Hey, no problem, man!
If you're loving "On Thiz day" then keep it up. I didn't know Barret
was out of town, thanks for filling me in. What days was he assigned
to?
I believe, originally, I volunteered for Monday and Wednesdays - but I
haven't been able to write on those days because I've had other things
to do. I can give it a whirl, but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to
do it regularly (maybe bi-monthly).
I still think it needs something to make it a little more related (as
the posts seem to have drastic differences in formatting). If you have
any ideas of how to make the segment more cohesive, I think it would
be a helpful addition for the site. We need something for the audience
to come back to that they understand will be at least similar each
release. Personally, I'm not exactly sure how my voice would fit into
the current structure, but then again maybe it doesn't.
If you want to keep writing this the way it's been going, I'm sure
that's fine - but I still think we need some type of segment that
repeats in the same manner. A regular feature of some kind.
Just let me know what's going on,
Travis

On 10/13/08, Bill Kotsatos <trappedhere@mac.com> wrote:
> I see what you're saying but pitching ludicrous movie versions of something
> a movie star might have done on a certain day isn't necessarily my thing.
> I'm not that meta.
>
> I do not feel that Thiz Day... has failed. Can't say I've seen anything that
> indicates to the contrary. IMHO I think it works just fine as long as the
> person writing writes. I do my best to post Thiz Day... on Tues and
> Thurs and have worked my schedule to that end. Also,  Barrett is out of the
> country til mid-month and reworking the day assignments at this point might
> end up wasting us more time when we could be in fact writing.
>
> I'm about to begin working on my post for tomorrow but if you want me to
> hold-off until you work something out, let me know.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Travis Tack wrote:
>
> Hey, guys,
>  alright, so, I'm thinking that the "This Day in History" thing has
> sort of failed on it's first go (my scheduled has been hectic and I
> haven't managed to do one yet, so I apologize; but it seems like
> there's not much longevity to the current concept.
>
> I was thinking we need to really nail down a schedule and an idea for the
> piece.
> I prepose that we each write one "Day in History" article a week, with
> the premise of pitching your movie adaptation of it.
>
> For example: If Barbra Streisand did something in 1985, you'd describe
> it, then pitch a ludicrous movie version of it. "A Giant Gila Monster
> (Star of "Attack of the Giant Gila Monster") plays Barbra Streisand.
> Or, you can write adaptation of actual historical events starring
> celebrities (like "Waco Massacre" starring Andy Dick). Whatever you
> want... you can play around with the idea.
> It's pretty easy to write fake movie version of silly news over and
> over, plus then there will be a recurring feature on the site, which I
> know they're looking for.
>
> Let me know if you guys are down and then we'll divide up days again
> (I can't speak for you guys, but I know my schedule has changed)
> Let me know what you think,
> Travis Tack
>
>