Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.

Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

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.


Liese S. - Nov 01, 2006 9:18:41 am PST #6780 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Mmm. Carrot cake.

I'm trying to ignore the upsetting rent/mortgage discussion, as I pay more than 50% of my salary on rent, and that's with taking a raise upon moving. And I'm trying to get into buying land and building and creating equity, but I just heard from my realtor today that in order to put in a septic system on perked land, I need to buy at least an acre. Which is what I wanted all that time ago, but gave up on as too expensive. I cannot understand for the life of me why property values in this area are so completely out of whack. They're priced like lots in freaking Hawaii for heaven's sake.

I love where I live. It's very pretty. But I'll be damned if I'm going to spend a half a million dollars on a small in-city lot and *not be in Hawaii*.


Gudanov - Nov 01, 2006 9:18:54 am PST #6781 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

AND, don't you get a tax deduction on the payments? So the net cost to you is actually less than the check you write?

You get a tax deduction on the interest you pay. But it is only a benefit if you itemize deductions. For me, the standard deduction is barely less than itemized so it isn't a very big factor. For those with more expensive houses or high income the deduction is a big deal.


Vortex - Nov 01, 2006 9:22:11 am PST #6782 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Crap. Got an email that our credit union is merging with the bank owned by DH's company. Somehow, I doubt this merger is going to benefit the membership.

Can they merge and still be a credit union? I thought that there were strict rules about what you could and couldn't do, and that's why some entities were credit unions and some were banks.


sarameg - Nov 01, 2006 9:22:28 am PST #6783 of 10001

2 more days.

I've just got too many things going on. Monthly reports, some database weirdness, this stupid manual that I now suspect I cannot finish in the next two weeks afterall, a backlog of files to be ingested that really aren't that critical, just annoying, extra training to do and be done to, having to use word.... It'll be better if I just close out one thing at a time, but no, I have to try to do them all at once.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 01, 2006 9:23:23 am PST #6784 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Nachos are my fave sour cream vehicle!

Mmmm, black bean soup with a big dollop of sour cream and a handful of chopped scallions. Yum.

Wow, j, I read you with my obssession goggles...cause I read "Marinara" as "marijuana".

Now this makes me wonder if marijuana would make a good oregano substitute in pasta sauce (given how oftern the reverse substitution is done to scam pot newbies).


juliana - Nov 01, 2006 9:23:42 am PST #6785 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Wow, j, I read you with my obssession goggles...cause I read "Marinara" as "marijuana".

And now I'm trying to figure out how to best add marijuana to marinara. It's like brownies or cookies - get high AND take care of the munchies! Brilliant!


Aims - Nov 01, 2006 9:24:57 am PST #6786 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Sprinkle it in like oregano.


juliana - Nov 01, 2006 9:26:01 am PST #6787 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Sprinkle it in like oregano.

Yeah, but it's bitter, so you'd have to compensate for that somewhere else, like adding more pepper.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 01, 2006 9:27:28 am PST #6788 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Yeah, but it's bitter, so you'd have to compensate for that somewhere else, like adding more pepper.

Or more wine to sweeten it up.


shrift - Nov 01, 2006 9:30:38 am PST #6789 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The chemistry element of baking is completely beyond me.

Maybe if my professors had used more food examples, I would have done better at chemistry.

I'm trying to ignore the upsetting rent/mortgage discussion

Sorry! I didn't mean to kick off anything upsetting, although in hindsight: duh.