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Home Crap Home

by John Cole|  August 10, 20136:40 pm| 146 Comments

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Made it back from the People’s Republic of Madison, and had a very joyous reunion with the three little pigs. Steve was overflowing with happiness to see me, and has been all over me like white on rice since I walked through the door- really digging having a Maine Coon. Time to cook a little dinner, unpack, and get ready for the Stillers v. Giants at 7:30.

I’d write more but Steve is committing felony assault on my hands as I type and sitting on my mouse, so it is kind of tough to post right now.

Also, what Mistermix said.

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  1. 1.

    TaMara (BHF)

    August 10, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Nothing like being missed, is there. Welcome back. Be kind to yourself.

  2. 2.

    cathyx

    August 10, 2013 at 6:42 pm

    Welcome back.

  3. 3.

    aimai

    August 10, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    Sitting on your mouse? Oh Be-Have!

  4. 4.

    Kristine

    August 10, 2013 at 6:48 pm

    It was great to meet you!

  5. 5.

    Violet

    August 10, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    Glad you got home safe, John. Isn’t it great to be missed!

  6. 6.

    max

    August 10, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    Time to cook a little dinner, unpack, and get ready for the Stillers v. Giants at 7:30.

    NO CNN!

    max
    [‘Your mother.’]

  7. 7.

    gogol's wife

    August 10, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    I hope the mistermix thread doesn’t get rehashed. Life is too short.

  8. 8.

    IowaOldLady

    August 10, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    Glad you made it home, John. Sounds like a good evening in store.

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 10, 2013 at 7:05 pm

    How nice that your Three Little Pigs don’t give you the silent treatment when you return from Elsewhere. Welcome home indeed!

  10. 10.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 7:11 pm

    We expect pictures. I’m sure Steve will understand that some things if life are more important.

  11. 11.

    srv

    August 10, 2013 at 7:14 pm

    Enough on Snowjob, how about something on the Republican-Obama drone lovefest:

    “I don’t have anything against drone strikes, and I think that the administration has not been doing a bad job when it comes to using drones to single out and kill the terrorists who would harm our own people,” Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, said during a “Newsmaker” interview on C-SPAN.

    Thank you Freedom Jesus some Real Americans want to do something about it:

    In a rural town about an hour east of Denver, Colorado, the town council is considering issuing licenses to residents to shoot down drones.
    …
    “I don’t want to live in a surveillance society. I don’t feel like being in a virtual prison,” he added.

    Perhaps the NRA can find a way into this.

  12. 12.

    dance around in your bones

    August 10, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    Nice to be home with your three munchkins, no?

    It’s been a wild week at BJ, hope the Stillers win just for you. I have no dog in that fight (gasp! not a football fan! though I’ll watch with others who explain all the arcane details to me :)

    Plus (not to be insensitive) – the beer.

  13. 13.

    eemom

    August 10, 2013 at 7:21 pm

    Also, what Mistermix said.

    Because God forbid a single joyous pet-centered post on a Saturday evening should slip through unscathed by trollery.

    Yer hilarious, Cole.

  14. 14.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    @eemom: Nope, can’t have that; wouldn’t be prudent.

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    Sort of half watching John Singleton’s Four Brothers while waiting for Giants-Steelers to start, and I’m reminded that it’s a pretty tight little B-movie. Much better than the two stars (out of four) the on-screen guide is giving it.

    Maybe this is Mark Wahlberg’s niche. Shooter is also a movie with modest goals that succeeds very well.

  16. 16.

    The Pale Scot

    August 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    Am I allowed a little smack talk?

    Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Pittsburgh Steelers

    Go BIG BLUE!

    And No damn injuries pleaz.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    August 10, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    I can’t get into preseason in any sport. I don’t even get people who go to spring training.

  18. 18.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 10, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    Foodfight with word salad

    And ya’ know, some people look at him as ‘ah man, he’s a governor who goes rogue.’ No, ya’ know he’s got a shtick going there where he’s got a YouTube videographer following him around, kind of these set up situations sometimes so he can be seen as perhaps going rogue,” said Palin. “But Chris Christie’s for more government and his record proves that, whereas Rand Paul with that healthy libertarian streak that we need more of, in our politicians, team Rand Paul.”

