An actual conversation I kinda-sorta just had:
So, this massive amount of car repair work you just sent me a quote for…
Yes?
It looks like your estimate is for $50 of parts and tons of labor. Seems a bit high.
Well, no, our parts cost is much higher than that.
Wow, $Manufacturer must really be ripping you off. Online you can get OEM from the manufacturer for a lot less.
They’re at least trying to work something out.
I swear, if this was a storyline on Law & Order: SVU every critic would pan it for being too unbelievable.
The Weinstein Company is still alive. An investor group was working on buying it and TWC sold the rights to two movies to raise funds. Then the New York Attorney General filed a law suit to get a couple of points of that negotiation strengthened: better compensation for victims, give up the non-disclosure agreements, and better protection for employees who would still be working with the same managers as before.
TWC fires David Glasser “for cause” and the negotiation is in doubt. Glasser files counter-suit to say he’s being made a scapegoat. TWC suddenly announced they’re filing for bankruptcy, but the next day, everything’s hunky-dory and the sale is going to go through.
Meanwhile, a sculpture called “Casting Couch” has been placed not far from where the Oscars will be held this weekend. Life-size golden sculpture of Harvey Weinstein sitting on a casting couch wearing a half-open bathrobe. Sit down, take a selfie with it.
That’s the hole. MPR says part of the problem was Garrison wasn’t giving them access to his email. But they had those same messages from the woman that received them. It doesn’t sound like they were looking to corroborate her side of the story since they went ahead and took action based on her statements.
It’s still coming across as a weak attempt to justify their actions and they’re continuing to let Garrison shape public opinion about what happened. If you’ve got a strong case against someone, you don’t do that. You provide the facts up front, ahead of time, which makes any explanations by the other side appear weaker when they get around to saying them later.
“Person A did B, C, D and E, which led us to take steps F, G and H”, which is usually followed by person A making a statment like, “I acknowledge I made some missteps and I am sorry for it” or “I categorically deny those allegations”.
In contrast, MPR’s statements have been “Garrison did something bad but we won’t say what it is because we want to protect the other person’s privacy, but he has to go nonetheless” and a few months later, “There’s more to it, but we’re still not really going to says what it is”. Meanwhile, Garrison has been saying, “This is specifically what I did”, providing a stronger defence for himself.
I’m starting to prep to sell some things locally. Giant Jenga, maybe cutting boards, recycled pallet serving trays, up to possibly farm house tables and similar.
I don’t necessarily need a name for it yet. Especially since I’m already Woodman, but I need to start thinking of something. My Etsy store was SoTSoT "Some of this, Some of that, but that was for my daughter’s crochet stuff and is a bit twee.
Edit: Derp, this was a request for ideas.
Well, nuts. I’m on call right now and it’s been busy the past few days, so I was thinking that it would give me some extra money when I go to Emerald City Comic Con next Sunday. Then I find out it ended today. I suppose there’s worse things to waste $40 on, but how in the world did I get the date completely wrong and buy a ticket for a time that I knew I couldn’t go?
Sorry. ReallyHorrible is already taken. Good luck, though.
Maybe PsychoticCrafts? How about ManWood?
ManWood == Taserface ?
Pretty much.
How about Wood’s Stuff? First thought off the top of my head, but I’ll ruminate on it.
I’ll vote against “ManWood” as the results when searching for that are not likely to be what you want.
I didn’t know what was wrong with my life until goob.
goob is now available in bath bombs.
Check out goob today!
WoodWyrm
Recycle a Tree
Wood ‘R’ Us (Wood ‘S’ Me?)
GoodWoodTimes
“Taserface”
snigger
Treecycled. I hope I just made that up and nobody else is using it.
That’s a million dollar name right there.
EDIT: No. Of course not.
No such thing as an original name anymore.
I’ve reached the brain point where all names sound stupid.
… or an umlaut or other non-Americainian characters.
WØDMÄN
Or, if you want to get the millennials, go with leetspeek.
W00dm@n
Oddly enough I like the extra character idea. WØØDMAN?
Dunno, I have to finish clearing out the garage to get there and I’m not a fan of doing that when it’s negative holy shit out there. Once I get everything rolling I’m going to work on some climate control, like a salamander or something, but it takes money to make money.
Less time on naming and more time on product… or prepping for product.
Spoke too soon. Just days after The Weinstein Company says the sale’s back on, the investment group finds out the company has another $55-$65 million in debt they weren’t told about, which includes unpaid residuals and profit participation (in other words, money they owe actors and other people who work on films), so they’ve called it off. The company says they’ve been “transparent about its dire financial condition” and they’re going to “work tirelessly” to avoid bankruptcy, just like they have been for months.
Except, just last week, they suddenly pulled the plug on the negotiation. “Hey, guys? Even though you’re probably the last group that’s willing to still deal with us, what you’re offering isn’t good enough. We’ll take bankruptcy.”
It was the same Attorney General that filed the lawsuit that got the negotiations going again afterward. Now even that isn’t enough.
