h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, old job (sort of). I left this company 10 years ago and now I'm back.

It's quite a trip down memory lane. Some of the same faces are still there. Perhaps a few more lines and grey hairs, but the same faces nonetheless. It's too early to know whether this is going to work out, but I'm hopeful.

My biggest challenge will be keeping in regular contact with my small ones, as I'm going to be based out of town. I'm thinking of buying the first of the Harry Potter books and read it to them (well, the older ones at least). That and an appropriate dose of Skype should do the trick.

I had Skype once. It took me forever to find an effective cream, too.

It can be quite nice, 'going home' as it were. I once worked for one of the largest companies in the world, and left because I ran out of opportunities to advance (and they offered me an attractive package).

Almost six years later, I'm now working at what had been a different arm of that company, only they've sold it off. The good news is that it is profitable (I can't say the same for the parent company), my new position is a bit 'higher', and the money is about double.

Now, if only it will last!!

My brother in law gave me the first two Parry Otter books some years ago. He was raving mad about them. Couldn't praise them enough. Unfortunately I can't raise the same enthusiasmus. After 40 pages of the 1st book I was forced to pack it in. Much better in my opinion is Roald Dahl. Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and go on from there.

with everything, W.

I have to agree with you about Roald Dahl. All of his books are fantastic. I recently watched the Johnny Depp remake of C&tCC and I loved it. The first one wasn't bad too.

Hope the new job goes well
Do try Harry Potter...i
ve read all the books,hubby's half way through the latest one!!

Lucky Llareggub:

As always, we find that books are a matter of taste. I've actually met people who could not give Hitchhiker novels the time of day!

There are adults at work who are practically cultish about their enjoyment of HP, and others who are fans of LOTR. What I found interesting is that it takes you about exactly the same length of pages to determine if a book suits your tastes as I do.

Among books in which I tried to maintain interest for almost exactly 40 pages before packing it in were The Hobbit, The Exorcist, any Stephen King novel, and Dune.

On the other hand, among the books I found difficult to put down were Hitchhikers novels (of course), First Blood by David Morrell, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, and the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz.

I don't claim to be the arbiter of which books are good, just which ones suit my taste.

Good luck with the new job, Woodpigeon. I'm glad that you were able to make the move.

My dad worked the graveyard shift all through my childhood, so we never saw much of him on workdays- it made the time we spent together on his off days all the more special. I'm sure your little ones will love having you read to them.

I'm quite fond of the HP books, and of Roald Dahl.