    It’s almost cute that she still thinks “going rogue” is a thing. And the show she said this on is called, appropriately enough, “Cashin’ In’

  19. 19.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    I’m still working on flagstone. Monday there is a person coming to finish up 300 sq. ft. at a reasonable price. He came recommended and from what I researched, he does good work. Unfortunately, he wants cash only, since he pays thirty percent of his income in federal taxes. Of course, I mentioned wow, that is great and I wished I earned more than 250,000 a year. Then he spoke about those who had food stamps, and wore $300.00 sneakers and I said don’t go there, cuz the clothes closet I work for you can get nice items at pennies on the dollar. At that point, I said we are on the same page cuz it really bothers me that Walmart employees in our state are the biggest users of the Chip program and food stamps. It’s like shopping their and adding to the Waltons pocket. At this point, I’m not sure that I want him to show up. Did you know that food stamp folk drive BMW’s … ugh

  20. 20.

    Amir Khalid

    August 10, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    @srv:
    Tsk, tsk. Have these people not heard of surveillance satellites?

    Also too, does the drone licence apply to any kid’s RC model plane/helicopter?

  21. 21.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    August 10, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    @JPL: @JPL:

    I really do not know why the Wal Mart thing does not get more coverage. There was a study about a month ago that said that Wal Mart costs the state (or Fed Govt) $900,000 per store a year due to food stamps, medicaid etc. The Waltons are sucking money out of the government coffers at a surprising rate and pocketing it.

  22. 22.

    Baud

    August 10, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    @JPL:

    I’ve dealt with that, wingnuts who do good work. It’s irritating.

  23. 23.

    eemom

    August 10, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Why is it football already? Not even Labor Day.

    /uneasy recollection of something called “preseason”

  24. 24.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    August 10, 2013 at 7:51 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I’m sure Google Earth would cause great outrage with these folk.

  25. 25.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 10, 2013 at 7:52 pm

    @eemom:

    I KNOW, right?? And some of the kidz are already back in school!!

    It’s just wrong.

  26. 26.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: @Baud: Truth be know, if he as good as the recommendations, I’d have him lay sod and build my pergola but not with cash. I’d rather do those things myself. I have a tree guy that I pay more because he has a staff and the lowest paid person earns ten dollars a hour. Unfortunately, I’m sorta desperate to get the flagstone done. Maybe I’ll write a comment on Craigslist and mention how nice it is but have cash because he doesn’t like checks. Of course, he might not show up after what I said. haha

  27. 27.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    @Baud:

    There’s absolutely nothing else on that I want to watch—i.e., have on in the background—until (maybe) the Larry David movie Clear History at 9:00 on HBO. As an elderly white shut-in I am required to have my TV on all the time, but I won’t watch Fox News, PBS doo-wop reunions or Murder, She Wrote.

  28. 28.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: My neighbor goes back to school on Monday. Grandparents and special friends day is the last week in August so he already asked me. He is in second grade and told me that when I’m ready, he’ll help me train a new pup.

  29. 29.

    PurpleGirl

    August 10, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    @JPL:

    Did you know that food stamp folk drive BMW’s …

    While I think you meant this as snark, yes, it is possible for someone driving a BMW to get food stamps. Food stamps not only go by income but also assets. It is possible, although a long shot, that the person driving the BMW bought it when they were working and making a very good salary but now they’ve lost that job, have spent down their savings, and now has very little in terms of assets. And they can get food stamps.

    Oh, and welcome home John. Enjoy the Steelers games, enjoy the piglets and pictures or videos of Steve using the cat tree.

  30. 30.

    Yatsuno

    August 10, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    @JPL: Make a 1099 and send it to him, especially if it’s over $400. Then report it to Social Security. A lot of these guys think they get away with cash only because most homeowners don’t know how to do this. Fortunately there are instructions on the IRS website.

  31. 31.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 10, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    @Steeplejack: Well, CSPAN BookTV is offering an “In Depth” interview with Ben Carson, and highlight’s of last week’s Eagle Forum (as in Phyllis Schlafly) that they covered last weekend.

  32. 32.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    August 10, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    @PurpleGirl:

    I do not think any of these people have watched “Top Gear” recently where the guys prove show after show that you can buy some very nice used cars for little to nothing. Of course keeping them running could be a problem but there is no reason whatsoever that someone who qualified for food stamps couldn’t be driving a BMW.

  33. 33.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    @Yatsuno: How do I do this? It’s right at $400.00 but he might bring a helper.

