Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


javachik - Mar 20, 2012 3:47:46 pm PDT #27433 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

If you've had a good record with Target, you may be able to call them and ask them to switch it to the Target Visa.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2012 3:48:58 pm PDT #27434 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Remember that most balance transfer offers include a percentage fee, so they're not really zero interest situations (though it can still save you hundreds of dollars in interest compared to a regular credit card balance).


brenda m - Mar 20, 2012 3:49:27 pm PDT #27435 of 30001
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

That's the idea. Or at least, shift as much of the balance to the new card as I think I can pay off during the promotional period. Since I assume the interest on a line of credit would be more than 0%, this way is the cheapest.

I would recommend doing it sooner than later. Recent credit applications are a fairly big hit.


Steph L. - Mar 20, 2012 3:49:54 pm PDT #27436 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I should probably see about getting a real card and do small things with it.

I put everything on my credit card but I enter the transactions into my check register as if they were cash/debit, so I know I have the money to cover it.


§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 3:57:36 pm PDT #27437 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I put everything on my credit card but I enter the transactions into my check register as if they were cash/debit, so I know I have the money to cover it.

That's my approximate modus operandi. I still use my debit card from time to time so I don't have some sort of attack when the credit card bill comes, but I get reward points, so I figure I might as well generate them.

I have a question spurred by a story I just read--how old is old enough to leave sitting in a bath by themselves while you answer the door, presumably out of really easy earshot?


le nubian - Mar 20, 2012 3:59:57 pm PDT #27438 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita, young children can drown in 2 inches of water.

I would probably say 5?


billytea - Mar 20, 2012 4:03:18 pm PDT #27439 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I would probably say 5?

From five years old is what I've seen too.


Jesse - Mar 20, 2012 4:07:48 pm PDT #27440 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My friend leaves her 2 and 4 year-olds alone together in the bath, but acknowledges it's not recommended.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2012 4:17:47 pm PDT #27441 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I look sideways at your friend. Maybe a 4-year-old is OK to leave alone, but leaving a 2-year-old under the supervision of a prekindergardener? Oh HELL no!


Jesse - Mar 20, 2012 4:22:57 pm PDT #27442 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

She's not out of earshot or anything -- the house is small.