Holy fuck. According to the nifty and terrifying college savings calculator , I need to save $670/month for the next 18 years to pay for college for one kid who is 13 months old.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Kat - May 05, 2008 12:35:18 pm PDT #4996 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nutty - May 05, 2008 12:36:21 pm PDT #4997 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Newsies are all over the map on the Burma/Myanmar question. Yesterday I heard the generalist newsreader on the Beeb say "Yangon" about thirty seconds before the local correspondent said "Rangoon." They work for the same company! They should have a style guide!
OTOH, I prefer Burma, because at least then my local TV news would not mispronounce it at MY-yan-mar.
Jesse - May 05, 2008 12:38:15 pm PDT #4998 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For God's sake Jesse don't leave the house. Take it from those of us who have already made that mistake.
Good call. And yet? I think I have to.
Kat, I think it's insane to even consider having all the cash on hand to pay for college unless you're rich. Student loans are good debt! Not to mention grants.
Allyson - May 05, 2008 12:38:48 pm PDT #4999 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Sounds like Grace and Noah better be getting cutie-pie scholarships, Kat.
Daisy Jane - May 05, 2008 12:39:23 pm PDT #5000 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
It's ME-an-mar right? That's how CJ Craig said it, and I'll take her word for it.
Kat - May 05, 2008 12:40:23 pm PDT #5001 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh I know. I'm still paying student loan debt.
It's just... well, they estimate that by the time the baby's in college it will cost $294,000 for 4 years of school.
Kat - May 05, 2008 12:40:53 pm PDT #5002 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sounds like Grace and Noah better be getting cutie-pie scholarships, Kat.
Seriously.
Kat - May 05, 2008 12:41:17 pm PDT #5003 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Hey Allyson, want to go to a pancake breakfast at the fire station with us on Saturday?
Allyson - May 05, 2008 12:43:09 pm PDT #5004 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
oooh, firefighters and pancakes!
Do I have to get up at half past ass?
Kat - May 05, 2008 12:47:09 pm PDT #5005 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Possibly. Let me check. yep. 8 am. Or we might go to train day at Union Station (and a stations in New York, Washington DC, and Chicago)
Amtrak sponsors an event at the station with activities for kids and families, including model train and hobbyist displays, a gallery of train photography, and a concert (at 2:30pm) featuring teen star Drake Bell.
As National Train Day Spokesperson Al Roker would say, National Train Day is arriving in a big way on May 10th at four of Amtrak?s largest stations: Washington, DC's Union Station, New York City's Penn Station, Chicago's Union Station and Los Angeles's Union Station. You and your friends and family are cordially invited to join the festivities and take part in a variety of activities, including live musical performances, exhibits, trip planning, VIP appearances and trip giveaways.
Pancakes will be more fun.