I should be mocking myself for not moving years--nay, decades!--ago. Seriously, y'all. It's amazingly cool and comfy. Come visit!
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Beverly - Jul 22, 2011 7:51:14 am PDT #17635 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
JZ - Jul 22, 2011 7:52:34 am PDT #17636 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Bev, that story, and thinking about what that mother and her surviving children must be going through, makes me sick with rage.
meara - Jul 22, 2011 7:52:49 am PDT #17637 of 30001
I should be mocking myself for not moving years--nay, decades!--ago. Seriously, y'all. It's amazingly cool and comfy. Come visit!
For me it's not "OMG I should've moved sooner" but more "OMG, I don't think I can ever move back now that I'm used to it". :)
JZ - Jul 22, 2011 7:59:00 am PDT #17638 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And, because it needed to not be in the same post as the above, notable Matilda quotes from last night's game of Apples to Apples.
Emmett: Justify your card. Why is a sleepover simple?
Matilda: Because I JUST WANT TO!
Okay, calm down, Mister Doodly-Doo!
Because I have a tummy. Now you just be quiet, okay? FAIRIES!
A real mustache for a real girl!
It's like she has Dadaist Tourette's.
Beverly - Jul 22, 2011 8:04:19 am PDT #17639 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Lord I love Matilda's mind. And you guys for sharing. You could bogart it all for yourselves, but no, you allow the rest of us to bask in the reflected wonder that is Matilda.
I'm going to be explicating "FAIRIES!" at opportune moments for some time to come.
Ginger - Jul 22, 2011 8:11:06 am PDT #17640 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ginger, what's the general feeling about this case? Is there enough public outrage that it's likely to be dismissed?
There is considerable outrage, but it's in Cobb Country, which in general doesn't believe in pedestrians or black people. My guess is a suspended sentence, but you never know. I suspect a pedestrian or transportation advocacy group will appeal.
sumi - Jul 22, 2011 8:11:26 am PDT #17641 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I love Matilda's mind too.
13 year old boy in Texas thinks he shot a chupacabra.
What do you guys think? Could it be a mangey coyote?
Jessica - Jul 22, 2011 8:15:59 am PDT #17642 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What do you guys think? Could it be a mangey coyote?
Well I'm pretty confident it's not a chupacabra...
le nubian - Jul 22, 2011 8:18:41 am PDT #17643 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yeah, didn't some researchers think that most chupacabra are foxes or coyotes with mange?
megan walker - Jul 22, 2011 8:21:42 am PDT #17644 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For me it's not "OMG I should've moved sooner" but more "OMG, I don't think I can ever move back now that I'm used to it". :)
For me, it's both.
But for most people, they don't have that degree of impulse control, or even just plain forget they are on a budget, or can't remember mentally how much they have left to spend in a category and overspend, so carrying only the cash you have to spend can be really helpful.
Yes, studies have shown that on average people spend about 15% less overall when they use cash.
Except for the grad school loans, I always paid off my cc every month so I never cut them up as people like Dave Ramsey suggest. And now I use them all the time for car rental, online stuff, things I want purchase protection for, etc. But I do want to get back to a complete cash system for restaurants and entertainment because I do think I spent more wisely when I was doing that. For me, points or miles or whatever will never be better than more of my cash staying in the bank.