Lost worlds and ports of call

Month: November 2012 (Page 4 of 8)

Bergen weather prompts sale

The most expensive villa in Bergen, Norway is on the market because the own no longer can stand the rainy weather. I spent a few years on the west coast of Norway, and two years in Bergen. During one of those years I think it rained 80+ days in a row, and the constant mist and sight of water everywhere is depressing. The initial cost in 2000 was 38 million kroner. Now, the housing market in Norway and prices in general are astronomical, and inflation certainly doesn’t help, but almost all houses now are sold in “million” prices. Still, that’s one very expensive abode.

Hostess shrugs

Rather than fight the unions, baked good manufacturer, Hostess has decided to shut down business.

“The Board of Directors authorized the wind down of Hostess Brands to preserve and maximize the value of the estate after one of the company’s largest unions, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), initiated a nationwide strike that crippled the company’s ability to produce and deliver products at multiple facilities,” Hostess said in the statement.

So, around 18,000 jobs vanish.

Discworld succession plan

In an interview at New Statesman magazine, Terry Pratchett reveals that his daughter, Rhianna, will take over the series after Pratchett is gone. I know I’m among a legion of fans who hope that day remains far away, but with his declining health it’s a fact we must face. Not sure if the interview will appear online, as the link in the brief article about the interview mentions how you can buy the magazine on November 15, which is to say, tomorrow.

Other news gleaned from the article reveals a TV series in production called, The Watch. Apparently it continues from the books, so doesn’t re-tell what appeared in the books from the start of the Discworld series.

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