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Nov 08, 2005 12:28

Unless I am forgetting someone, nobody on my flist was nanowrimoing last year. This year, a lot of you are. I am proud of all of you and wish I could join you.

We're at around $9,500 in seed-funding commitments, which is $500 less than halfway to the floor of our "we need this much investment by Dec. 1" range. (And $5,500 less than halfway to the ( Read more... )

cooking, funding, business

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mangosteen November 8 2005, 17:40:29 UTC

Upon watching Good Eats for the first time, my inital impression was "here is a man who never had to wash his own dishes and cookware after he was done".

ruthling November 8 2005, 18:08:09 UTC

I do, however, get the impression that he'd enjoy doing dishes if he had to. Or maybe his puppet microbes can help!

I was doing okay with NaNo kyroraz November 8 2005, 18:24:46 UTC

... I briefly fell behind over the weekend, but I spent most of last night catching up. Now at 10,056 words (20.1%).

Besides, if I had to choose which was the stronger goal (But with more rewards at the end), I think yours is more impressive than NaNo.

Also ... kyroraz November 8 2005, 19:47:19 UTC

Have you considered a George Foreman grill? They're kinda handy.

Re: Also ... leighjen November 8 2005, 20:27:07 UTC

One of the best things we got from our Registry. I would recommend it to anyone. A George Foreman grill and regular trips to Trader Joe's can keep you well fed without tons of hassle.

Re: Also ... cortezopossum November 9 2005, 03:47:06 UTC

My roommate hates those George Foreman grills -- he says that anything he's ever tried from one of those things have come out bland and tasteless.

misuba November 8 2005, 19:51:01 UTC

Just stay away from "Gear For Your Kitchen" and you'll get away with minimal damage.

Glad you're enjoying the book. It's great for people like me who only really remember things when they understand them.

leighjen November 8 2005, 20:25:09 UTC

We found Gear very helpful when we were selecting things to get other people to buy for us. :-)

radtea November 8 2005, 21:27:30 UTC

I'm technically unemployed at the moment, so figured that NaNo November was a good way to kick-start a book I've had in mind for a while--no-holds-barred space-opera based on the classic adventure story "Captain Blood". The first week was great (22983 words, w00t!) but I got blindsided by a prospect with a short-term, highly lucrative development contract yesterday, so winnership is suddenly in doubt. On the other hand, if I can close the contract, I get to eat over the winter and still have a chance of putting a second story on the house in the spring, so it's pretty much win-win.