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I think he is referring to the Caterham as a Lotus as they are the continuation of the original Lotus H.

From the Floyds today. Sweetbreads And wings with pickled watermelon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

...the hell? I thought everyone loved that book (including me, not even a gamer). Not saying you're wrong, just curious what you found off-putting. Did you hate Snowcrash? Me: just finished Changes by Jim Butcher (Dresden files) -- unholy carp! That one... Also finished first installment of Indexing: Reflections by Seanan McGuire. Also started The Skies Discrowned / An Epitaph in Rust by Tim Powers.

The caterham. I don't keep up with cars enough to realize that wasn't just a classic lotus. Still cool.

My long run plan also includes a 24' long portable Santa "house" (built on a trailer to the maximum height 13'6" and width 9'), which will also double as the "garage" for my sleigh. But the house (Part Two of stepping up my Santa game) will have to wait until next year. In the meantime, I have no clue where I'm going to store this sleigh, which is over 14' long (main body) and I'm not sure, maybe 9' or 10' high with the hood up. I'm not thrilled with my color choices. The main body was intended to be a distinctive red, as opposed to an orange-red, so I may have it repainted once it arrives in Cayman. Thinking something more on the lines of a candy apple red, but not sure. Also, I like the idea of using black leather (as opposed to a forest green) as the trim color, but didn't really anticipate just how huge that hood would be! The sides of the hood when it's up are like billboards, so I've got some big wreaths to hang on each side to break it up a bit. The company that built it, http://coyaltix.com is located in Poland. I just liked their work a lot more than anything I could find in the US, and the Euro is down so that helped to offset the higher shipping costs. It will be coming in a 20' steel container, so not risk of damage in transit. I'm also having them build a mini sleigh (coffee table size) that will be used more often than not as a photo prop (where kids can sit while Santa and mom and dad stand to the side or behind) with the big sleigh in the background. The mini sleigh will help to minimize the foot traffic on and off the big sleigh such that it doesn't get beat to shit in a couple of years. You have to be an elf to go on the big sleigh... so sit on this little sleigh you little fucker and quit your bitching! The mini sleigh should also help in terms of keeping the photo line moving along briskly at public events. For any private events where clients are willing to pay a significant up-charge for the big sleigh, they can crawl all over it to their heart's content. There will be logistics issues in terms of getting it out of storage and to an event on time, and then put back into storage afterwards, so I'll need another (elf) driver, such that I can move on to event #2 as the sleigh is returned to storage after event #1. My Ford Edge has been repainted in the same color as the main body of the sleigh, so it will (most likely) have to be repainted to a true red as well. The sleigh will ride on an 18' flat tilt bed tailer with a light duty winch installed in the front to avoid the need of gang pushing the sleigh onto the trailer every time it needs to be reloaded. One of my main corporate clients is already in the process of organizing a 6 hour event for the first Saturday in December, with the sleigh and 3 tons of crushed ice to create "snow" inside of a very large air conditioned tent. There will be stage show featuring myself and my team (Mrs. Claus, Miss Claus, and several elves), kind of a "day in the lives of the Claus family" but the main theme will be Santa stressing over how his reindeer have abandoned him! "I can't fly the sleigh without them!" Then a couple of reindeer will magically appear (real reindeer, imported for the day from a friend who runs a reindeer farm in Texas), and we'll have a petting zoo for a couple of hours. The event will cost upwards of $20k to put on, so there will have to be an admissions charge. But exciting, and it wouldn't have happened without the sleigh, so I'm already feeling good about this particular hole in the wallet. Over time, it will pay for itself, in one way or another. What the hell. You only live once.

Fresh made roasted hatch pepper quesadilla (with fresh made hatch pepper tortillas and hatch pepper Monterrey Jack) with kale salad and grilled asparagus. I love hatch pepper season.

Are you referring to the Caterham Super 7 Dan, or did I miss the Lotus?

Yesterday I got to play photographer's assistant/2nd shooter at a wedding Lauren was shooting. It was for someone we both knew, and it was a lot of fun. Got to shoot with both the 700 and the 750, with the Sigma 35mm and Nikon 50mm, 85mm and 24-70mm lenses. She rented the 24-70, and had thought that would be her next lens, but is leaning towards buying the 24mm Art instead.

Just showed this to a 3 year old who was having a tough time with her medication. Her eyes just lit up when I showed her Santa's sleigh. She asked her older brother to be brought back to the room and quietly but confidently said, "i told you he was real." Thanks Wayne.