As I recall, our budgets are very very much in the black, though Jesse could speak better to that point -- the discussion about cafepress has been more about their policies than about how much money we're looking to make.
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Michele T. - Jun 23, 2003 7:01:21 am PDT #2642 of 10005
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Jon B. - Jun 23, 2003 7:03:37 am PDT #2643 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Also, and I could be mistaken about this, I don't think you can use Amazon's "share the love" feature and an affiliate referral at the same time.
Wolfram - Jun 23, 2003 7:06:40 am PDT #2644 of 10005
Visilurking
The links to Amazon merch in the FAQ currently use my personal affiliate id. If the commissions ever amount to anything significant (I think they've totalled 5 or 10 bucks thus far), I planned on shooting the money over to Jesse.
I didn't know there were links in the FAQ. Since I do a lot of Amazon purchases, I'll try and do them through your links from now on.
Aims - Jun 23, 2003 9:43:50 am PDT #2645 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Could someone please fix Nutty's thing about Eowyn and whitefont it??? PLEASE.
In Natter.
Nevermind.
Nutty - Jun 23, 2003 9:53:25 am PDT #2646 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay, what's the story here? I mean, I don't want to step on Aimee's toes, and I do understand the greater glee and screaming that may occur when non-readers get to the theatre next fall. But we did discuss it a bit in the Dude, Where's My precious thread, and consensus there was that the Tolkien books do not need whitefont. The books have been in publication 40+ years, and are not reliable predictors of what will show up onscreen.
Moreover, I'm trying to discuss Tolkien specifically as a writer, in context with C. S. Lewis, writing women, visions of Christianity comign through in plotting, etc. It's going to be really hard to have that conversation grow in Natter if we have to whitefont everything.
Aims - Jun 23, 2003 9:57:01 am PDT #2647 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's no prob, really I haven't read the books on purpose (was asked to wait until I saw all 3 films) and I've been staying out of Dude, but no big!! I'll hang in Bitches for awhile. I haven't read either author, so I couldn't contribute anyway!! :)
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2003 10:03:47 am PDT #2648 of 10005
brillig
I thought the consensus in Precious was to whitefont what happens in the books out of courtesy--and, at least on my part, enjoying the innocence of the unspoiled.
Nutty - Jun 23, 2003 10:06:56 am PDT #2649 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Like I said, Aimee, no offense meant to you. (And I hope the conversation as a whole worked as advertising for you.) But I do think that the whitefont train can go too far down the track, especially on no notice.
If we'd been having the conversation 4 years ago, or 1 year from now, it would not be whitefontable; and it's not whitefontable in the thread devoted to the topic; and it's not a NAFDA issue; so I'm having trouble coming up with a reason to whitefont.
I mean, besides the greater glee and screaming, and if it were a topic to be gleeful and/or scream about, I'd whitefont with, you know, glee. (As we did, when talking about the spiders a few months ago.)
Aims - Jun 23, 2003 10:09:12 am PDT #2650 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Like I said, Aimee, no offense meant to you
Oh I know!! I am one of few that hasn't read the books. I'm one of those people that reads after the movie if I haven't read before. Really, it's no big. The fact that I've remained as unspoiled as I have up til now, is pretty good.
bon bon - Jun 23, 2003 10:12:03 am PDT #2651 of 10005
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
If we'd been having the conversation 4 years ago, or 1 year from now, it would not be whitefontable; and it's not whitefontable in the thread devoted to the topic; and it's not a NAFDA issue; so I'm having trouble coming up with a reason to whitefont.
Because there is a rational reason to not want to read the books and yet enjoy the movie unspoiled. The movie and book are different things; one, yes, has been out forty years but the other hasn't and has appeal beyond the book. I don't go into "Dude" because I haven't read the books (and don't plan to) but I'd rather not be spoiled in Natter.