Catching Ducks

I got my W-2 today, so I'm doing my taxes. Usually the W-2 is all I need. This year, however, I opened up a new bank account, and received $100 "gift" for doing so. Apparently that counts as interest income, and I have to pay taxes on it. $15 worth of taxes.

So my gift was actually $85. Thanks, IRS!

Labels: IRS

The next time I'm in London, I'm totally going here.

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It's easy for me to look back at the original Star Trek and forget how revolutionary it really was. All I can see are the bad special effects, the dreadful "acting" from William Shatner, and the slow-moving plots.

But....

An article like this reminds me that it really was important.

(And maybe I'm just PMS-ing, but I teared up a bit....)

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Starting back in September, I started having computer problems. I got a little busy, what with Christmas and all, and stopped working on the problem last fall. Since then, I've been careful not to leave my computer on and unattended for more than a minute. Yesterday I finished backing up everything important on my computer (thanks to my brand new 4GB flash drive) and today I've left it on.

So far, so good. However, according to the middle of those links above, it may just be playing possum.

We'll see....

Labels: computers

Usually I get 2-3 calendars for Christmas. This year I only got one (it was the best one, though -- thanks, Soto!) and I found I really missed having a second one. I was at the mall today and I dropped by the calendar kiosk where they had calendars for 75% off. I figured I'd get a landscape or flower calendar, anything pretty to look at. As I looked around the kiosk, I was shocked to find a Dr. Horrible calendar! I had no idea such a thing existed! I got it, of course, and it's AWESOME!!!

It was also $3.82.

Labels: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

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Still gotta love it.

I went to Ross the other day and spent about $70 for seven items. I got: a new pair of headphones for my iPod, two shirts for work, a blouse, a lightweight jacket, a pair of jeans, and a sweater.

I was pleased with my purchases, and the icing on the cake came when I looked at the tag for the sweater. I paid $8.99 (it was on the clearance rack at Ross -- the original Ross price was $17.99) and the original price for the sweater was $68! So that means I got all my stuff for (almost) the same price as the sweater was originally! Woo-hoo!

[And yes, Mom, I will be bringing everything on Thursday. :) ]

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I just opened Firefox to discover that all my bookmarks have disappeared. Poof! Gone.

That's very annoying.


ETA: I just discovered that Firefox has a "restore bookmarks" function. Everything is back the way it was yesterday (which is the last time it backed up my bookmarks, apparently). I should have known Firefox would have an easy way to fix it! I'm still bothered that it happened at all, though. That was really weird!

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...wait 100 years to return it.

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I bought the newly released DVD set of Farscape: The Complete Series the other day, and it arrived today!

[I feel I should point out, for the one person who might read this and might care, that the box set isn't completely complete. It has all four seasons, but doesn't include The Peacekeeper Wars mini-series.]

What's amazing is how tiny the box set is. The whole thing is tinier than any one of my season box sets!



It's even more impressive when you compare it to the original video sets I bought. For example, here's season two on video, old DVD, and new DVD:






I sense a Farscape marathon coming on!

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Merging onto I-5 tonight, the genius in the car ahead of me decided to try to merge at 45 mph. (Traffic was going ~60 mph.)

Apparently unsatisfied with this merging plan, the driver then decided to.... (wait for it) ... HIT THE BRAKES!

What a great plan!

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Peanut butter and pumpkin butter make a surprisingly good sandwich.

Labels: food

A little too much wind machine for my taste, but otherwise AWESOME:

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