >> for deep cut, but mostly rarer stuff collectors are selling off—some >> surprisingly cheap for what they’re offering). >> >> The nice thing about getting the collection close to where I want, I >> could slow down at get fussy, looking for the great bargains. >> >> Anyway, love Edinburgh, though the weather isn’t all that, but the city >> has loads of charm. How long you planning on being there, oh Wandering One? >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> >> > >
