Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.

Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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.


aurelia - Apr 13, 2008 7:43:23 pm PDT #1515 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I am in favor of a fully intact Jilli.

I couldn't get one of my student loan interest statements because they shut off the PIN if you don't use it for several months. And it takes 2-3 business days to get a new one. I figure it wouldn't save me more than $10 so I'm proceeding without it.


Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2008 7:45:49 pm PDT #1516 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I dont' think I ever GOT a 1099-INT from BofA. But I figure I have less interest from them (since it's like, $20) than from ING (who let me print it off from online). So I'm just going without.

I didn't get one either, meara. But you don't have to declare if it was under $10, so I didn't bother with it either.


meara - Apr 13, 2008 7:47:49 pm PDT #1517 of 10001

Oh, mine was definitely more than $10, because I keep more in there than I should (I should move a heck of a lot more over to the ING account). But I already had to do the 1040A because of the ING amount, so...


Kristen - Apr 13, 2008 7:49:13 pm PDT #1518 of 10001

I wonder if their cutoff is $20 or something. Because I got one from BofA. My interest was only around $26.


brenda m - Apr 13, 2008 7:55:45 pm PDT #1519 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Why aren't you people doing your taxes online? I changed jobs, bought a house, and cashed out a 401k this year and my taxes still didn't take 20 mintues.


meara - Apr 13, 2008 7:56:05 pm PDT #1520 of 10001

Because I got one from BofA. My interest was only around $26.

Seriously? They must just hate me. Or it got lost in the mail. Ah well, too late to get one now...


Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2008 8:07:02 pm PDT #1521 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Why aren't you people doing your taxes online?

I used TaxCut. It's what I used last year, too; it's always given me the best results.


aurelia - Apr 13, 2008 8:16:47 pm PDT #1522 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The last time I tried TurboTax it took much longer than with paper and pen. I also have more than a dozen employers.

I will be paying my IL taxes with check number 666. This amuses me.


Susan W. - Apr 13, 2008 8:31:15 pm PDT #1523 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Random research question of the night:

Suppose you wanted to render someone unconscious for an hour or two, but would prefer not to kill him or permanently damage his brain. What part of his head do you club him over--top, side, back of head, forehead?


§ ita § - Apr 13, 2008 8:59:26 pm PDT #1524 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Can you get the relevant info from the website, even if the actual form isn't there?

I'll probably end up doing the math. But not today. Head hurts. Am pouty.

No Austen tonight--a Room With A View adaptation instead. I have to admit that I've completely forgotten the 1985 movie (I was having HBC issues at the time), but this does not end the same way. I checked with IMDB just to make sure. In fact, this adaptation had so little fire I wasn't sure who she was supposed to really even like.

Susan, I have no idea. In all of the head thwacking that happens at krav, no one goes out for more than a few minutes. I'm not sure if it's a calculable science.