Comments on: Begging to Differ

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:59:18 +0000

We got lucky – the storms just nicked us on their way to Chicago & the northern 'burbs. We were at Tor:Con 7 for the storm that broke my windows last month…3 or 4 small tornadoes (EF1s) skirted town that evening. That's scary enough – I can't imagine an EF3,4 or 5 bearing down.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:21:46 +0000

SIX? Paula, that's nuts! I heard you had some heavy storms. Hope everything is still where you left it.

Devon, it's like that kid who does the John Williams tribute on YouTube - he didn't create it, but he popularized it. That's what you've done. It's a word I'm going to use going forward. :)

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:12:05 +0000

I'd love to take credit for the word "celebutard", but someone else used it first. Wish I could remember who, so I could credit it properly! But it fits the meaning!

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:37:05 +0000

Lori a week or so ago you asked to let me know what my next TOR:CON was. Today..we're at 6.

Jim Cantore is in Chicago. When he tweeted that I nearly tweeted back, "Oh, crap!"

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:11:00 +0000

I found it, Jake. Can't edit comments, so I'll just leave them both. And I'm linking to you tomorrow. :)

Remind me not to do a sleepover with you, Paula. I bleed to well. LOL Cash flow - lousy excuse, isn't it? It's why contracts are an absolute must.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:06:07 +0000

Celebutard. Love it, Devon.

I also agree 100% with Cathy about the absurdity of absolutes.

I beg to differ with clients who keep assigning work, but when it's time time pay start in with excuses about their "cash flow problems." Um, did you ever thing you wouldn't have cash flow issues if you weren't assigning more work that you know you can pay for?

Unlike you Lori, I'd make a good vampire - except for their, um, dietary habits. And I couldn't give up garlic. But my Nordic skin just doesn't get along with sunlight, I despise sweating, hate hot weather (especially when combined with humidity), and I'm not a very outdoorsy person - bugs, dirt, ick. (However, I do appreciate good soil.)

By: Jake P

Jake P — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:00:59 +0000

Ack, old nimble fingers put an extra " in the code after html. If you can fix it, please delete this :)

Here's the correct link:
The Real Minimum Wage.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:44:39 +0000

And one more thing that's scratching at me like a rash – can someone Justin Beiber's age REALLY tell their life story? Really? Going to be about as long as a Geico commercial….

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:42:58 +0000

Devon, you've just coined a wonderful new word. And you've made my day. LOL

Cathy, amen. The words "always", "only" and "never" should not show up in advice to anyone, in my opinion. Unless of course the person saying it uses the "in my opinion" caveat. How's that for covering my butt? LOL

Wade, go forth and be independent. :) And you're right - it's not as though anyone new to a career is expected to work for nothing. Ridiculous. New contractors charge like veterans. So do plumbers, landscapers, dentists.....

Jake, the link didn't work for me, but I'll dig on their site for it. Thanks!

By: Jake P

Jake P — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:30:42 +0000

Want some empirical evidence of your second point? Check out this Newsweek link that I stumbled across yesterday: "The Real Minimum Wage". Freelancers *chose* to take these jobs; no one forced them, protestations by huffy Huffposters notwithstanding.

Word of the day is "celebutard"!