I've always been Ms. Cautious and feel that I missed everything. It's not all my fault, though...there really have been fewer opportunities to cut loose
I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
erikaj - Apr 11, 2012 12:51:16 pm PDT #462 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
le nubian - Apr 11, 2012 12:53:06 pm PDT #463 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Zenkitty,
I think so.
Kate P. - Apr 11, 2012 12:55:43 pm PDT #464 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The rumors are that Zimmerman is going to be charged with 2nd degree murder.
I really hope this is true.
God, I am so bored at work right now. I've been handing off my various projects to the people who will be taking them over when I'm out on maternity leave... and now I have nothing to do all day. Ooh, wait, I think I have a few emails I can answer.
Allyson - Apr 11, 2012 12:58:33 pm PDT #465 of 30001
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
As far as I can work out, Zimmerman must be deeply deeply stupid, or he's cleverer than all of us.
I'm going with stupid. Just a completely incompetent human who is also a bully/coward.
I'm terrified of being old. And disappointed in how things have turned out.
But i know an F chord, now. So that's something. My new song is Sympathy for the Devil.
Scrappy - Apr 11, 2012 1:01:51 pm PDT #466 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
How things have turned out? What are you, 80? You have lots of time for things to change.
In looking back over my life so far, I can safely say that when I was 20, 30 and 40, I would have been WAY OFF in predicting where I was going to be at the end of each decade.
Connie Neil - Apr 11, 2012 1:04:47 pm PDT #467 of 30001
brillig
you might even be able to get a paralegal to do the will for way under $1K.
I sure hope so, or we're going to go with the method I suggested last night--something scrawled on the back of a McDonald's receipt.
§ ita § - Apr 11, 2012 1:08:27 pm PDT #468 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The cell phones in the movies from 1997 hurt the worst. Absolute worst.
Well, you know except for actual pain. But, still, a lot.
flea - Apr 11, 2012 1:18:35 pm PDT #469 of 30001
information libertarian
We had a basic will done, including a child, for $200-300. Uh, since our second child is now 5, it might be a good time to update that will...
Allyson - Apr 11, 2012 1:19:05 pm PDT #470 of 30001
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
You have lots of time for things to change.
I'm an overweight smoker. According to all the handwringing literature, I died 5 years ago.
Maria - Apr 11, 2012 1:23:31 pm PDT #471 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
you might even be able to get a paralegal to do the will for way under $1K.
Uh, no. Not unless the paralegal wants to open themselves up to criminal and civil liability for practicing law without a license.
Connie, LegalZoom is a good choice. Or shop rates for an attorney. Get powers of attorney, durable medical powers of attorney, and living wills prepared too. Trust me on this. Rob died without a will, and I don't have a power of attorney. It's been a mess. He does not have a ridiculously complicated estate, but it's going to cost me $1,000+ to get through intestate probate. I have an attorney doing the hard stuff, but I'm handling a lot of things on my own. If he handled everything, I'd be paying double.
Oh, and without a will, people will end up in the line of inheritance regardless of the individual's wishes. I am entitled to the first $15,000 of his estate, but only half of the remainder. Because he had no children, but his parents survived him, they are entitled to the remaining 50% above $15,000. I don't begrudge them this, but it was not expected.