A five-minute preview of season 3! As reality TV goes, this actually looks really good… but maybe I’m biased. Thanks to Pi for sending me the link!
I’ve had to keep my mouth shut for months and months and months, but finally I can blab:
I’M ON BEAUTY AND THE GEEK! (I’m in the middle. I think they photoshopped my abs.)
That’s right, it’s official. I’m a fake celebrity.
This is going to be interesting. There’s some things that I’m looking forward to watching, and some things that could be a little uncomfortable. Plus, you have to figure that after commercials, each episode is about 45 minutes. Minus the time devoted to showing the competitions, that leaves about 30 minutes. Divided among 16 people, that’s 2 minutes per person per episode, and the producers get to pick those two minutes from an entire month’s worth of footage.
Which means they could make any character they want out of me. Interesting…
It’s time to make a decision on the magazine. Craig and I sent everything we have to Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni, the world’s foremost expert on magazine startups. He thinks our idea has potential, which is what we wanted to hear. But we have a long, long ways to go.
According to Prof. Husni, most of the magazines he sees fail because of a lack of funding. Even starting small, only 4-6 issues a year, we’re going to need between $750k and $1 million to last. Of course, we don’t have that kind of money, so we’ll be approaching investors. But we have to have something to show them first, i.e. a pilot issue and a business plan. And Samir suggests that a $50k prelaunch budget is reasonable.
That $50k would be raised from friends, family, and other people who believe in our idea. I’m pretty sure we could raise it. But we have to be fully committed to the magazine, and I’m not sure I am.
However, I also want to make a lot of money at a job I enjoy. If I had gone into industry after graduation, I would likely be making six figures now. It would take years for me to make that kind of money at the magazine, if ever. And I’m not sure I would even enjoy the work. The emotional reward is incredible to be sure, but I don’t know if it would be enough to overcome the tedium of what I expect to be basically an administrative job behind a computer.
Frankly, I don’t know what to do. Any advice?
British scientists have developed a revolutionary pill that men could take as a one-off contraceptive just before a date.
Split-second condoms? Infertility in a pill? Truly this is the best of all worlds.
Willem van Rensburg, an inventor from South Africa, is a genius.
You don’t have to open the wrapper, you don’t have to remove the condom, and you don’t have to fiddle around to figure out which side is up.
Just position it, click the wrapper, and ziiiip!
Check out the advertisements. They’re pretty damn cool. And safe for work, as long as your work allows condoms and vegetables.
www.prontocondoms.co.za/manto.htm
or
www.prontocondoms.co.za/jacob.htm
The bad news is that they’re only available in South Africa right now. The good news is that they’ll be available worldwide soon, and they won’t be any more expensive than a normal condom.