  34. 34.

    PurpleGirl

    August 10, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    @Steeplejack: Do you have cable? Do you get MeTV? Star Trek is shown at 9 PM on Saturdays and tonight it’s Space Seed…. KHAN! (Okay, Kirk doesn’t say that in this show, but it the original Khan story.)

  35. 35.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 10, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    @JPL: Oh, that is sweet.

  36. 36.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Thanks, I appreciate it. Really.

    Actually, I may go back to Four Brothers on TNT, even though it is riddled with commercials. Will take a while for the DVR to spool up a protective buffer.

  37. 37.

    PurpleGirl

    August 10, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Yup, from the outside we don’t know and can’t know the whole story.

  38. 38.

    geg6

    August 10, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    Got the Stillers on my idiot box, potatoes baking and an organic local chicken (with garlic, EVOO, lemon and lime slices under the skin, fresh rosemary and thyme sprigs from my deck herb garden on top) on the grill and some zucchini from our garden sliced and just about ready to join them. The best kind of summer dinner: fresh from our gardens, few to no dirty pans, light on the fat and calories and full of flavor. A nice bottle of chilled Reisling and a banana cream pie top it all off. Yummy! Tomorrow, it’s swordfish!

    And Cole, I wish you all the best with your goal of sobriety. I’m just glad you came to your realization on your own. Hope you don’t become one of those judgmental recovering alcoholics though. You’ll have to pry my wine from my cold dead hands. Food, for me, would never be the same without it. And my real addiction is the food. ;-)

  39. 39.

    Roger Moore

    August 10, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:
    Shorter Governor Salad Shooter:

    Don’t talk about him! Talk about meeeeee!

  40. 40.

    I am not a kook

    August 10, 2013 at 8:12 pm

    So now both mistermix and Cole are pushing a black and white you’re either with us or against us narrative. Paint all the people going “hold on a minute, let’s be sure we know what we’re talking about” as “dead-enders” and “minimizers”. Keep pushing those emo buttons and sponsor the trolls. I’m checking into my timeshare at Galt’s Gulch for a couple of months or else I’ll start velvet painting kardashians, whatever they are. Good luck, stay safe and healthy everybody. Sorry for the GBCW, as I’ve never done one before, although kos did remove my account by my private request once. Don’t turn into a cult meanwhile. I watched it happen at FDL backintheday.

    Also too, I really need to stop wasting my time here and get some real paying work done. Same difference. Ciao.

  41. 41.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 8:12 pm

    @PurpleGirl:

    I do get MeTV, which I mine for my Perry Mason fix and a few other things. I know this is heresy, but I’m not a big fan of the original Star Trek. But maybe an exception is in order for this iconic episode. Thanks for the tip.

    (And it goes without saying that I have 300 hours of stuff on the DVR that I could watch, but that’s not the same as watching something “live.”)

  42. 42.

    Roger Moore

    August 10, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    @JPL:

    Unfortunately, he wants cash only, since he pays thirty percent of his above the table income in federal taxes.

    Clarified that for you.

  43. 43.

    Johnny Coelacanth

    August 10, 2013 at 8:14 pm

    “Also, what Mistermix said.” Uh huh. Also, what Dick Cheney said.

  44. 44.

    Roger Moore

    August 10, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    I’m sure Google Earth would cause great outrage with these folk.

    No, that’s fine because it’s a private company, not the evil jackbooted thugs from the government. I always suspect it’s the DEA who these guys are really afraid of.

  45. 45.

    Violet

    August 10, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    The antibiotics are still messing with me from a neurochemical standpoint. Thanks to everyone who mentioned the gut-serotonin relationship. I’m quite sure that’s what’s going on, but it’s challenging to live with. I can go from perfectly fine to a dark, dark place in about ten seconds. I think one negative thought and it can spiral.

    It’s kind of interesting to live with. Challenging, for sure. Fortunately, I’m aware it’s medication-induced and I know it’s got a time limit (one more week), so it’s a little easier to manage because of that. Everyone around me has been made aware of what’s going on, so I’ve got support and understanding if I have a meltdown, which happened earlier today, but then I recovered and went to the gym.

    Thanks again for the support and ideas as to what’s going on when I posted the other night.

  46. 46.

    Yatsuno

    August 10, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    @JPL: This is a good instruction sheet. The form is available from the IRS website. It says $600 but you can do a 1099 for any amount. And make sure the state gets a copy too.

