Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.

'Dirty Girls'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Dec 27, 2017 7:56:50 pm PST #20345 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

This has been a very long day and I am tired.

I have my mortgage holder pay my property taxes for me, which works out pretty well except my monthly escrow payment keeps going up. Sucks. I used to be very financially responsible but nsm lately. I am trying to turn over a new leaf and get back to my penny pinching ways, we'll see how that goes.


DavidS - Dec 27, 2017 8:01:12 pm PST #20346 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am trying to turn over a new leaf and get back to my penny pinching ways, we'll see how that goes.

Well, you just got free hair color so that's a start.


Dana - Dec 27, 2017 8:07:57 pm PST #20347 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Everyone in the fucking world is in this airport at midnight. What the fuck.


Connie Neil - Dec 27, 2017 8:10:18 pm PST #20348 of 30002
brillig

OMG! My tiny little Billy the Kitten Neko Atsume figure has a tiny, tiny little butt hole molded into him! No, I didn't go looking for it, he fell over and I wondered what that itty bitty X was under his tail. I was going to take a picture to share with you all, but I couldn't bring myself to point a camera at the butt-end of a tiny plastic cat.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2017 5:10:56 am PST #20349 of 30002
"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

Some good news for Gizmo, I spoke to the vet yesterday and the plan is to reattach his lip to his lower jaw (in its correct position) again now that he's grown some connective tissue on top of the bone. So with luck he won't be disfigured or have a pocket of skin on the underside of his jaw that has to be flushed out as I'd feared.

Also good news for me, the vet said they weren't going to be charging me further boarding fees during Gizmo's recovery, and were going to reassess his medical bills to bring the price down some. I think the little fella has been earning his keep by charming everyone at the pet hospital and getting a discount.


Jessica - Dec 28, 2017 5:18:56 am PST #20350 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So our governor issued an executive order allowing people to pre-pay their 2018 property taxes and avoid hitting the new $10k limit on property tax deductions, which would be great if (a) local tax collection agencies had any idea how to invoice 2018 property taxes in 2017 or (b) the IRS knew how the hell the new tax bill is even supposed to work.

(Or (c) my property taxes are paid into an escrow account as part of my monthly mortgage bill, so I don't even know how pre-paying them would help?)


Laura - Dec 28, 2017 5:29:56 am PST #20351 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

The escrow doesn't matter, it is when the taxes are actually paid. They would have to be paid early by the bank.

My real estate taxes aren't over $10k anyway, fortunately. A lower corporate rate helps me since the business makes way more than me. This does zero to make me feel any better about this horrible tax bill. Come on 2018, change everything. Please.


-t - Dec 28, 2017 6:18:36 am PST #20352 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Way to go, Gizmo!

If I had any doubts about the effectiveness of this Aptensio stuff for me, running out for a while has thoroughly convinced me. So much easier to get out of bed and do stuff! Applying my superpowers to correctly inputting invoices seems like kind of a waste, honestly.

Well, you just got free hair color so that's a start.

Indeed! Accepting gifts from generous friends and acquaintances is something I still struggle with convincing my inner self-sufficient hermit is ok, but can't argue with the results.


Fred Pete - Dec 28, 2017 6:31:47 am PST #20353 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Yay, Gizmo!


brenda m - Dec 28, 2017 7:58:33 am PST #20354 of 30002
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

My real estate taxes aren't over $10k anyway, fortunately.

The 10K limit covers both property and state/local taxes though - that will catch a lot more people. My property taxes are also paid through escrow, and while I don't think there would be a way to have the mortgage co pay them early, if you paid them early now, it would end up reducing your monthly payment down the line when they do their annual escrow reevaluation.