Yeah, I think I got paid $15/hour as a grad student. But like dcp says, if you're going to be responsible for all the taxes, bump up the number for that, at least.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
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Jesse - Oct 19, 2011 1:26:20 pm PDT #721 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Oct 19, 2011 1:49:05 pm PDT #722 of 1416
information libertarian
I wonder if I could charge my kids $50 an hour for supervising 3rd grade homework and making my son eat dinner. It is much more onerous than teaching even a temperamental adult Zotero, I tell you what. Plus, no payment into Social Security.
Amy - Oct 19, 2011 5:52:26 pm PDT #723 of 1416
Because books.
Totally off topic, but interesting to me: We had media escorts at every stop on the book tour. Different ones in each city, and people who had been in the business, almost entirely with authors, for years. Picking up and taking to the airports, taking to hotels and events, providing any on the ground help in that particular cit.
I had no idea this even existed! In smaller markets, I bet it might be hard to make a full-time living, but around any major city, it's a really interesting thought for a freelance career. If you have publicity experience, good people skills, and a reliable car, you could do it.
Just ... putting that out there! I had no idea they existed, like I said, and it fascinated me.
meara - Oct 26, 2011 10:44:46 am PDT #724 of 1416
OK, two separate questions:
1) How long do I need to keep bills for? My current method of filing bills (credit card, utility, etc) after payment is...tossing them in a big milk crate. I'd like to organize them more than that, but do I keep them for a year? Three years? Seven? Does it change if I'm using the utility bills as part of my home-office deduction?
2) I know we must, but...who here does website design? I am completely fed up with the person supposedly working on my drag organization's website (impossible to get a hold of, hasn't made any changes (like taking down my LEGAL NAME) after multiple requests, etc). And would be willing to pay out of my pocket for a better website. Who here could I hire?
Strix - Oct 26, 2011 10:47:54 am PDT #725 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
meara, I think Ginger and amyth are doing websites. I am deeply stupid right now, so I may be pulling this out of my butt.
javachik - Oct 26, 2011 10:51:23 am PDT #726 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
I think you mean Amych.
Strix - Oct 26, 2011 11:00:45 am PDT #727 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Deeply.
Stupid.
I typed amych first, then backtracked.
Mea culpa.
Ginger - Oct 26, 2011 11:26:15 am PDT #728 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
As Erin said, I do websites.
There's no reason to keep utility bills unless you're going to use them to show to a prospective buyer. Mine are mostly electronic anyway.
Clark Howard says the two things to keep forever are tax-related things and things that show you paid something off.
amych - Oct 26, 2011 6:36:46 pm PDT #729 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What Ginger said, from "I do websites" on.
meara - Oct 26, 2011 6:40:59 pm PDT #730 of 1416
Well, I figured utility bills might go under "tax related" since I do use part of that as my home office deduction, I think. (I vaguely remember, from doing my taxes this year...)
So is a year sufficient, for other things, then?