Posts by Jeremy Andrew
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 2:…, in reply to Lilith __,
I'm sure the apocalypse comes with thrashy music with lots of distortion and the reverb turned way up. How could it not?
Then you'll be looking for a bit of Enter Telephone for the soundtrack then...
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<sings>Deck the halls with polystyrene! Fa la la la la, la la la la!!</singing>
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Speaker: Dancing with Dingoes, Part II, in reply to sally jones,
I don't know, I am beginning to think that men really don't get cake. Exception of you Joe, naturally.
Best you be extending that exception before I'm forced to whip out my Blueberry Sour Cream Cake (once blueberry season is in full swing of course - frozen doesn't compare to fresh).
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How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?
Well, its an obscure little number, you probably haven't heard of it...
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Will the next book feature a monotreme by any chance? There's not enough books about monotremes...
How about monotremes and obscenity?
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Ask the Outrageous Fortune team, they just got a slap fom the BSA for using the c word last Tuesday. Cheryl was referring to Draska.
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I'd boycott the show, but since it's not my scene anyway, noone would notice. I'd complain to the sponsors, but apparently that is offensive to his free speech. Oh well, back to work.
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I think the free speech thread has a fair bit of mispronounced Kant...
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I now have a mental picture of someone hiding behind a door sniggering with a six foot tall vagina, waiting to jump out at Jeremy.
Wait, what?
Oh, the other one...
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Wait: the author doesn't also have costs involved in writing a book? Their labour, for instance?! I don't think you could call the author's $2.50 profit.
No author should ever try to work out their hourly rate (possible exceptions: JK Rowling & Steven King), let alone take into account overheads like office space, PC, paper (all those discarded drafts) etc etc.
Authors, like all artists, should only pursue their muse entirely for the love of it, without the mundane grubbing for money that accompanies more earthly pursuits. Truly it is said "if you enjoy it, it can't be work - that's why they have to pay you to do it". I think it was Scott Adams who said "smiling at work is like stealing from the company".