Willow: Yikes. Imagine the things...Buffy: No! Stop imagining! All of you! Xander: Already got the visual.

'Dirty Girls'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


tommyrot - Mar 13, 2009 10:11:37 am PDT #10662 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Roomba horny toad wool cosy

This is creepy and weird in a totally "I SO want that on MY Roomba" sorta way! It's a cover for the Roomba, the "i-Toad," made from needle felted Romney and Jacob wool and glass eyes. And you thought the housepets were freaked out about your Roomba before!


Kathy A - Mar 13, 2009 10:15:06 am PDT #10663 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

ItaxN, this is fascinating. It talks about the top marginal tax rate both now and how it compares historically.

the top marginal tax rate is now higher than it was under Reagan, but lower than it was under Clinton, and much lower than it's been at various other points in history. (The average top marginal tax rate since the income tax was established is 60 percent).

What the discussion over the top marginal tax rate ignores, however (and what Ygelsias picks up upon) is that this rate has been assessed at very different thresholds of income. In 1940, for example, the top marginal tax rate was 81.1 percent -- but this rate only kicked in once you made $5,000,000 or more in income, which is equivalent to about $75,000,000 in today's dollars.

But today, the threshold where the top tax bracket kicks in isn't $75 million, or $5 million, or even $1 million ... it's a mere $357,700. The progressivity of the tax code stops there...

The question, of course, is why there isn't a millionaires tax bracket now ... or even a multi-millionaires tax bracket. I haven't run the numbers, but I'm guessing that if you established a new tax bracket at, say, 40.5 percent, that started at incomes of $1,000,000 or more, this would bring in as much revenue to the government as restoring the $250K tax bracket (which is really $360K now given indexing to inflation) to 39.6 percent, as it was under Clinton.


Emily - Mar 13, 2009 10:19:16 am PDT #10664 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Do you think it would screw up this person's survey if I checked both "X is necessary for professional development" and "I prefer not doing X"? Cause they're both true. I think I'd be a better teacher if I did X, but I'm also nervous about it and don't wanna.


Nora Deirdre - Mar 13, 2009 10:19:45 am PDT #10665 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I have Zappos'd: [link]

I got the regular width size yesterday, and ordered the wide for a comparison today, but have 99.99999% decided to get these. They are pricy though so I am hesitant.


§ ita § - Mar 13, 2009 10:31:55 am PDT #10666 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can send you the original when I get home if you want ita.

Thanks! I'd like that.


Kathy A - Mar 13, 2009 10:32:51 am PDT #10667 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Two Lumps amuses me today.


Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2009 10:37:29 am PDT #10668 of 30000
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Roomba horny toad wool cosy

My god, that would freak out someone who wasn't expecting it.


lisah - Mar 13, 2009 10:40:22 am PDT #10669 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

I have Zappos'd: [link]

Those are really nice, Nora! It seems like you'd get a lot of use out of them (enabler). Actually my co-worker was wearing a manly version of those today. I just noticed at the meeting we were in and was admiring them.


Lee - Mar 13, 2009 10:42:52 am PDT #10670 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Thanks! I'd like that.

Will do


Nora Deirdre - Mar 13, 2009 10:59:02 am PDT #10671 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Thank you for the enabling, Lisa!