  47. 47.

    cathyx

    August 10, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    I’m with those who think preseason is a waste of time to watch. It’s meaningless. It doesn’t show how good or bad any team is and it counts for nothing.

  48. 48.

    Roger Moore

    August 10, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    Make a 1099 and send it to him, especially if it’s over $400. Then report it to Social Security.

    Win! Just watch out to make sure some mysterious person doesn’t vandalize your just completed work if you do so.

  49. 49.

    Yatsuno

    August 10, 2013 at 8:19 pm

    @Violet: :: hug :: Hopefully this will take care of the issue. And make sure your doctor knows for the future as well.

  50. 50.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I read your comment about your cousin when it was to late to comment. I’m so sorry and want to tell you, that I hope the rest of your relatives in Atlanta, live for a long, long time. Although we don’t see each other often, the idea that you might move elsewhere, is sad to me.

  51. 51.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    Don’t you need the guy’s SSN or business ID number? Could be a problem if this guy’s on the down low.

  52. 52.

    furlyfly

    August 10, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    Haha…impossible to take ball juice people like Cole and mistermix seriously when then actually seem to buy into Greenwalds attention whoring hyperbole. Lol….idiots.

  53. 53.

    shelly

    August 10, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    Trying to remember what movies I saw lined up tonight. ‘The Bad And The Beautiful’ on TCM
    . And ‘Goodfellas’ somewhere. Encore?
    The ‘Breaking Bad’ marathon was over yesterday. Dang.

  54. 54.

    AdamK

    August 10, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    Hand the motherfucker a check and tell him to pay his damn share.

  55. 55.

    Violet

    August 10, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    @Yatsuno: Thanks. I haven’t told the doctor yet. It took me awhile to figure it out and the doctor is a specialist with somewhat condensed office hours and is difficult to get in touch with. Plus, this is something I went looking to get tested for and requested the antibiotics myself, so I figure it’s my fault or issue to a certain extent. I’m hoping I don’t have to take them again.

  56. 56.

    lojasmo

    August 10, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    @PurpleGirl:

    There are also e30 BMW examples to be had for low four figures, and there are LOTS of used BMW vehicles for under $10K.

    It’s just a brand, it doesn’t really mean much.

  57. 57.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 8:25 pm

    @Roger Moore: Since my son tells me that if I date at my age, there is a chance that he will arrive at my house and find me chopped into pieces, you might be right. BTW..I’m not at medicare age yet. Most likely what will happen is if he shows up, I pay him and he loses out on the sod and pergola.

  58. 58.

    No nim for this post

    August 10, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    Since I started legally (state only) growing my own medicine a couple of years ago to relieve my effed up body, I had to adjust my well developed wariness of anything mj related.
    I had a friend go to prison for 5 years in the 80’s for doing the same thing I’m doing (except smaller,legal sized scale on my part).
    It was an adjustment for me to go to a store and buy lights, fertilizers and especially clones and cuttings in the open.The change in attitude from everyone is refreshing, from doctors to family members.
    I have also spent a lot of time online learning how to do it, my only resource to learn how to it. It was very cool and freeing to be able to do it.
    Now, I wonder if this overreaching surveillance and storage is going to come back to haunt people like me if winds change.
    How much withdrawal from the online community for subjects like MMJ is going to happen?

  59. 59.

    gene108

    August 10, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    @JPL:

    Did you know that food stamp folk drive BMW’s … ugh

    What year? What condition?

    I mean an old broken down poorly maintained Beamer could be within reach of the poor.

  60. 60.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    How do these folks know who is using food stamps? Is it a neon card so it sparkles that those behind can tell?
    I’m serious, I thought it was debit card and if you can recognize it, you are to darn close.

  61. 61.

    gene108

    August 10, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    @JPL:

    Unfortunately, he wants cash only, since he pays thirty percent of his income in federal taxes.

    I know someone, who went to work for the IRS.

    One thing she pointed out to me is a lot of the folks, who get audited are Schedule C filers (sole proprietors), because they try to get as much in cash as possible and show as little income as possible.

    The IRS looks to see if they are living beyond their reported income. If you’re showing 30k in gross income, but live in a neighborhood where owning a home on 30k is almost impossible the IRS can decide to audit you based on that.

