I should have known things wouldn’t be this easy. The Collectibles section had come through. Lots of products. Interesting products, like a whole line of things based on A Christmas Story — a film I’ve never, ever seen. The Nightmare Before Christmas, the bane of existence? Nary an item in sight. Oh, there were someContinue reading “On the Inevitable”
Category Archives: Work
On New Levels of Fannishness
I had to write up a product description for something Doctor Who-ish — Creation is doing some Who shotglasses with the TARDIS and the series logo. I needed something catchy. Something the Doctor would drink. It came to me. I typed it up, giggling all the way. Something along the lines of “If you’re goingContinue reading “On New Levels of Fannishness”
On Engrish
Reading Engrish makes my head hurt. Writing product descriptions for hentai video game strategy guides weirds me out. Beyond that, my day was mostly good.
On Macro Naming Conventions
Let’s suppose you needed a macro for Microsoft Word that went through a document, found everything that was colored red, and turned it black. What would you name such a macro? A sensible person might called it “RedToBlack.” A less sensible, more poetic soul might call it “PaintItBlack.” Said less sensible, more poetic soul mightContinue reading “On Macro Naming Conventions”
On Needing an Energy Pick-Up
Quarter after five I needed another cup of coffee. No. Scratch that. I needed another cup of coffee. I generally don’t drink coffee that late in the day. But jeez, sometimes you need that caffeine jolt.
More on Ink and Paper
At work on Friday someone left a stack of a new magazine — Comic Foundry — at the magazine and comic rack. I picked one up, flipped through it, and shoved it in my bag to take home and look at over the weekend. The thing I noticed on Friday, though? The smell. Yes, theContinue reading “More on Ink and Paper”
On Zombies
I don’t get it. What is the big freakin’ deal with zombies? I’d gone for years being completely unaware of zombies. Not my style of horror film. No real interest. The walking dead? Didn’t really care. Give me the classics. Give me Universal and its rip-offs. Zombies? Universal didn’t do zombies. At work, though? I’mContinue reading “On Zombies”
On Product Solicits
This afternoon I had to write up product solicits for trading cards. These aren’t especially difficult. The text is generally a given. Usually the most I have to do is to clean up tenses, clean up bolding and italics, add verbs, and give some product specifications like number of cards per pack, number of packsContinue reading “On Product Solicits”
On a Start to the Day
The morning commute was… less than fun. Some mornings it’s a breeze. Other mornings, Liberty Road is a sodding nightmare. Earlier this week–was it Tuesday?–it took half an hour to go the six miles to the Beltway. For some reason traffic didn’t move once I’d reached the Rolling Road intersection, and then, suddenly, it did.Continue reading “On a Start to the Day”
On the Smell of Ink
New books have a distinctive smell. Paperbacks, especially. There’s the paper smell. Sometimes there’s little paper particles from when the paper’s cut. It’s an earthy smell. Then there’s the ink smell. It’s a tangy smell. Sharp. Even a little metallic. Then there’s the binding smell. Nothing smells like fresh glue. Yesterday was a great dayContinue reading “On the Smell of Ink”