ello you orrible lot
been asked to write a kids book full of robot building projects kids can do with their dads.
they have offered me a flat rate with no royalties, price not bad but not enough enough to give up day job to give it my full attention.
there is no way i can complete it before the deadline with the time i have available at weekends
shit fuck fuckity fucking fuck !!!! a job comes along that was made for me and i cant do it because of my fucking shitty day job.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:00,
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been asked to write a kids book full of robot building projects kids can do with their dads.
they have offered me a flat rate with no royalties, price not bad but not enough enough to give up day job to give it my full attention.
there is no way i can complete it before the deadline with the time i have available at weekends
shit fuck fuckity fucking fuck !!!! a job comes along that was made for me and i cant do it because of my fucking shitty day job.
they approached you?
if so, can't they be negotiated with for more time/money?
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:02,
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trying that now
but they want it ready for fathers day next year.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:03,
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isn't it 8 days at a time before you need a doctor's note?
not sure how many times a year you could do it for though
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:07,
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I meant go to doctor and claim stress... get a note for month....
get paid.... write book... go back to work... win win ;-)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09,
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So you have about 9 months?
Well, less with printing/editing time. It's not that much of a squeeze, is it?
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:06,
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there's thinking time
drawing and writing,
then re-drafting, consultation etc
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:08,
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then re-drafting, consultation etc
The worst that could happen is you don't finish it in time.
Thinking time can be done in quiet spots through the week, surely.
edit: fuck, you're not amoebaboy, but the point still stands, dammit.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09,
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edit: fuck, you're not amoebaboy, but the point still stands, dammit.
trust me mu
those cunts i work for make sure theres no quiet spots.
its like a fucking prison camp.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:11,
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its like a fucking prison camp.
It still seems worth going for to me. You might get more work off the back of it.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:14,
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You might also want to invest some time in looking for a less cunty employer
and move to a day job that lets you have a little more time for other things. (Been there, done that)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:04,
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copy deadline new year
i would have to bust my balls every weekend, my day job fucks me right up
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09,
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No way to wrangle time off at all?
Tell them *old relative* died and take a weeks compassionate leave.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:17,
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shit! go for it
there comes a point in life when you should just trust in providence. find a way to get this book done even if it means fucking this job over. sometimes things have a habit of coming together when you trust your instincts :)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 23:52,
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Write it in your own time.....for yourself... then aproach a publisher... then get royalties as well..
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:04,
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Good plan... if they approached you with a fixed offer, they know it's going to sell....
also , if they approached you, it's because they know that you can contribute something unique that no one else can to the book to make it sell more copies than if they got someone else to write it instead...
go for it and good luck
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:12,
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go for it and good luck
They would have records of approaching him with the idea.
Wouldn't writing it for himself would break some interllectual property laws?
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:15,
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I don't know....... he might have to go back in time and change history before anyone had thought of making it happen in the first place...
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:20,
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i hope thats not true
they could really fuck me up, nah,, just call it build robots from rubbish or some shit like that.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:24,
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Pfft.,,,, stop pretending you don't know how to build a time machine......
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:29,
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if he hasn't accepted the offer
i would think that anything he does that doesn't break plagiary or copyright laws still counts as his own intellectual property
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:28,
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He should just put a hit on them and have them killed......
Then do it in his own time when he;s ready.....
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:32,
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Yay.... if you and me put our heads toghether.. we could solve world hunger I'm telling ya..! ;-)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:39,
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i've already got a solution to that
but people don't seem to like it
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:41,
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So have I.... My solution is eat supper... which I'm just going to do...!!
If only everyone thought of just eating supper.... they would be no more hunger or starvation... night.....
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:49,
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just had mine
and as i'm now stupidly tired, i'm off for some much-needed sleep.
g'night!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:50,
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g'night!
i could just go the cory doctorow route
and stick it on the internet for free, you dont have to worry about people nicking it, and people buy the book when it comes out anyway.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:37,
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This would be less time consuming and less expensive than building a time machine....
Which ever way you do go dude..... hope you get it done the way you want it done.... and hopefully make lots of money too.. ;-)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:44,
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Take some holidays?
Or break a couple of decent sized bones and sit and do it in hospital.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:04,
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^
A good idea. Break a femur going bungee jumping drunk. You have the fun of getting pissed, probably have the fun of the bungee jumping though you won't remember, *and* break your leg. Or do what a friend of mine did. Get pissed, fall over the barrier at Liverpool St., wake up at the Royal London being interviewed by the police, and spend a fortnight in hospital on morphine.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:27,
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You could hire a ghost writer but I think the pencils would slip through his hands ;)
I hope you manage it somehow.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:24,
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As you can see, meebs, the quality of publishing advice available round here is piss-poor.
They ARE taking the piss, these joker publishers. Cynical as fuck. But if you fancy it, do it.
And sit aghast as they refuse your phone calls when they sell 1,000,000 copies for £1 - £2 via every shit discount outlet going, and you're stuck with £3k you've already spent, and no intellectual property rights.
