me: yep me: has an unfortunate tendency to edit nonsense into my work while letting actual errors slip through Callie: do they pay? me: he's okay to work with Callie: thanks me: But if you pick up a copy, you can find out from masthead Callie: Sweet me: as of last September me: Not sure if this still current, but editor was "Sean O'Neal" <soneal@theonion.com>, Callie: do you have any contact info over there? I'd be interested in seeing if I could do some interviews me: yep Callie: did you write for Onion AV in Austin? Callie: I liked the old editor, Evelyn, a lot me: she's good Callie: yeah Callie: who I found off Linkdin.com of all places me: Melissa? Callie: yeah, I am about to send something out to the EIC me: I did a couple pieces for them me: also, might check with Austin Monthly Callie: and $20 is cool me: more than ID Callie: I need work Callie: cool Callie: ? Callie: is it < or >respect for intelligent design me: still, he's a nice guy, and probably needs people me: and you may or may not know how much respect I have for the musical mind me: also, this guy's background is basically in music me: some people don't understand sentence construction beyond simple degrees of complexity and feel the need to fuck with it Callie: from early Soundcheck days Callie: I have some pieces like that Callie: oh jeeze me: yeah, by the end I just stopped reading my stuff me: they paid $20 for little venue/event write ups, which is pretty good seeing as how they don't require lots of busywork info like what credit cards they take Callie: oh that's annoying Callie: it was, except it was written very straight me: very clever Callie: it was called Exit Strategies, I think me: just, wow me: wow Callie: like Soap Nuts (natural laundary detergent that are literally tree nuts) and a book about all the best ways to repurpose dead people's remains Callie: she was always offering all the ridiculous free crap they get sent to them Callie: I liked her, but I was an intern, not a writer me: never worked with her, I first contacted them right when she was leaving