Believe me, I know how tempting that chunk of money is. Emotionally, psychologically. My dad, who was a business manager, actually cashed out IRA money before dying so that he wouldn't leave us a house with a mortgage. Debt and rational decision-making are often unmixy things.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
River ,'War Stories'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
megan walker - Apr 21, 2011 1:58:56 pm PDT #4603 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2011 2:36:01 pm PDT #4604 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't believe it. I spent over an hour on the phone, remote presenting and taking notes on my laptop, and it froze up on me. Lost half my shit, because apparently Excel doesn't autosave on schedule when you open a document in a browser window.
Not to mention what I lost earlier today when it froze on me after notes in another meeting.
FMProfessionalLife.
Thank god it's the weekend.
Connie Neil - Apr 21, 2011 2:48:42 pm PDT #4605 of 30001
brillig
Independently wealthy?
Leave Utah, move to California so Hubby can be back in Big Sur
Travel as much as his health could manage
Give money to historical preservation
Cashmere - Apr 21, 2011 2:50:23 pm PDT #4606 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
That said, a politician making $175k (or $17k or $17,000,000) who is trying to kick the few remaining supports for fiscal security out from under people gets no sympathy from me.
Wordy McWord with a side of Wordsauce.
DH will get a bug once in a while to chuck it all and go off the grid. I'm entirely attached to the grid. In fact, I think I have a Matrix style neck nipple.
erikaj - Apr 21, 2011 3:02:30 pm PDT #4607 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Screw that Grizzly Adams bullshit. (although I did love that show once...I just never considered what he'd have to do to get pasta and library books.)
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2011 3:10:15 pm PDT #4608 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So my dad had prostate surgery today. He was supposed to go home after, but they're keeping him in the hospital tonight. He may have to go to a nursing home temporarily before going home, as my mom says she's unable to take care of him. (Mom doesn't think she can empty the bag the attached to him during surgery. Also, he has to wear stockings that my mom can't get on him and he's refusing to elevate his legs like he's supposed to.)
Also, he had to get a walker because of the Parkinson's.
Connie Neil - Apr 21, 2011 3:18:31 pm PDT #4609 of 30001
brillig
~ma to your dad, Tommy.
When Hubby was young and single, he dreamed of taking his pack of dogs back into the woods and living at the end of a driveway measured in miles. He told me this when we got married, and I told him I'd be happy to visit him. The theme song for our marriage is the one from "Green Acres," but so far I've stayed in the city.
Sue - Apr 21, 2011 3:22:19 pm PDT #4610 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Recovery-ma to your dad, tommy. Stubborn parents make especially difficult patients.
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2011 3:23:15 pm PDT #4611 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The theme song for our marriage is the one from "Green Acres," but so far I've stayed in the city.
Heh. Do you adore a penthouse view?
The theme to Green Acres confused me as a kid - I wondered why the husband could just make his wife move to the country by saying, "You are my wife."
Connie Neil - Apr 21, 2011 3:36:14 pm PDT #4612 of 30001
brillig
Do you adore a penthouse view?
When I can get one, oh, yes.