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Mon 5 Sep 2011, 1:00,
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And sit aghast as they refuse your phone calls when they sell 1,000,000 copies for £1 - £2 via every shit discount outlet going, and you're stuck with £3k you've already spent, and no intellectual property rights.
perhaps you could outsource bits of the book to b3tards
there would need to be some editing to weed out the CDC's and such stuff.
but it could mean that you only actually have to do a quarter of the actuall work.
also, if you're coming up with the ideas as well as the illustrations then a flat rate doesn't sit right with me.i want a royalty as well as contol over what other medium they might want to port the format into in the future.
just a thought.
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Mon 5 Sep 2011, 9:56,
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but it could mean that you only actually have to do a quarter of the actuall work.
also, if you're coming up with the ideas as well as the illustrations then a flat rate doesn't sit right with me.i want a royalty as well as contol over what other medium they might want to port the format into in the future.
just a thought.
a repost of someone else's work?
well fucking done
edit: apparently not someone else's. merely a pbf clone instead. ho hum.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 21:55,
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edit: apparently not someone else's. merely a pbf clone instead. ho hum.
Ta
Appreciate the comparison, although I'd like to think I have Nick Gurewich beat on facile grocery puns.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:09,
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I'd say that WFHIT
Is hardly a PBF clone.
They (being WFHIT) are pretty ace and a lot more varied.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 22:08,
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They (being WFHIT) are pretty ace and a lot more varied.
I'm no carpentry expert,
but that's a nice bit of tongue and groove.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 21:54,
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You need a pair of glasses with Alan Rickman's face painted on them
now all your friends and people you see will be Rickmanised
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 21:08,
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yes
most people don't get to hear these particular funny noises
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 21:17,
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Ah noises reserved for those Rickman moments in life. I know them well.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 21:20,
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Haha... I kept watching to see if you stuck it in alternate USB ports.... accidently on porpose.. ;-)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 20:48,
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Hehe
Could this be the new Ewan-MacGregor-Star-Wars-sweepy-gesture-knocking-things-over? (Sorry, don't know what it's supposed to be called)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 20:48,
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Because 3¾" should be enough for anybody...
It was bigger over in my blog. Honest.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 18:39,
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It was bigger over in my blog. Honest.
Slightly tweaked and text on a photo Sunday, I think...
...STaToaPS.
[GoldieWilson] I like the sounda that. [/GoldieWilson]
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 19:29,
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[GoldieWilson] I like the sounda that. [/GoldieWilson]
Looks like Colossus (X-Men) to me
(Not a comic book guy, but I saw the movies)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 20:35,
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It is Mr. Colossus, yes...
...but now you mention it, Marvel may have a lawsuit or two to fling.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 20:41,
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You're just gutted you got sold a Captain Planet doll by Hippies in Reading.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 20:49,
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Penguin release fail
Quick and pants but with a promise to do better.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:52,
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Quick and pants but with a promise to do better.
hmmm
think i'm going to have to watch fierce creatures again soon
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 18:00,
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Watch 'A Fish Called Wanda' instead
The sequel left me very disappointed!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 18:06,
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I have been told to watch that many times.
I think I shall.
/mundane comment over.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 18:09,
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/mundane comment over.
a fish called wanda is very good
but i actually prefer fierce creatures
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 18:11,
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Well, I respect your opinion, given I've not tried to watch it a second time
but I prefer Heavenly Creatures
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 19:29,
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hahaha
My thoughts exactly. The bugger didn't want to leave and seemed to disappear under the waves rather quickly.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 21:37,
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ten days
got back at 3, my mate picked me up and we got stuck in traffic. only walked through the door an hour ago, i'm fucking shattered!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:15,
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it's all fun and games till you have to wash twigs out of your knickers
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:19,
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Pffft.... twigs aren't too bad..... logs make the real mess....
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:25,
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Log! Log! Its big, its heavy, its wood! Log! Log! It's better than bad; its good!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:43,
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Fine, I'll bite.
How did you get twigs in your knickers, Smash?
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:25,
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Just in time to draw us a fish then...
* Welcome back, you will never leave, shop, kitten, pull up, etc...
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:51,
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fuck, no fish tonight
i've been travelling for 28 hours, i'm done in!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:54,
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I want your mixing bowl, your tea towel and you cookery book....
