That's great, JZ!
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Calli - Feb 07, 2012 2:08:12 pm PST #20808 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela - Feb 07, 2012 2:14:41 pm PST #20809 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay federal refund!
Hey, Lee, you around? I need help from someone with legal database access.
DavidS - Feb 07, 2012 2:15:34 pm PST #20810 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That's great, JZ!
It is. We were feeling particularly snakebit after losing the State refund to random 26 year old tickets because that was the third time in the last couple years where an expected windfall didn't come through.
JZ tried to cash in some stock certificates, but the company got sold and resold and resold again and the last company wouldn't honor them.
And we got a notice from Honda that our expensive previous fix was part of a recall and we could get our money back. Then they changed their mind.
And then the State taxes fiasco.
The especially weird part is that we didn't expect to get the Federal return since they've been garnishing my returns for years to pay off my school loans. So I went to check our balance in the ATM and there was a lot more money in there than we had expected.
This also means that I've paid off those old tickets and my college loan.
The important thing though is that Emmett won't have to get up at 5:30am now. He'll get to sleep blissfully all the way to 6:30am.
Typo Boy - Feb 07, 2012 2:24:21 pm PST #20811 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
> have a British friend (she grew up in Yorkshire) who has stated publicly she will dance on Maggie Thatcher's grave.
... I'm afraid to ask her what she thinks of Iron Lady.
I think your friend's sentiments are completely compatible with liking "Iron Lady". "She's evil. evil!" is a valid reading of the film, though not the only possible one.
Connie Neil - Feb 07, 2012 2:28:19 pm PST #20812 of 30001
brillig
I wish the Feds would send Hubby's Social Security statement already, my W2's ready to go.
Lee - Feb 07, 2012 2:40:15 pm PST #20813 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey, Lee, you around? I need help from someone with legal database access.
Yep--email me
Consuela - Feb 07, 2012 2:55:23 pm PST #20814 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Lee-insent. And thanks!
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2012 2:56:57 pm PST #20815 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One of my co-workers has a picture of one of these as his wallpaper. Which seems reasonable, but it's his (only one in the US right now, apparently, so I've totally IDed him). I'm trying to convince him it's weird to have a picture of what's in the parking lot downstairs as your wallpaper, and I've just about managed to rally everyone against him. I had the collateral effect of insinuating to the newly married co-worker that it was icky (in a boys have cooties way) to have her wedding picture up, but I think she agrees with me, kinda. She's the unmarriedest newlywed ever.
Polter-Cow - Feb 07, 2012 2:58:24 pm PST #20816 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I corrected an io9 article! I feel knowledgeable.
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2012 3:05:20 pm PST #20817 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's your posting ID?
There's a diet-cured-cancer poster there, and I just want to shake my fists in her face. Staying away from the provocation.
Going home. Just presented to my boss for 90 minutes, standing up and my back is achey. 10 years ago, I couldn't stand up for more than ten. I am mos def ahead of the game, but why can't I be perfectly healthy?