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April 27th: Bad Day,,,

2007-04-27 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Hank has a bad day: strangers are touring his house, a website deal disappointed him, and a web-design client hasn't paid him for months; the good news is a weekend trip to Helena to see Neil Gaiman and new jobs for Katherine and the Yeti.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; a bad day: prospective buyers walk through the house; leaving town with Katherine

  • ★★ Hank's day has been bad: people he doesn't know are walking around upstairs, interested in buying his house. — 00:00:11

00:00:39 — Snippets of the house showing; a disappointing conference call; web design pays for Brotherhood 2.0; a client has not paid for months

  • ★★ A conference call that morning with one of the websites Hank works for went worse than he'd have liked: they didn't offer him lots of money. — 00:00:39
  • ★★★ Hank designs webpages for a living; it pays his bills and lets him do Brotherhood 2.0 because he doesn't have to leave the house for work. — 00:00:39 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★★ One of Hank's clients hasn't paid him for a long time and has emailed that it is having trouble coming up with the money for months of his work; he needs it. — 00:00:39
  • ★ Hank jokingly asks anyone who knows 'a professional' to email him their contact information. (joke) — 00:01:20

00:01:49 — Joking ask for 'a professional'; good news: Helena trip to see Neil Gaiman; the Yeti and Katherine got jobs; Missoula houses are expensive because it's the best place

  • ★★ Hank and Katherine are going to Helena to see Neil Gaiman and visit friends; he will try to get Gaiman saying hello to John, no guarantees. — 00:01:49 · Neil Gaiman, Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank heard the Yeti got a job; so did Katherine, who doesn't have to move to Indianapolis to get it; she will be doing weed research. — 00:01:49 · Sarah Urist Green, Katherine Green, Indianapolis
  • ★★ Hank says houses are almost free where a place is not the best place; Missoula houses are expensive because it is the best place. (playful) — 00:02:20 · Missoula, Montana

00:02:47 — A Nerdfighter made an album of their songs; a new song next week; packing, EcoGeek and writing before leaving

  • ★ Hank says a Nerdfighter made an album of their songs, and he is thinking of a new song for next week because songs are fun. (hedged) — 00:02:47
  • ★★ Before leaving Hank must get EcoGeek ready, pack and write a lot so as not to lose his job, the only one he has now; Katherine is arranging care for the cat and garden. — 00:02:47 · EcoGeek, Katherine Green

00:03:19 — LA Times Book Award results on Monday; John's smuggling skills; sign-off

  • ★★ By Monday they'll know what happened at the LA Times Book Award, whose winners are announced at 8 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time; Hank hopes John smuggles in a camera. (hedged) — 00:03:19

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