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:26,
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ha ha! i was thinking the same thing
aww, c'mon... I luv her arts!!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 15:12,
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hahah
was looking for her recent spaghetti monster, but couldn't find it
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 15:13,
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i'm back home five minutes
and already someone's having a go at me? that's lovely that is.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 17:01,
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Looks more like the Yorks family
Prince Andrew, Sarah, Beatrice (in that "hat"), and Eugenie
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:59,
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Special thanks to all who contributed to the Shoes For Disciples Drive
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:18,
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reference to biblical prohibitions against eating pork
and a twat would be especially un-kosher
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:57,
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dunno about those people
but Jews are heavy-duty anti-pork. And even on animals which may have "kosher parts," there are some parts that are forbidden--nothing near the ass, and nothing below a certain point on the animal--etc etc
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:06,
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but jebus is fitting him with two right shoes.
probably stole them from jjb sports
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:06,
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I took liberties with just one shoe source
assuming nobody would give a shit enough to notice--drat:(
In those days, everyone had two right feet
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:10,
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In those days, everyone had two right feet
yeah, i was going to leave it
but it was like a huge elephant in the room. everyone had noticed, but were too polite to say anything
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:19,
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but, as i believe i've demonstrated, i'm not that polite
*gives chinese burn*
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:28,
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the height of good manners in some of the smaller chinese villages
i read that somewhere
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:34,
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The painting on the right
seems to be telling the story of a penguin being harassed by reptilians in a sunny day at a spanish bullfighting arena.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:15,
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I used to sell No Pasaran on demos
which usually meant I stood there with a bunch of papers in my hands and everybody walked past me lol and worse still I'd miss the guest band like the day I missed The Levellers because some cow shoved a load of papers in my hand and said stand there and sell those and watched me the whole time.
- free rights and democracy within Socialist parties is very hard to find.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:21,
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- free rights and democracy within Socialist parties is very hard to find.
sorry i fecked off there for a while
i meant fascism and socialism, they both seem to end up taking away peoples rights.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:51,
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I don't think it was anything to do it being a socialist party but the fact
that some of the people seem to have forgotten what they were fighting for and unemployed working-class people to them were just to be pitied, won over and made to work for them for free. In the end I left pissed off with these so-called glitterati who gave me no self worth whatsoever. I believe that sometimes socialist causes attracts the wrong kind of people the ones who are only interested in self-promotion and patting themselves on the back for all the good causes they believe in, yet don't fully understand those causes.
It's like the old joke -
Q. How many Militants does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Socialism (because that's the answer to all questions)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:57,
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It's like the old joke -
Q. How many Militants does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Socialism (because that's the answer to all questions)
I'm really shit at understanding politics, so i just tend to steer clear of any major group. but i would vote for these guys
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 15:03,
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They are my new favourite boy band.
And hate them all with equal passion.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:01,
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And hate them all with equal passion.
Its a special PShop add-on
but weirdly, or perhaps not, no colour matching from head to neck was needed. I know its not perfect but for a group made up of 4 black lads with a superimposed head of a Bristolian added, it looks not far off.
*edit* yeah, hands look a bit shit though....
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 16:41,
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*edit* yeah, hands look a bit shit though....
ha ha
THIS is the reason I tend not to go fishing. Unless it is for rubbish in a lake.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:02,
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Indeed
I still use 'geronimo' for the older members on here.
*edit* just to clarify, I use geronimo. the older people on here will get that.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 14:05,
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*edit* just to clarify, I use geronimo. the older people on here will get that.
Geronimo, my friend
I'm too young to remember Geronimo. but old enough to remember the PSA
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 15:00,
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absolutely
and later on they cover themselves in oil and get hot!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:45,
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superb
and I see you have the dregs of potato society leering from below as is customary for any strip joint :)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:42,
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that little bastard!
edit: scroll for punchline 1000pixels this way --+
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:20,
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edit: scroll for punchline 1000pixels this way --+
fantastic!
PS I like your "I could get fps but I don't care" stance regarding picture size.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:22,
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pffft
but it's only funny though if we all did it. come on man, you know you want to ;)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:49,
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I'm Ris-ing like thew originator of Ris?!
But you all love it???
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:27,
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But you all love it???
I was staring at the first two pictures for a while too
It's just the right size to confuse someone with a 1024x768 screen.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:35,
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haha
I'm so bloody tempted to edit this now and just crop it to the first two frames
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:38,
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rotate it 90 degrees.
I think it's best how it is, scrolling is half the fun!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:39,
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hahahaha
great
(i didn't scroll all the way across first time i looked)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 13:12,
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(i didn't scroll all the way across first time i looked)
Idle thought... I wonder
if Grandma still has his awesome mohican?
Anyway, hurray for the above combination of old-alumni B3tans... GMOS goes Lemony. :-)
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 11:33,
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Anyway, hurray for the above combination of old-alumni B3tans... GMOS goes Lemony. :-)
Where do old b3tans go?
I'm imagining that Rob has them hooked up like batteries Matrix style and once they are used up he has them turned to a soup to be fed back into the IC shed feeding mechanism.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 11:49,
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I was going to nick S McP's image
and upside down the Mohican to make a beard, but then I thought that would look like his manpipe, and wasn't the look I was going for.
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:35,
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Mohican cuts, awesome?
Look everybody, I look like a rooster--now I'm really special! pfff
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:23,
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I love mohicans/mohawks beats all the muppet cuts men have thesedays
Justin Bieber hair ffs go away bible-boy!
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:27,
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haha ceiling cat has yet to make his appearance :D
Oh it was just Goldblum instead
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Sun 4 Sep 2011, 12:20,
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Oh it was just Goldblum instead
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