    EDIT: Because of the federal mortgage interest deduction the IRS can tell, who owns versus who rents.

  62. 62.

    RandomMonster

    August 10, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    Also, what Mistermix said.

    Tribalist.

  63. 63.

    Yatsuno

    August 10, 2013 at 8:39 pm

    @Steeplejack: I highly doubt he has an EIN if he’s demanding cash only. And she can certainly demand his SSN before he starts work since this also has consequences for her. It’s even better if you tell them why you want it, the bluster gets amazing.

    My mom writes 1099s for the ranch all the time. And fortunately they’re rather simple to compose.

    @gene108: Mortgage interest. Sends up a big red flag all the time for me. No one ever thinks their bank will end up selling them out to the IRS.

  64. 64.

    Violet

    August 10, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    This is interesting. It’s from something called the Carville-Greenberg Memo (James Carville and Stan Greenberg):

    There’s something going on with seniors: It is now strikingly clear that they have turned sharply against the GOP. This is apparent in seniors’ party affiliation and vote intention, in their views on the Republican Party and its leaders, and in their surprising positions on jobs, health care, retirement security, investment economics, and the other big issues that will likely define the 2014 midterm elections.

    We first noticed a shift among seniors early in the summer of 2011, as Paul Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare became widely known (and despised) among those at or nearing retirement. Since then, the Republican Party has come to be defined by much more than its desire to dismantle Medicare. To voters from the center right to the far left, the GOP is now defined by resistance, intolerance, intransigence, and economics that would make even the Robber Barons blush. We have seen other voters pull back from the GOP, but among no group has this shift been as sharp as it is among senior citizens:

    There are various bullet points including:

    —More than half (55 percent) of seniors say the Republican Party is too extreme, half (52 percent) say it is out of touch, and half (52 percent) say the GOP is dividing the country. Just 10 percent of seniors believe that the Republican Party does not put special interests ahead of ordinary voters.

    Interesting.

  65. 65.

    gene108

    August 10, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    And make sure the state gets a copy too.

    Depending on the state there maybe sales/use tax implications, i.e. he should be charging you sales tax but probably won’t because it’s a cash payment.

  66. 66.

    Singing Truth to Power

    August 10, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    John, glad you came to Madison, glad you are home safe. Be good to yourself. Here’s a sampling of what you missed here:

    Woman arrested for tapping her foot at Capitol. Really. http://protectwisconsin.tumblr.com/post/57731962780/a-woman-is-arrested-for-tapping-her-foot

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hKADZPzbguY

    Wisconsin may be sane again someday.

  67. 67.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    Does your mom get a lot of pushback and/or gunplay from contractors who are “taxed enough already”?

  68. 68.

    Anton Sirius

    August 10, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Maybe this is Mark Wahlberg’s niche. Shooter is also a movie with modest goals that succeeds very well.

    Nah, he can and has soared higher. Wahlberg doesn’t have a huge range, but anyone whose career includes both Boogie Nights and The Other Guys is alright in my book.

  69. 69.

    JPL

    August 10, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    @Yatsuno: If he shows up, it sounds like I’m not liable unless it is more than $600.00..

  70. 70.

    SIA

    August 10, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    @Violet: I saw that poll yesterday. Hope it’s a definite trend and the older-than-me olds are starting to catch on. They’re a big part of the reason the pubs have managed to keep getting elected.

  71. 71.

    Yatsuno

    August 10, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    @Steeplejack: She’s pretty conservative herself, but she also tells them play by the rules or there’s the door. And she’s not afraid of contractor shopping if it comes to that. Her farrier is pretty honest though, and she hasn’t needed to hire a trainer in awhile.

    @JPL: It might actually be more an issue with the state than the feds for you. It’s still a smart idea to cover your butt though. And since he’s required to file a return if he gets $400 or more, you can just say you’re doing him a favour come next filing season.

  72. 72.

    Roger Moore

    August 10, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    @Violet:
    If the GOP loses seniors, they’re completely finished. Are there any groups other than the extremely wealthy and the Klan that the Republicans aren’t pissing off?

  73. 73.

    kideni

    August 10, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    Welcome home, John. It was delightful to finally meet you, and thank you for getting all of us together. I’m glad you got to hang out with the Vets for Peace – I know several from the local chapter, and they are such a great group of people doing really important work.

