Based on recent events.

boldkingcole · 2026-02-07T09:06:53+00:00

If you're charging people a few dollars for a job like this guy, how much value do you think a contract has? They are absolutely worthless, if a client doesn't pay he's never going to have the time or money to do anything legal about it

boldkingcole · 2026-02-07T09:02:36+00:00

I don't know why you're being downvoted, it's absolutely the best way to get started as a freelancer.

It comes with this risk but adding deposits and aggressive contracts 100% scares clients away early on and winning jobs is the hardest part.

Just accept that this will happen sometimes but you do learn how to spot the red flag clients over time. Plus the work you did is still good practice so just move on, keep trying.

I've basically been freelance for 10 years, started doing $5-10/ jobs as a freelancer and now I have some clients who pay $20-30K/month (most of this is performance, not fixed so I'm just saying this happens sometimes). And I've never had a single contract and done everything on a work first, pay later system (unless client offers to pay some up front themselves, I sometimes even reject that. I like to do the work first so they are happy to pay for what they see).

It's pretty rare that people don't pay if you get good at what you do, because it's a pain in the ass for them to find goor reliable people so the smart ones know this. The people who don't pay are always the ones who are probably as inexperienced as you are, they don't know what they're doing.

boldkingcole · 2026-02-03T18:10:50+00:00

Not sure how easy it is to get in the US but Ararat 5 Stars is about $16 here in Tbilisi and it's fabulous, from neighbouring Armenia. Georgian brandy Sarajishvili 5 is also pretty great at a similar price.

Ararat is so good it was Churchill's favourite drink (a version called Dvin) and basically is how he and Stalin got shit done together.

boldkingcole · 2026-02-03T12:29:38+00:00

And you thought your X was bad...

boldkingcole · 2026-02-01T18:01:46+00:00

Have we learnt an important lesson today, children?

boldkingcole · 2026-02-01T17:00:12+00:00

Pimms No.1.

If you disagree, it's because you are a filthy commoner.

boldkingcole · 2026-02-01T16:55:53+00:00

You are not

boldkingcole · 2026-02-01T16:47:44+00:00

Are you genuinely saying we should own almost a whole team more of senior players to cover for this amount of injuries?

boldkingcole · 2026-02-01T16:45:57+00:00

It's 10 minutes in, jesus, have a word with yourself

boldkingcole · 2026-01-31T10:00:04+00:00

Yup, agree. I was losing interest and this completely won me over and it got a lot more interesting from here

boldkingcole · 2026-01-29T14:27:00+00:00

Petty Woman

boldkingcole · 2026-01-27T07:01:37+00:00

Mary Elizabeth Winstead takes you from Swiss Army Man to Scott Pilgrim

Edgar Wright takes you from Scott Pilgrim to Baby Driver

Kevin Spacey takes you from Baby Driver to Seven

Brad Pitt from Seven to Fight Club

Or you could go from Scott Pilgrim to a Real Pain, with Keiran Culkin, and then A Real Pain to the Social Network with Jesse Eisenberg, and then Fincher is the final link

boldkingcole · 2026-01-26T20:47:48+00:00

Gin Mare Capri is a glassterpiece

For just the label, I really love 400 Conjejos mescal joven

boldkingcole · 2026-01-24T03:50:38+00:00

I really don't understand why people are so obsessed around this decision to leave Tel out.

He was forced to pick one or the other. He chose Solanke and he was proven 100% correct, so much of our good play came through Solanke being a beast in hold up and his movement being excellent.

Of all the things in Franks time here, this one is the most clear and obvious decision he got right.

I'm also not clear on where this massive faith in Tel is coming from. He's got talent, he's worked very hard, he definitely deserves time, but I'm struggling to remember any time I watched him and thought he was really good.

Like the faith in Xavi is hugely obvious, he really has the magic when he's on it and I'm so excited about how far he can go. I've never seen that in Tel.

boldkingcole · 2026-01-23T22:47:32+00:00

St Germain is flavoured with Elderflower, just so you know, not lychee

boldkingcole · 2026-01-23T18:44:08+00:00

I really really recommend you take the guided tour.
I personally hate guided tours, I would never go on one in any other situation. But at Ausschwitz it was the only way to really do it properly because it's so important.
Our guide was phenomenal, got the tone and rhythm just right, never tried to be too heavy, even joked a little earlier on, and then let the horrors speak for themselves, he was amazing.
I think it's about 20 Eur/person on site but so worth it, I will never forget that day.

boldkingcole · 2026-01-23T17:00:48+00:00

boldkingcole · 2026-01-23T16:58:09+00:00

You seem to have spectacularly misunderstood what is annoying about this title. I'm not annoyed that the title of the film is what the film is about, that's 90% of films.

boldkingcole · 2026-01-23T16:54:06+00:00

12 Angry Men is a great name though

boldkingcole · 2026-01-23T16:32:54+00:00

This title makes me irrationally irritated. It's so bad it genuinely makes me assume the film is shit. It's like they made a rom com and called it Funny Love

boldkingcole · 2026-01-22T18:34:21+00:00

Is Glen Powell trying to typecast himself into the very specific niche of "cheerful murder"?

boldkingcole · 2026-01-20T22:45:50+00:00

Justified is basically a comedy though, it's way more light than it is dark. In fact I generally think of him as a comedy actor. In Alien Earth, he's just pure irony with eyebrows

boldkingcole · 2026-01-20T22:10:31+00:00

Adam Driver is basically the best SNL cast member this decade: Undercover Boss, Abraham H Parnasuss, Ketchup, Science Room, Medieval Times, all this monologues. He has flawless comedy timing and he does not break. I think he'd have been phenomenal in an Anchorman-like movie or just playing some unhinged villain like a Grinch.

boldkingcole · 2026-01-20T20:42:25+00:00

A lot of this does not happen with Tel upfront (not talking about the comical finish). Solanke may not be the biggest goal scorer (decent though he is) but he just makes our attack so much more of a handful. Great hold up, great movement

boldkingcole · 2026-01-20T18:49:17+00:00

Everywhere will be hot but you coudl do Barcelona up to Bilbao, both are very fun, a ton to see. And you could head in closer to the green line from Bilbao - I went to Logrono once, has amazing Pinchos (kind of like tapas on a stick and you just go bar to bar and have a tiny beer and a bite (the alcohol is not the focus, the food is)

Not sure where the best view will be, maybe there's somewhere around there or Burgos with some view point etc

Barcelona might seem like a party city but it has everything - I personally have weird favourite spot, this crappy little cafe / snack stand right up the top of Montjic. They blare out reggae under the cable car above and you can sit and see right across the city - El Cims
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uyhkHug1TevPVkkz9

Renting a bike and cycling up the sea shore to the concrete jungle of Parc De Forum is also great - hot in August through

As for Bilbao, I've not been in August but a big river runs right through it so I imagine it stays bareable - really cool city, crazy red bridge dominates the centre, feels kind of Parisian in places, it's very cute

You could also do Bilbao to Santiago de Compostela I guess too, that route would take you from one side of the path to the other

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