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SWEET MOTHER OF CELESTIA, IS YOUR FATHER LIVING IN THE JURASSIC ERA OR WHAT? :bug: :bug: :bug: :bug: :bug:
I knew that the dude in 2008 who was my co-worker and adamantly had the opinion of Windows 95 being the best thing ever was full of it, but whoa. WHOA.
My stepfather is the one who has an old computer. My father works with computers as a job. They are two different people.
Mum and I have been berg careful about it. We are trying our best to make sure we do not bring them with us. We know how bad they are. All the clothes I have saved from the old apartment has been washed and washed.
Just a tip, they will even hide on books and stuff if those items are close to a nest. My brother is a big reader and we spray his books also. Especially the hard bound ones, the buggers will hide inside the part where the cover and spine are separate.
EDIT: Do you have Plush animals from your old bed? Those would need treated.
Pick your head back up and and put it back on. You'll need it to enjoy the up coming weekend.
I want my own .com but I'm too lame to build a good web site. Besides who would visit for my scattered stuff?
The trick with Sculpey is oven drying, and you have to be REAL careful with the temperature - too low and it'll be wet inside and eventually crack, too hot and it'll either crack in the oven or release nasty-smelling gas. I've used a loose aluminum wrap during baking to good effect, but I don't work in any kind of large scale - just small models, table-top size no greater than about six-seven inches tall.
I'll get my head later, right now it's been nothing but trouble so it can stay under my desk for a bit.
Urgh, .com reminds me that I need to redo my Website to be my writing/authors landing page, with links to my blog, my AuthorsDen site, and my DeviantArt site! Carp, I need a camera too so I can take pics of my sculptures and put 'em on DeviantArt.. dang dang dang! There goes my weekend, well, the part where I'm not gorging myself on home-made chicken wings! :snake:
I'm sick of writing code, I swear. Within 5 years my GOAL is to make enough from writing to stop programming full-time and just consult part-time to fill in the bank account with retirement money. Having decided on that, I can now plan how to get from Here to There.
Yes, sorry... had a... miss-step there. :) Sentiment, however, remains. Does he have fossilized bones?
Meh can't sleep tonight - wide awake at 0230 Friday AM ! There are a couple of owls perched near my window, with what look like white feathers on their wings, is too dark to tell for sure.
I'm 5 8 140lbs or so and people always say I'm too thin, I don't worry about it my best friend is 6 3 and 300lbs, he worries :)
That's a cool idea - right now, I'm targeting Kindle Nook, and then Smashwords (distributor). I want to get a few short stories/flash fiction pieces published either in eZines or on dead trees, then work from there into selling collections of my works and novella-length series on Amazon/Barnes and Noble/Smashwords. It's all part of my PLAN.
Early days yet with the new publishing models but newsprint sales have collapsed here, bookshops have closed all over and even small blogs have thousands of page views a week, don't know how that will all translate into $$. Is probably good that the old monopolies are shrinking, but I guess there is a lot of uncertainty about what will and won't work as new platforms come and go One writer I know has some success giving half of it away and charging for the rest, don't know how sustainable that will be in the long run :)
Hey gratz :)
That's a cool idea - right now, I'm targeting Kindle Nook, and then Smashwords (distributor). I want to get a few short stories/flash fiction pieces published either in eZines or on dead trees, then work from there into selling collections of my works and novella-length series on Amazon/Barnes and Noble/Smashwords. It's all part of my PLAN.
Early days yet with the new publishing models but newsprint sales have collapsed here, bookshops have closed all over and even small blogs have thousands of page views a week, don't know how that will all translate into $$. Is probably good that the old monopolies are shrinking, but I guess there is a lot of uncertainty about what will and won't work as new platforms come and go One writer I know has some success giving half of it away and charging for the rest, don't know how sustainable that will be in the long run :)
I've seen that model work quite well on Amazon and Smashwords - the first novel/novella/part is either free or 99 cents, then the next one is $299 or $1.99 or such. Reviews and word of mouth drive sales of follow-on works. I think some folks on Amazon are raking in about $4000/month on this model - you need to have a LOT of books in you catalog, though. But it seems to work!
The trick appears to be to have a huge back catalog new fans will want to buy, keep the cost down per-unit so people are willing to pay and not pirate, and continually attract new fans. Keep the books flowing, make your fanbase happy, o occasion try something new, and you'll do OK. Get rich? Not likely. make a survivable living? Sure!
