I had an idle thought the other night, while out walking the foster-dog-who's-getting-closer-and-closer-to-not-being-foster-at-least-in-my-mind-anyway.

If you want to self-publish a book, what does that cost and what do you get from it? What's a good service to turn to if one wants to do that? I might want to put together a bit of navel-gazing.

Can anyone think of a good song to play whilst gallivanting in front of an audience in a giant Tivo costume?

The only thing I can think of is "Video Killed The Radio Star," but that's not exactly right, I don't think ( Read more... )

I got this from one of my animation guild friends, who suggested the following. I figured he could just as easily collect money from people he doesn't know as people he does, so I thought I'd spread the word. I realize there are actually a lot of opportunities to help out at this point, (cuz, lot of people out of work!) but here's another:On Monday ( Read more... )

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Can anybody think of a slangy, funny way to refer to underwear that you could say on a kids' show?

ETA: The context is the usual cartoon nonsense: Hero Kid and Hero Dad are out fighting crime. They try to stop a villain from robbing a factory...only he's robbing an underpants factory, and Hero Kid can't stop laughing long enough to help. Later, ( Read more... )

Thanks everyone for your nice comments about The Friends List Gallery. I'm still taking pictorial contributions, so if you want to be featured, just send me some pixelage! And I'll let you know when the darn thing finally works in Internet Explorer--I've got an email in to the guy who created the gallery script.


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People Who Responded To My Request For Their Pics And Who Are Therefore Awesome AND Sexy:

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If you are, like me, a Bear of Very Little Brain, it can sometimes get a little confusing keeping track of who's who on your flist. This happens mainly with the people I've met online exclusively but never in person. Usernames start to flow together, you remember reading posts or profiles but it's just words on a page and not experience. You see ( Read more... )

I thought I'd post a shorter version of my last post. I asked a question of my flist at the end of a novel. Not sure everyone has time or inclination to read it all ( Read more... )

One of the less-desirable aspects of working “in the business” is a certain kind of request for help.

Let me preface this by saying I absolutely don’t mind helping people who 1) have a specific goal they’d like to accomplish that’s 2) within the realm of things I can help them with. ( examples! )