dcp, that's a lot of Care and Maintenance of the Human Shell. You definitely deserve Chinese takeout!
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Oct 08, 2026 10:38:21 am PDT #14283 of 14508
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
-t - Oct 08, 2026 10:58:15 am PDT #14284 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Go dcp! Enjoy your well-earned treat!
I have a mysterious luncheon today. I got an invitation but no explanation of where it will be or what it's for, but it appears to be everyone in the "wing" we just moved to, so maybe it's about that? I just hope there will in fact be food because I didn't bring anything for lunch.
Getting my Hep B second dose and RSV vax after work, then I think I am done with getting jabbed until towards the end of November when I can get the new COVID. CVS keeps coming up with new things I maybe should get, so I am going to try to get pneumonia then as well, why not?
NoiseDesign - Oct 08, 2026 10:58:58 am PDT #14285 of 14508
Our wings are not tired
I'm truly being a nerd. I'm 3D printing extra modules for my desk organizer system.
Dana - Oct 08, 2026 11:33:31 am PDT #14286 of 14508
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Our money laundering place in Dallas was an Ethiopian restaurant that never had anyone in it.
Not "our" place. The place. You know.
-t - Oct 08, 2026 11:35:54 am PDT #14287 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The movement away from cash transactions must have made that whole system harder to work.
DavidS - Oct 08, 2026 11:42:08 am PDT #14288 of 14508
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The movement away from cash transactions must have made that whole system harder to work.
That's where Russia steps in and puts Donald Trump to work.
-t - Oct 08, 2026 12:51:39 pm PDT #14289 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought bitcoin was supposed to be good for that but then I heard about those people who were using real estate to launder bitcoin and nothing makes any sense
-t - Oct 08, 2026 1:04:03 pm PDT #14290 of 14508
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Have lunched. They never did say what it was for, but we got Chipotle. The "Harvest Luncheon", which I believe includes bringing in kids for trick-or-treating, is in a couple of weeks so this wasn't that. Our best bet is that it was a mixer for our new neighbors but we all sat with our regular teams like we always do...
Steph L. - Oct 08, 2026 1:08:32 pm PDT #14291 of 14508
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Hey, free Chipotle is good stuff.
JenP - Oct 08, 2026 1:11:05 pm PDT #14292 of 14508
I'm fascinated how Reddit can be both a cesspool and a super great source of info depending on which subreddit you wander into.
So true -- also thanks for the link. I guess I did have the basic concept; I just kept getting hung up on things like, "Yeah, but if you compared how much ground beef they bought to how many hamburgers they claimed to sell..." But then with a place like a car wash -- there's no real way to tell how many cars went through. I mean, even if you had a counter, you could like, run the same car through ten times. or whatever. I would be a money launderer's worst nightmare with my inherent "Yeeeeaaaaah, but..."ism.
Not "our" place. The place. You know.
Heh. Yeah.
So, apparently a lot of the unpaid taxes have a lot to do with not submitting payroll taxes right or at all or whatever. Yikes.
I'm truly being a nerd. I'm 3D printing extra modules for my desk organizer system.
Sweet!
Whew, dcp, go you. And enjoy that Chinese food, yum.
Totally went down the rabbit hole of finance crap today. I mean, it was good in a way, and I learned some things, but also, it's overwhelming, because I only learned enough to know how much I need to dig in and learn more. tl;dr is we need a retirement tax advisor, even though we're not retiring any time soon. Looking at this one guy whose philosophy makes sense to me and who writes about concepts in a way that I can understand. Mostly.