Connie you can file an extension but you're still supposed to pay on time if you owe. But is the money really in last years taxes?

(Also, one more Kai Ryssdal fact -- he lives in my neighborhood).

But is the money really in last years taxes?

The cancellation of debt document says 2013.

That doesn't seem fair. Maybe you can arrange a payment plan?

The kale salad is fine. Mostly tastes like lemon and cheese, which is not bad by any means, but I guess I expected a stronger kale flavor.

My new neighbor across the street just came by to warn me that they are having a wedding over there on Saturday. She seems nice. And I remembered to introduce myself before she got completely back to my driveway, so I'm not totally inept at this meeting people thing - largely, but not totally.

Kat, that's kinda hilarious and fascinating.

My parents have become gadget geeks. My dad has an iPhone, his macbook pro, the air, nanos, my mom an iPad and now she has a iPad mini. And they have cable.

Everything of mine is at least 5 years old. And I'm still on dsl because I can't figure out an upgrade in which a phone line and internet combined (not necessarily a package, just total monthly) stay under my current $95 total (of which $30 is all the various taxes and fees, so I get all excited about advertised upgrades at $15 more...but those are without the fees,) and I'm not increasing costs. Plus $80/yr (for which I have a balance that will now cover a year and a half, but I have to add $80/yr to keep the rate) for a cell service I don't use all of the minutes on but I won't go strictly to cell because the reception is lousy in our houses and location and I rarely use the phone outside the house. Every time I do the research, I lose a little bit more of my mind.

...I'm just fucking cheap and disinclined to fix it until it breaks. Irrevocably. And this is all their fault and now they've turned into ALIENS!

Thank you, Steph. One more q: does "half-life" in medicine mean "half is gone in X time and the other half is gone in X more time" or is it the same as half-life in physics? I expect the former but then I don't know why they don't just call it the "life" at X2.

If a drug's half-life is, say, 3 hours, 1/2 the dose is gone in 3 hours, and then half of what's left (so, 1/4 of the original dose) is gone in another 3 hours (meaning 3/4 has cleared in 2 half-lives, or 6 hours), etc.

Is that a physics half-life? I was (am) a dummy when it comes to physics.

That is a physics half-life. Why does it work like that? I don't understand why it works like that in physics, either. To me it indicates the molecules are talking to each other. "Okay, me and Jorge are outta here. That's half of us gone. The rest of youse guyz, you got 3 hours to clear exactly half of youse outta here. Draw straws or something. Talk amongst yerselves."

I've been in a crowd at open mic night that exited the building in exactly that manner.

Spooky.