Though I do need a new boyfriend soon. I need a huge, worn out tshirt.
So really, a boyfriend is just a big-shirt supplier for you?
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Sean K - Sep 16, 2005 5:14:54 pm PDT #3533 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Gris - Sep 16, 2005 5:15:41 pm PDT #3534 of 10001
Hey. New board.
So THAT'S what they're calling it these days.
Cass - Sep 16, 2005 5:16:56 pm PDT #3535 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
So really, a boyfriend is just a big-shirt supplier for you?Only the really special ones.
The rest are just for sex and snuggles.
beth b - Sep 16, 2005 6:10:51 pm PDT #3536 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I called DH shortly after I got home. He said he'd call in 10 min. about an hour and a half a go. . Poor thing. these work confrences ( put on by his co) end up being much more work than they are supposed to be. Sadly, he was suposed to be kidnapped by ND tonight. I am guessing that isn't going to happen.
tonight's plans - mex food ( from tj's - I love their fresh tamales) too much tv, possibley too much wine, and a too late bed time. This will bother my cat
Typo Boy - Sep 16, 2005 6:10:54 pm PDT #3537 of 10001
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.
Actually flat tax does not even make things less complicated. Deductions are what makes things complicated. And you can eliminate deductions in a gradudated system just fine.
There is a limit of course to eliminating deductions. Some peole have complicated finances, and their deductions will be complicated too. I mean if you run a business, in an income tax you pay taxes on profits which is revenue minus expenses. And both have to be listed and both have to be defined. No way a business or corporate income tax can be simple. Individual - probably could be made simple for most people. But not for most rich people; generally if you are rich you get your income from a lot if different sources - you finances are complicated so your taxes will be too.
Also at the end of the day, I would rather have the tax system fairer rather than simpler. Not the same thing - and the two are not always compatible.
On edit - reference to flat tax discussion up thread - no buried lead, just a reply to something said a while back.
sj - Sep 16, 2005 6:11:42 pm PDT #3538 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Cindy, are you around by any chance?
meara - Sep 16, 2005 6:15:35 pm PDT #3539 of 10001
That's right, Trevor -- her streak of not having sex in her current apartment continues unbroken...
Heh. Teppy, you have no idea how relieved I was to recently (finally!) break that streak for this apartment...
beth b - Sep 16, 2005 6:16:47 pm PDT #3540 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
there are 2 deductions that I think are across the board good. Some percentage of education - because I think an educated population is a goodthing. Charitable deductions. and a third, houseing - not just morgage, but maybe if you had an account that was saving for a first home. though there is stupid stuff in owning a home. I really do spend more time and have more intrest in upkeep then I did when I was renting. and I was a really good tenent.
beth b - Sep 16, 2005 6:18:25 pm PDT #3541 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
and I will not watch BSG unless DH says he is going to see it.
scatter shot thoughts
Cass - Sep 16, 2005 6:18:41 pm PDT #3542 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
tonight's plans - mex food ( from tj's - I love their fresh tamales) too much tv, possibley too much wine, and a too late bed time. This will bother my catThis is almost my night. Except I grabbed beer to go with the Mexican and the cat is happy because I let her eat some shredded cheese. It's newly found as kitty crack for the kittenish.v
I can't really explain my tax theories. I don't rationally think there is a way to make them simple or fair but a little simpler and a little fairer would be nice. Mostly I just hate that I make what I used to think was really good money and I am struggling.
but maybe if you had an account that was saving for a first home.This would take care of one my major complaints.