Is "my sister is an idiot" a good enough reason?
While that's true enough in my case too, I haven't tried that. My understanding is that you have to have a demonstrable reason to get a second extension, but the first one is pretty much pro forma.
Angel: You know, I killed my actual dad. It was one of the first things I did when I became a vampire. Wesley: I hardly see how that's the same situation. Angel: Yeah. I didn't really think that one through.
'Lineage'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Apr 10, 2008 8:56:42 am PDT #4019 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ginger - Apr 10, 2008 8:59:48 am PDT #4020 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Brenda's right. There's no penalty if you don't owe. I just believe that having the IRS notice you at all is generally a bad thing.
Dana - Apr 10, 2008 9:03:09 am PDT #4021 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have to say, since my husband insists on our doing our own taxes, the IRS has noticed us a couple of times and has been astonishingly good to us. Better than we deserve.
Ginger - Apr 10, 2008 9:09:17 am PDT #4022 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It is true that they're not always bad guys, and they have, in theory, tried to become the kinder, gentler IRS. My parents tell the story of being audited back when my sister spent so much time in the hospital. They were questioning the medical deduction, and Dad took in all the receipts. The agent looked it over, shook Dad's hand, said "I'm really sorry" and the audit was over.
Despite this, the IRS still makes me twitch.
Fred Pete - Apr 10, 2008 9:22:20 am PDT #4023 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
the paper had a long write-up on Charleton Heston right after he died and in the discussion of "The Ten Commandments" had a mention of an "orgy" (PG-13 rated), with the comment "Would you attend an orgy hosted by Edward G. Robinson?"
I'll stick with the Heston-Stephen Boyd story about Ben Hur.
P.M. Marc - Apr 10, 2008 9:25:50 am PDT #4024 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
And PMM, weren't you doing all kinds of stuff to that house? Why'd you get a new one? Or was that, like, five years ago? Because actually? Entirely possible
Yep. It was.
Dude, my kid is almost 3.
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2008 9:28:07 am PDT #4025 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What? Shut up.
Connie Neil - Apr 10, 2008 9:33:38 am PDT #4026 of 10001
brillig
Dude, I still twitch when hearing tales of Her Imperial Highness Emeline being talkative and coherent and kidlike--I mean, the Great Birth Watch was, what, just a few months ago? Just last summer, surely?
Miracleman - Apr 10, 2008 9:34:37 am PDT #4027 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Dude, I still twitch when hearing tales of Her Imperial Highness Emeline being talkative and coherent and kidlike--I mean, the Great Birth Watch was, what, just a few months ago? Just last summer, surely?
Yes.
But that summer has now lasted for nearly 3 1/2 years.
megan walker - Apr 10, 2008 9:35:45 am PDT #4028 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
An endless summer, one might say.