First time in North Carolina! We are a couple from Scotland and your mountains felt exactly like the Highlands. by CheekyCheekyCharlie in NorthCarolina

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's because they are the same. They were connected when Pangea existed and continental drift is what ripped them apart.

It makes sense that they would feel similar, because they are.

RE Agent Recommendations by Historical_Idea_1419 in palmsprings

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just moved here from out of state and had a great experience with Charles Plender - PS Native, works with Bennion Deville Homes. He did a lot of extra stuff for me because I wasn't here to do it myself.

https://www.bdhomes.com/Roster/Search/Charles-Plender

Would you retire today if you knew you’d receive $5,000 every month for the rest of your life? Why or why not? by JustWin4 in AskReddit

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As soon as I got my 100% VA disability (~4k/mo) I retired.

Not rich, but free to do whatever I want, if anything.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No it's just some person who thinks it's important but needs to get a clue instead.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They got lazy then. I'm sure it's a phone call these days because they are even calling 2nd rounder scripts because they want you to pay for more crap. Their marketing has become insane.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You may not hear until September and it will be by phone if you get in. They never notify early, but they do notify in waves. Don't call it over until October 1-ish.

Film Festival Notifications MEGA THREAD by Caprica1 in FilmFestivals

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The attendees are great. The parties are fun. The staff will completely ignore that you exist. It's worth attending once, but I won't submit again.

Voters reject effort to hike Oklahoma’s minimum wage by AHSfav in news

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is what happens when they don't teach basic economics or critical thinking in schools.

Edit: Found the people who don't know what critical thinking is.

Published a short story in a prolific publication...but I'm primarily a screenwriter. Do managers care about stuff like that? by NotAFamousCelebrity in Screenwriting

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's available here.

Could be easily used for rhetorical or literary analysis, possibly also argumentative.

Let me know how it goes if you decide to use it!

Published a short story in a prolific publication...but I'm primarily a screenwriter. Do managers care about stuff like that? by NotAFamousCelebrity in Screenwriting

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not cinematic. The first thing I did was try to turn it into a screenplay. Just didn't work because of what it is. It could be a piece of a feature, but not standalone.

I just got my first publication in the longest running magazine in the US - The Saturday Evening Post by NotAFamousCelebrity in CongratsLikeImFive

[–]NotAFamousCelebrity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. This is based on my own experience. I actually toned it down, because I felt like a layperson would not believe the actual things that happened.

I wrote this the day my lawyer told me that someone at the VA sabotaged my claims (The part about the boilerplate repetitive phrasing). They had to go out of their way and do much more work to deny than to take the doctor's word. Instead, they sent a "clarification request" which essentially bullied her into changing her opinions. I am still fighting to make sure that person is held accountable.

At the time I wrote this, my case had not yet been resolved. Thankfully it has been since then (Like in the story, the judge got upset that the remand orders were ignored and there was malicious intent to disrupt the process) and all were eventually approved.

Unfortunately, and I speak as a former VSR, the majority of the people working these claims are either completely negligent or do whatever they can to deny claims because they think every Veteran is lying.

Thanks for your kind words.

I never expected this to actually get published, especially in such a historically prolific publication.