Is anybody else reading Neil Gaiman's blog this week? It's Maddie Guest Week, and it's killing me ded.
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 36: Did I Sully Our Good Name?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Gris - Jun 27, 2007 2:19:54 pm PDT #4621 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Atropa - Jun 27, 2007 2:37:28 pm PDT #4622 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Shit I Didn't Say:
Yes, all of your suggestions are fantastic! And I bet most of them are things I would have done if there had ever been any TIME for a proper developmental editing pass! But there never is, is there?
Why yes, I'm out of my check-in meeting. It went better than others I've had, mostly because I'm practicing my not caring.
Ginger - Jun 27, 2007 2:46:24 pm PDT #4623 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
THEN having to explain to her (AGAIN!!!) that the page count has to be divisible by four and WHY
You could have handed her the odd pages and some tape. (I've had the same discussion many times. You can multiply the fun by 16 or 32 if you're on a web press. Then you get to explain over and over why going down four pages will cost money, not save money.)
Cass - Jun 27, 2007 2:51:25 pm PDT #4624 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It went better than others I've had, mostly because I'm practicing my not caring.Your not caring looks particularly fetching today. Has it gained ennui?
(I've had the same discussion many times. You can multiply the fun by 16 or 32 if you're on a web press. Then you get to explain over and over why going down four pages will cost money, not save money.)*headdesk*
Ah, good times, good times.
Steph L. - Jun 27, 2007 3:08:26 pm PDT #4625 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
(I've had the same discussion many times. You can multiply the fun by 16 or 32 if you're on a web press. Then you get to explain over and over why going down four pages will cost money, not save money.)
*headdesk*
Ah, good times, good times.
I'll go you one better: incompetent!boss makes up a report every month with a tally of our year-to-date cumulative page count. So (for instance), if the January issue was pages 1-200, just guess what he puts on his report?
....wait for it....
That's right, 199! No matter how many times we've told him that it is literally impossible to have an odd number of pages, he still calculates the total page count by subtracting the starting page number from the final page number.
There's a reason I've dubbed him "incompetent!boss."
Cass - Jun 27, 2007 3:26:18 pm PDT #4626 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oooh, give him a one-page report! Pages 1-1...
tommyrot - Jun 27, 2007 3:30:26 pm PDT #4627 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's right, 199!
Ask him how many days there are in the date range of July 1 to July 10. Then if he says 9, ask him how many days in the range from July 1 to July 2.
Ginger - Jun 27, 2007 3:35:12 pm PDT #4628 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oooh, give him a one-page report! Pages 1-1...
In the form of a Moebius strip.
tommyrot - Jun 27, 2007 3:36:55 pm PDT #4629 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Give him a slip of paper. On one side, write, "The statement on the other side of this paper is false." On the other side, write, "The statement on the other side of this paper is true."
EpicTangent - Jun 27, 2007 3:45:26 pm PDT #4630 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
That's right, 199! No matter how many times we've told him that it is literally impossible to have an odd number of pages, he still calculates the total page count by subtracting the starting page number from the final page number.
Whoa. I just got a little bit infuriated from waaay over here. Never ever ever tell me how incredibly much more money than me this man makes, K?