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greygirlbeast

A Whale of a Tale

Aug 04, 2006 19:17

I was, of course, being excessively ambitious in thinking I could easily do two or three entries today. Here it is 9:03 p.m., and I'm only just beginning the second. Anyway...

On July 29th, trying to take my mind off the nonsense with Penguin and the heartlessness of remaindering, we drove up to New Bedford, Massachusetts, to visit the New Bedford ( Read more... )

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sovay August 5 2006, 02:46:05 UTC

we drove up to New Bedford, Massachusetts, to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

That sounds fantastic. I haven't yet been to that museum, but it's on my list.

(The forecastle photo isn't bad, either.)

greygirlbeast August 5 2006, 06:00:51 UTC

I haven't yet been to that museum, but it's on my list.

You would enjoy it mightily.

sovay August 12 2006, 21:55:51 UTC

You would enjoy it mightily.

I just realized that I've been using their website to do research for one of my stories. Now I really have to visit.

tactileson August 5 2006, 03:51:40 UTC

we watched One-Hour Photo, which we'd both somehow managed not to see in theatres but enjoyed a great deal.

I saw One Hour Photo about a year ago on DVD, and I think it remains the best performance Robin Williams has given. It was just haunting.

robyn_ma August 5 2006, 04:59:34 UTC

Holy crap, you were in my town. I was stuck at work AND YOU WERE WITHIN FRELLING WALKING DISTANCE. *headdesk*

Owl and I go to the Fort all the time. She's going to be crestfallen that she missed you two.

And yes. People do love their wedding photos at the Fort.

Thank you, though, for calling my town beautiful. Mark Twain liked it here too. He called our library 'the ideal library.'

robyn_ma August 5 2006, 05:04:11 UTC

Actually, checking the date, I wasn't even at work. I was on vacation, and spending the day whisking one of our kittens back and forth from the spaying/neutering clinic. This, of course, makes it even worse.

greygirlbeast August 5 2006, 05:59:34 UTC

Thank you, though, for calling my town beautiful.

You're welcome. It is. And I'm sorry. I did not even know that you and Owl lived in Fairhaven. Perhaps we can make it back over before this trip is done.

blakesrealm August 5 2006, 06:14:56 UTC

If you don't mind me asking, how tall are you? Just curious in regards to the size of the Sperm Whale mandibles.

greygirlbeast August 5 2006, 06:18:05 UTC

A bit in excess of six feet. I'd guess those jaws must have been about 13+ feet in length.

tagplazen August 5 2006, 17:08:59 UTC

Fuck I love Blood Meridian. It was my introduction to McCarthy and it's one of the few books I finished and immediately started right back at the beginning. Sutree cemented the love affair, one long and beautiful description of the degenerates and dirtbags that choose to live in a shanty town alongside the Tenessee River.