...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Sheryl - Apr 17, 2014 12:38:41 pm PDT #25544 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

This just in: birthdays during Passover suck.

Now I have to go get the Evil Cat Sucking Device (the vacuum) out to get ready for my folks visiting this weekend. Meh.


Steph L. - Apr 17, 2014 12:38:43 pm PDT #25545 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Woes. Last night's Arrow was delayed for baseball and I did not think to check if it was actually starting when the online guide said it would. It did not. I think I didn't get the last 15 minutes.

You want the last 15 minutes. I think the CW streams shows on their site.


-t - Apr 17, 2014 12:41:29 pm PDT #25546 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I'm sure I'll be able to find it. And I will certainly look.


Kat - Apr 17, 2014 12:44:08 pm PDT #25547 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Oof. I'm sorry that he's testing, msbelle.

I am supposed to be organizing my shoes. What this means is that I am sitting on a stool in my closet, watching West Wing instead.


Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2014 12:54:21 pm PDT #25548 of 30000
brillig

Taxes suck. I'm trying to figure out how much to raise my withholding by. The H&R Block lady said to go to 8% instead of the 3% I'm on, but I don't know how to translate that into number of withholding thingies to put in. I've always just put in 1, and I don't know if 2 will do it, and I don't want to get too much taken out of my paycheck.

Bah


-t - Apr 17, 2014 1:08:51 pm PDT #25549 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Connie, you don't want to change your allowance of 1 to 2, increasing your allowances will decrease how much is witheld. On line 6, enter the extra amount you want witheld every paycheck (5% of gross, it sounds like is the recommendation)


EpicTangent - Apr 17, 2014 1:25:09 pm PDT #25550 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Something about Steve Inskeep's voice really irritates me. It's like I hate his stupid face, except on the radio. No idea why. I am sure he is a perfectly fine person whom I should hold no animosity towards.

I have this with Kenny Goldberg. Usually it's just when he says his name (SO NASALLY), but the other day I had to switch the radio during the pledge pimping because he made me want to scream.

Yikes, msbelle. I have no advice, just wish you good luck.

Liese, your Benadryl experience is exactly mine, so I doubt it was a formulation difference - just how Benadryl is. I'm generally on a combo of Zyrtec & nasal sprays and I find the combo much more effective than just the pills ever were.

Oh, Liese, I meant to ask you whether you know name redacted ? He was a friend of Rich's and still does traveling evangelism (with music), so I wondered if your paths have crossed.


Connie Neil - Apr 17, 2014 1:50:22 pm PDT #25551 of 30000
brillig

Thank you -t! I was wondering where I'd heard I should take 1 deduction even if I was married. It's 8 years since I filled out the W4.


Juliebird - Apr 17, 2014 2:22:17 pm PDT #25552 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Had a workshop for a total of one participant (three had signed up) but that was okay (one hadn't paid yet and has a rep for flaking, and the other paid but is a horrible person so I'm glad to get to keep her money). We had good conversation and my intern made a spring basket to give to her boyfriends mother and I made one to give to somebody we might want to thank for services rendered or butter up for the future.


msbelle - Apr 17, 2014 2:34:25 pm PDT #25553 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

mac of source disputes what the teacher's wrote me in email. Do I just call him a liar?