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[jaydub]

I have always hated having something compressing my wrist, and once my forearms got furry it became occasionally painful with one of those elastic metal strap deals.  I got an Otter Box for my cell phone because of the abuse my iPod Touch endured.  It has kept it cozy, and the belt clip keeps it pretty handy for such as checking the time.

I cannot imaging checking the time during a job interview.  Whether on a watch or a phone, it strikes me as a Hunts move to be distracted from the task at hand.

[Carlos del Vaca]

I wear a watch every goddamned day.

[doomglobe]

I check the time way too often for my cellphone in my pocket as a time-keeping device to be practical. Especially in meetings.

This is a nervous tick. If you have any sense of time passage at all, you shouldn't need to check the time more than a couple times a day. For important meetings and appointments, a reminder from your phone can include a sound and/or vibrate. Someone who constantly checks the time in my presence gives the impression of not wanting to be there, and I don't have time for people who don't think of me as the best thing they are doing all day.

[CortJstr]

This is a nervous tick. If you have any sense of time passage at all, you shouldn't need to check the time more than a couple times a day. For important meetings and appointments, a reminder from your phone can include a sound and/or vibrate. Someone who constantly checks the time in my presence gives the impression of not wanting to be there, and I don't have time for people who don't think of me as the best thing they are doing all day.

I have a really poor sense of time. I've probably checked the time time 15 times between 8:30am and 1pm today just sitting at my desk by myself.

[wombat]

I have a poor sense of time in the opposite of the way most people do - it results in my always being early. If I didn't check the time often I'd be an hour early for everything instead of only 20 minutes.

[miles]

Evan Williams, you may be cheap ass bourbon but you make me happy.

Yes.

[littlefallsmets]

Here's the link to purchase the thing I was commissioned to link if you all are inclined: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFORER8/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

[Pedro Picasso]

Here's the link to purchase the thing I was commissioned to link if you all are inclined: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFORER8/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

Done and done. Looking forward to reading it.

[wombat]

OK, now I am more concerned about what seemed like an excellent financial deal. Are you getting a cut of the sales as well as the initial payment?

[wombat]

Jeez Ash that sure is the kind of supportive attitude a creative person needs in his friends.

[littlefallsmets]

Nah, wombie, this was kind of a test case thing to see how it would go, you know? If I had tried to hardball what was a first experiment, it probably wouldn't have happened at all. It was four hours of work at the most, two of them sitting in a coffee shop waiting for my turn at an open mic.

If it sells more than expected, it'll lead to more work, it wasn't much work and it gets my name out there, I think. "Loss leader" and all that? I don't know. This is something that an opendiary friend who makes her living writing and editing e-books threw at me late Saturday night and I had a draft turned in Sunday evening, you know.

Toe in the water. My friend Eve came to me with the idea to do Twas The Night as a vampire story and, well, frankly that kind of writing... Weird Al/Mad Magazine-style parody... it is like breathing to me. It wasn't my idea, it was just my execution of an idea and... I dunno. If one incredibly short project that sprang from someone else's idea goes a little south in terms of my cut on it, it isn't the end of the world. The measure of a writer isn't two or three great unique ideas, it's the ability to execute ideas, right?

If nothing else, I'm a little less afraid of putting stuff out there and a little more wise to the way e-self-publishing works and I have an extra 250 in my pocket to try and chase girls with while I look for work and continue developing my writing.

[doomglobe]

I have a really poor sense of time. I've probably checked the time time 15 times between 8:30am and 1pm today just sitting at my desk by myself.

I have a poor sense of time in the opposite of the way most people do - it results in my always being early. If I didn't check the time often I'd be an hour early for everything instead of only 20 minutes.

Neither of you need to be checking the time that much. It takes time to look at the time, and to think about looking at the time, and to worry about what time it is. Why not simply set an outlook reminder or an alarm on your cellphone for the time you need to start thinking about each task/appointment, and then never look at the time again? You can do this when you are scheduling the task/appointment in the first place, so THAT won't take any extra time, and suddenly you'll have 10 or 15 minutes of spare time per day, and a much more relaxed attitude toward everything. Stop pestering your clock, and allow it to do the work for you!

[jaydub]

Here's the link to purchase the thing I was commissioned to link if you all are inclined: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFORER8/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

Clicked & will forward to my vampire obsessed sister-in-law

[theinevitable]

When I was in LA we had giraffe tacos at this chain of giraffe taco places. Now I think I have to move there so I can eat that junk every day. How can giraffe tacos be so good?

[littlefallsmets]

Thanks for the support, girls and guys, I do appreciate it!

And Ash, now that you have supported my creative endeavour, it is time for me to find a younger woman and go write reviews of hipster food for snooty people! Hooray!