[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-splish-splash":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"This one's for \u003Cb>Hester Johnson-Cadwell\u003C/b>, who got two goldfish for Christmas and named them Vern and Lettuce. When I told them about this, they thought it was splendid, and made me draw them as fish.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vernlet_fish-dc0578b536.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIf I can't live underwater with those two, I'm going to move into a converted \u003Cb>Martello Tower\u003C/b>. I read about it \u003Ca href=\"http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/28/live-in-a-fortress.html\">on BoingBoing here\u003C/a> and they look very fine. You can see some more photos and writeup over at \u003Ca href=\"http://inhabitat.com/historic-defense-tower-transformed-into-modern-home/new-6-110/\">Inhabit magazine\u003C/a> and in The Guardian here: how to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/dec/20/martello-tower-conversion\">Napoleon-proof your home\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/martellotowers-ddd515183a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSome British writers are blogging about \u003Cb>books that shaped their careers\u003C/b>: \u003Cb>Candy Gourlay\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://candygourlay.blogspot.com/2010/12/seven-books-from-decade-that-made-me.html\">chose seven books here\u003C/a>, and got a lovely blog comment from \u003Cb>Geraldine McCaughrean\u003C/b>, who wrote one of her picks, \u003Ci>The White Darkness\u003C/i> (also one of my favourite books, which I mention in \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/350834.html\">this earlier blog post\u003C/a>). In her comment, Geraldine mentions that she's planning to start up a blog, which sounds very exciting. Two nights ago, I finished reading one of her early books for adults, \u003Ci>Fires' Astonishment\u003C/i>, and am still feeling rather astonished.\\r\nWriter \u003Cb>Keren David\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://wheniwasjoe.blogspot.com/2010/12/ten-books-which-inspired-me.html\">listed ten books here\u003C/a>, and isn't afraid to include \u003Ci>Harry Potter\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>Twilight\u003C/i>. (Here was \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/160706.html\">my \u003Ci>Twilight\u003C/i> experience\u003C/a>, in rough comics form.)","2010-12-29T11:02:00.000Z","splish-splash",[],"splish splash",1776628719438]