From: Mike Tatum <mike.tatum@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

Mike: so $100
Mike: I had you doing 5 posts
Mike: next one goes out on Monday
Mike: for your first 2 days of work
me: hey, just got a check from you guys, what's it for exactly?
Mike: right on
me: I'll figure out what tax benefits/drawbacks I'd be looking at as employee and get back to you, although I'm pretty sure I'll take it
me: will do, thanks
Mike: just keep up the good work! ;-)
Mike: you're welcome to participate however you like
Mike: as we get farther along, we'll be hiring staff, doing equity, all that stuff
Mike: like i said, we're real happy with the posts
Mike: no worries
me: thanks for the offer
me: I'll get back to you regarding that
me: I've got health insurance paid up for a few more months
Mike: i don't know what your situation is with health insurance, so i wanted to offer that
Mike: btw, if you would prefer, we could move you to part-time employee to get benefits, etc
Mike: two weeks
me: groovy, are you sending out checks each week or two weeks?
Mike: the next one will be much bigger ;-)