Dead tree publishing is pretty much dead in the main. There will always be a market for print, but it's probably going to be specialty publications and niche items, as more and more written content is consumed on phones and tablets.
It'll be interesting to see what happens next!
ARGH!! I'm still having a good day but argh anyway. I decided to wash my car, it's all nice and sunny and not way hot so off I went. I hooked up my washer thing to my hose pipe, it does the work not me, and got to it. Within five minutes the darn skeeters were making a major meal out of me. Bites all over the place, so argh. Car washing is put off until I get some DEEP WOODS OFF or something very close.
Man, I itch now. ARGH!!
Yikes! You're what's for dinner!!! :ahhh:
I hate the down south mosquito's. Up North we don't have to worry about them to much except in the summer. Down south you can have them all year and they're the size of buicks.
You should have seen the thing in my kitchen last night. I have a 300 lum florescent light as my porch light so I can see my yard. This monster flew in when I feed the animals last night. It looked like a hornet but had to be close to three inches long. I killed the kitchen lights and held the backdoor open, it went back to fighting the porch light when the kitchen went dark. BIG MOTHER whatever it was.
Sounds like a wood borer wasp. We had those in Dallas, suckers were HUGE and scary. Typically they get around 2 to 2-1/2 inches long.
Never got stung by one, no idea how aggressive they are. But they're too big to mess with!!! :ahhh:
Life is just getting worse before it is getting better. When mum and I went to a doctor and do errands, my stepfather went into my car and rummaged it to the point it was a mess.
He also pulled back the sheets on the bed and said I did not make the bed.
I just wish I could wake up from this nightmare. I want to be anywhere but here.
That's what it sounds like to me to. We had them in Texas City when we were there.
Was it the same color or was it brown to blackish in color.
That thing is GINORMOUS!!!! :bug: :ohh: :ahhh:
I'd leave the house until it left.. crikey!
i hope he majorly regrets not helping your mum help you with your rent when you needed it.
It sounds like your gonna have to get a second part time job so you can get out on your own again. Like I said before. I had 1 full time and two part time to support my family for many years. You do what you have to do to survive.
Ultraman original series went on sale :lol:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DQSKLU
lala ultraman, here he comes from the sky.
it's in Japanese with english subtitles.
1966, i remember watching it on uhf channels. it was a dial under the regular dial.
we had to get up and go to the tv to change the channel in those days.
Wow! I faintly remember Ultraman.. from when I was real young, although I can't recall where or when any more. Cool! :coolsmile:
Blech, getting a headache. Grinding my jaws and getting tension in my shoulders and neck. Blech.
But THE PLAN is taking shape and I think I have the basics in mind and down in my spreadsheet. I foresee gettig up earlier in the orning and staying up later at night, for a while, maybe years.
Since I'm taking a week off (the week of September 3rd) I've decided not to go anywhere, but turn it into a week-long "writers retreat" - stay home, drink coffee, write, visit local museums and art shops, get ideas, come home and write more, listen to music, write a bit, then sleep off and on and.. well.. write more! :coolcheese:
I've found a couple of online eZines that take unsolicited manuscripts for short stories and flash fiction, and PAY (only $20-$50).. these are my first targets! :vampire: Print magazines will be next, after I place one in an online 'zine. this will get me some experience dealing with a large number of rejection letters (heh).
Sigh - to buy a single-cup coffeemaker for my room, or just stick with tea and make coffee in the kitchen? Do I want to have to get up and walk all the way in, start water, watch for it to boil etc. etc. when I just want a hot cup while I'm scrivening? Argh. :-S
Was it the same color or was it brown to blackish in color.The same Yellow and Black stripped. It's gone now but I do not wish another visit any time soon.
I need to get a job but my stepfather hid my car key.
I am just finding out about this Japanese film about a young Tyrannosaurus that's protecting an anklyosaur (For some reason. I haven't actually read about it or watched it yet.).
Right here the main character (A blue trex with orange stripes) sees the dominant males in the area about to eat his friend, then he proceeds to beat the crap out of all of them XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8I1kskkIg
YOU DONT TOUCH MY FRIEND
You know, that's a GREAT idea! I'll look for one! I could have coffee all evening... :coolsmile: