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One Punch Man, Season 2, Episode 1: As expected, the animation is terrible. The voice acting went into the toilet. But... they're still following the manga fairly closely, so I'm hoping the story remains solid. But yeah, living up to the global expectations of a massive decline in quality due to switching to a "big box" studio is not a good thing.
Captain Marvel: We all thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not a, "Get up on your seats and cheer" movie, but it was an excellent way to spend an afternoon with friends.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Utterly delightful. We ended up binge watching for nearly 3 hours last night. It's not great anime, but it's light-hearted, entertaining, and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?
EDIT: Yes, clothes are too much to ask for.
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It's snowing.
^5
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Re: Taxes
Yeah, the story nationally is that even when people owe less, the IRS didn't deduct enough so their returns are vastly reduced or they even owe money.
For 2019, I removed all of my exemptions (so now in spite of having 2 kids and a mortgage, both GothBard and I are at -0- exemptions federally) which looks like it should allow us to at least break even, then the combination of the solar tax credit (assuming it survives) and the interest on the loan should net us a nice $10k refund next year.
I'll believe it when I see it...
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It's snowing.Welcome to my last week.
last week ^5
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One Punch Man, Season 2, Episode 1: As expected, the animation is terrible. The voice acting went into the toilet. But... they're still following the manga fairly closely, so I'm hoping the story remains solid. But yeah, living up to the global expectations of a massive decline in quality due to switching to a "big box" studio is not a good thing.
Captain Marvel: We all thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not a, "Get up on your seats and cheer" movie, but it was an excellent way to spend an afternoon with friends.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Utterly delightful. We ended up binge watching for nearly 3 hours last night. It's not great anime, but it's light-hearted, entertaining, and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?
EDIT: Yes, clothes are too much to ask for.
you aren't watching this...dubbed...are you?
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you aren't watching this...dubbed...are you?One Punch Man, Season 2, Episode 1: As expected, the animation is terrible. The voice acting went into the toilet. But... they're still following the manga fairly closely, so I'm hoping the story remains solid. But yeah, living up to the global expectations of a massive decline in quality due to switching to a "big box" studio is not a good thing.
Captain Marvel: We all thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not a, "Get up on your seats and cheer" movie, but it was an excellent way to spend an afternoon with friends.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Utterly delightful. We ended up binge watching for nearly 3 hours last night. It's not great anime, but it's light-hearted, entertaining, and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?
EDIT: Yes, clothes are too much to ask for.
What does "dubbed" mean?
Such atrocities do not exist in MY universe...
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you aren't watching this...dubbed...are you?One Punch Man, Season 2, Episode 1: As expected, the animation is terrible. The voice acting went into the toilet. But... they're still following the manga fairly closely, so I'm hoping the story remains solid. But yeah, living up to the global expectations of a massive decline in quality due to switching to a "big box" studio is not a good thing.
Captain Marvel: We all thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not a, "Get up on your seats and cheer" movie, but it was an excellent way to spend an afternoon with friends.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Utterly delightful. We ended up binge watching for nearly 3 hours last night. It's not great anime, but it's light-hearted, entertaining, and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?
EDIT: Yes, clothes are too much to ask for.
What does "dubbed" mean?
Such atrocities do not exist in MY universe...
You sound like Thanos... Er, I mean, Cable.
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One Punch Man, Season 2, Episode 1: As expected, the animation is terrible. The voice acting went into the toilet. But... they're still following the manga fairly closely, so I'm hoping the story remains solid. But yeah, living up to the global expectations of a massive decline in quality due to switching to a "big box" studio is not a good thing.
Alas!
Captain Marvel: We all thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not a, "Get up on your seats and cheer" movie, but it was an excellent way to spend an afternoon with friends.
Neat! I'm hoping we get to see it, though it's unlikely.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Utterly delightful. We ended up binge watching for nearly 3 hours last night. It's not great anime, but it's light-hearted, entertaining, and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?
Agreed!
EDIT: Yes, clothes are too much to ask for.
Alas! Again!
you aren't watching this...dubbed...are you?What does "dubbed" mean?
Such atrocities do not exist in MY universe...
Boo! Hiss!
(I did not watch either TTIGRAAS or OMP dubbed, either, but that was only because it wasn't. Killed my productivity and/or forced me to rewatch episodes. So frustrating!)
Chicken?... Micheal Phelps?... Dolly Parton?...You get 3 guesses.Breast stroke.... giggity.What were you thinking off?
That one anime that was advertised that one way back in the '90s?
EDIT: for more memories
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One Punch Man, Season 2, Episode 1: As expected, the animation is terrible. The voice acting went into the toilet. But... they're still following the manga fairly closely, so I'm hoping the story remains solid. But yeah, living up to the global expectations of a massive decline in quality due to switching to a "big box" studio is not a good thing.Alas!
Captain Marvel: We all thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not a, "Get up on your seats and cheer" movie, but it was an excellent way to spend an afternoon with friends.Neat! I'm hoping we get to see it, though it's unlikely.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: Utterly delightful. We ended up binge watching for nearly 3 hours last night. It's not great anime, but it's light-hearted, entertaining, and fun to watch. What more can you ask for?Agreed!
EDIT: Yes, clothes are too much to ask for.Alas! Again!
you aren't watching this...dubbed...are you?What does "dubbed" mean?
Such atrocities do not exist in MY universe...
Boo! Hiss!
(I did not watch either TTIGRAAS or OMP dubbed, either, but that was only because it wasn't. Killed my productivity and/or forced me to rewatch episodes. So frustrating!)
that frustration is the natural byproduct of learning another language. It's good for the soul!
that frustration is the natural byproduct of learning another language. It's good for the soul!
Look, I've already forgotten four and a half languages, and I didn't learn any Japanese!
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I'm gonna have to start calling Tiny T-Rex Tiny Captain America. There isn't a swear word uttered within two blocks that he doesn't hear and then pipe up with a "language!" Right after it's uttered.
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It's *still* snowing.
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I managed to obtain some very old White Dwarf magazines from the 1980s/early '90s at a reasonable price, before it stopped covering other RPGs and just concentrated on advertising Citadel stuff. The UK fantasy roleplaying scene had an interesting grunge/punk/HM edge to its aesthetic which I don't think you had in the US (though I may be wrong about that), as well as lots of crappy childish humour, which is something I enjoy very much.
Someone (I can't remember who) described British RPGs as being 'simultaneously more whimsical and grittier' than US ones, and I kind of agree with that - that's certainly the impression I get when looking at these mags, and at systems like WFRP.
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It's *still* snowing.
The clouds are dark to the south but so far nothing has made it this far north.
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Morning: Pounding rain, heavy winds, occasional lightning.
Now: Sunny with minor clouds, breezy.
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The General: Okay, I'm the bully on the bus and I say "I have thirty dance emotes what do you have!"
Tiny T-Rex: Jokingly cranks up his middle finger.
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Tiny Star-Lord.
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Talking with my brothers they're bragging about their 5th edition march to Mordor campaign and their characters when my nephew asks what we play and I say Starfinder and he asks what my character is so I say "A six armed Space Hamster Jedi with a Solar Apocalypse* Sword that will eventually be able to scurry up walls and across the ceiling" he turns to his dad and says "Why are we playing D&D again?".
*A monster called a Living Apocalypse sheds crystals and shards of crystals that solarians use in their solar weapons.
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4-5" of snow today. It will all be gone tomorrow.
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I did take advantage of the snow for some dangerous fun. I had already swapped out my winter tires last month, so I'm on summers now.
I barely made it out my driveway this morning.
Then I went through some of the twisty roads we have around here with my traction control completely switched off.
I didn't get where I was going very fast, but I had fun doing it.
(Little to no traffic, I'm not a complete idiot, many other caveats apply, at no time did I put anyone else in any form of danger.)
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Finally got my [lengthy string of expletives redacted] taxes filed. We've gone from getting a few thousand back each year to getting less than one thousand back, every single penny of which will go to my mother-in-law as the first installment of our debt repayment to her.
I'm really ticked at TurboTax. I've used it for years, and it used to be good, fast, and cheap. Like all companies with virtually no competition, they've gotten progressively less efficient and more expensive, and I'm really tempted to return to pen-and-paper filing for next year.
But, it's done. And with the cross-country move, and the change in employment for both of us, and his Lyft income, and changes in health insurance for all of us, it was a tedious process. I just wish I could feel like I had something to show for all the time I put into it this year.
After seeing the increased Turbotax fee, I did our taxes by hand this year.
In related news,
Anyhow, this coupled with Turbotax's hiked rate, the conservative tax scam, and my impression that this year it took me a lot longer just to find addresses to mail my taxes to -- in prior years I remember the addresses being right there on the form or the instructions, whereas this year they were basically advertisements for tax-prep services -- has got me mighty pessimistic about future tax years. Call me cynical, but the writing on the wall seems to be very ugly.
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I must be missing something. I've used Turbotax for years and they never charge a cent for federal taxes (beyond a $4 service fee for if you pay owed taxes via credit or debit card) for their basic service.
Or are you guys talking about the paid advanced services, or filing state taxes? Or both?
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I am drunk.
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I swear, I play with the oddest paladins!
So, this paladin of Torag didn't bull rush his way through a group of sickly peasants to get to the head of the line at a church, but...
...we were in a tactically disadvantageous position against a lich: He had cover and multiple buildings to hide among, while we had to cross a wide-open field to get to him.
So my rogue, being the "distractor" of the party, started sprinting across the open field, Death Warded and Silenced, and ready to give the lich a big unhappy bear hug.
...and the paladin followed her into the open field!!!!
Two Maximized Fireballs later and the paladin was down 90 hit points, the rest of the party was in disarray trying to figure out who to help, and my unscathed rogue reached the lich and Silenced him...
...with nobody else around to actually help beat him up!!!
EDIT: Worked out OK, though: The inquisitor, not being an idiot, went carefully around the back of the building and spotted the other two liches providing support for the first. Once she flushed them out and they had to deal with a battlefield covered with Force Walls, Silence fields, and a now-very-irate paladin smiting anything that moved, it was a mop-up.
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Crookshanks said the nephew asked Tiny T-Rex what his character was and he says, proudly "A space lizard with a pet robot" "How did you get a pet robot?" "He was born with it!".
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Crookshanks said the nephew asked Tiny T-Rex what his character was and he says, proudly "A space lizard with a pet robot" "How did you get a pet robot?" "He was born with it!".
Is that the time to have THE TALK with Tiny T-Rex about where do the small robots come from?
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THERE COMES A TIME IN EVERY YOUNG CONSTRUCT'S EXISTENCE WHERE THE TRUTH OF THE FACTORY MUST BE REVEALED.
GLORY TO THE MANY.
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I would say something about climbing in skirts, but even I am not that drunk.
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Finally got my [lengthy string of expletives redacted] taxes filed. We've gone from getting a few thousand back each year to getting less than one thousand back, every single penny of which will go to my mother-in-law as the first installment of our debt repayment to her.
I'm really ticked at TurboTax. I've used it for years, and it used to be good, fast, and cheap. Like all companies with virtually no competition, they've gotten progressively less efficient and more expensive, and I'm really tempted to return to pen-and-paper filing for next year.
But, it's done. And with the cross-country move, and the change in employment for both of us, and his Lyft income, and changes in health insurance for all of us, it was a tedious process. I just wish I could feel like I had something to show for all the time I put into it this year.
I'm sorry things are tough on the taxes angle.
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I'm gonna have to start calling Tiny T-Rex Tiny Captain America. There isn't a swear word uttered within two blocks that he doesn't hear and then pipe up with a "language!" Right after it's uttered.
I like this kid.
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4-5" of snow today. It will all be gone tomorrow.If we got any snow, it was all gone by the time I woke up at 6:30.
Bloomington got barely an inch, so not surprising. I still have 3-4 left on the ground in Peoria.
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Also, I woke up today to no electricity. Took almost 90 minutes for the lines to be fixed. That was not the best hour and a half of my life.
And that sucks. I saw a large branch laying over a power line on my drive, but it hadn't brought it down.
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Chicken?... Micheal Phelps?... Dolly Parton?...You get 3 guesses.Breast stroke.... giggity.What were you thinking off?
Dolly parton was definetly the closest guess.
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Dolly parton was definetly the closest guess.Chicken?... Micheal Phelps?... Dolly Parton?...You get 3 guesses.Breast stroke.... giggity.What were you thinking off?
You do realize she's gotta be around 90 years old...
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Weather is cold-ish but not too bad here.
Ha! We're going to be 16 degrees warmer than yesterday! We might reach 55 today!!!!!!!
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I learned yesterday that Mac N Cheese pizza is better than it sounds, which is to say, it's okay.
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Wikipedia says she's only 73.You do realize she's gotta be around 90 years old...Dolly parton was definetly the closest guess.Chicken?... Micheal Phelps?... Dolly Parton?...You get 3 guesses.Breast stroke.... giggity.What were you thinking off?
Close enough.
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Yeah, the next person that says they "elevated" meatloaf I'm laughing in their face, a full throated, no question there's sarcasm, Gilbert Gottfried laugh.
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I learned yesterday that Mac N Cheese pizza is better than it sounds, which is to say, it's okay.
That's probably a lesson I will not learn. Also, you have no sense of smell.
EDIT: Apparently my brain no work put words screen order correct on out leave or.
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Yeah, the next person that says they "elevated" meatloaf I'm laughing in their face, a full throated, no question there's sarcasm, Gilbert Gottfried laugh.
What if they simply and quite literally just placed meatloaf in an elevator and sent it to a higher floor?
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Yeah, the next person that says they "elevated" meatloaf I'm laughing in their face, a full throated, no question there's sarcasm, Gilbert Gottfried laugh.What if they simply and quite literally just placed meatloaf in an elevator and sent it to a higher floor?
That's fine, but if you need an index card because you can't remember all the different types of ground meat in it, that doesn't make it "elevated", it just means you got ripped off by your butcher.