  74. 74.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 10, 2013 at 8:56 pm

    @JPL: Unfortunately, he wants cash only, since he pays thirty percent of his income in federal taxes.
    This made curious, so I googled average effective tax rate, this article says it’s 11%, and 25% for incomes over $1 million. And this gem is why I love America

    Francis Degen, an enrolled agent based in Setauket, N.Y., says a retired client recently asked him whether withdrawing some money from his savings to pay for a trip to Italy would bump him into a higher tax bracket. The client feared that all his income would be taxed at the higher rate, Degen says.

  75. 75.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 10, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    @JPL: Oh, thank you, both for your sympathy and for your nice comment about my staying in Atlanta. I have absolutely no plans to move elsewhere right now, and am just about to sign a new lease, so it’ll be at least another, what, 14-15 months at minimum. With just the two women left, I’m not sure what’s going to happen — Ed’s widow is in her 80s and while her general health is good, I can’t help thinking that having her son and now her husband die in a nine-month period has to be devastating for anyone, let alone an octogenarian. The daughter is nearly 60 and has a number of health issues. Whichever one of them goes first, it is going to be awful for the one left behind. I’m only a third cousin once removed but I’ve become very close to the family and care about what happens to them. But anyhow, no plans to move away any time soon (for me).

  76. 76.

    Baud

    August 10, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    That’s dumb on multiple levels.

  77. 77.

    PurpleGirl

    August 10, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    @Yatsuno: Back in the 1980s I had an accountant tell me that using the Schedule C was a red flag to the IRS. But he said if you keep your deductions in line with what you say you’re making in income, it won’t be a problem. So instead of claiming the whole Con Ed bill and the whole phone bill, we broke it down to a third of a third of the bills. (Three room apartment, typing work done in part of one room, phone shared with personal use… a ninth seemed to work.)

  78. 78.

    lamh36

    August 10, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    hey John Cole if ur still here, didn’t you like that show Unforgettable with Poppy Montgomery? Well it’s back on CBS right now on Sundays I believe with new episodes. So far there have been 2 episodes

  79. 79.

    Belafon

    August 10, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    Luckily, John brought up MM’s article, which I didn’t get to participate in, but I’m going to for this:

    What’s the point of elections if I can’t believe that it’s better to have Obama in the White House, and in charge of things like the NSA, than any Republican, and especially Cheney (any of them)? I also happen to believe that there are some people I would trust to watch my kids, and some people I don’t let in my house around them, like the Cheneys.

  80. 80.

    Ripley

    August 10, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    Hope you don’t become one of those judgmental recovering alcoholics though.

    Good lord, what are the odds?

  81. 81.

    planetjanet

    August 10, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    In Pittsburgh for a rugby tournament, my present challenge is figuring out how to eat a Primanti Brothers pastrami sandwich.

  82. 82.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    @lamh36:

    The one new episode I saw seemed worse to me. (It was the one where she went undercover on the heist and the bad dude threw away her tracer.) I watched some episodes last season and wasn’t really taken by the show, but I thought it had potential. This new episode just seemed kind of lame. Didn’t even make that much use of her “superpower.”

    What I have been watching is reruns of Person of Interest. I know you’re with me on that. Can’t wait for the new season to start. They’ve got some good subplots percolating: Fusco’s problems with H.R., the crazy Root chick, the semi-crazy assassin (good casting of that woman from the lame lawyer/arbitration show), the political fixer (Zoe), etc.

    And I think Elementary improved rapidly, even though I initially hated the ripoff premise, and I’m looking forward to that.

  83. 83.

    Suzanne

    August 10, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    Oh, God. Football. And like THAT, this blog becomes dramatically less fun for four months of the year.

    I need to buy some new running shoes. My Nikes are old and I’ve had a second baby since buying them, so they are too snug. Once I run for about a mile, my toes start falling asleep. Any recommendations? I need moderate arch support and lots of shock absorption at the heel.

  84. 84.

    Violet

    August 10, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    @Suzanne: My recommendation is to go to a good running store and get fitted. Bring in your old ones so they can see how you run, but that may be different now since it’s been awhile and you’ve had a baby. Nothing substitutes for experienced sales people fitting the shoes to your feet.

  85. 85.

    Hal

    August 10, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    @Belafon: I understand the NSA issues and criticisms/concerns people have but to me Obama is still light years better than W/Cheney or any other Republican.

  86. 86.

    Jennifer

    August 10, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    @JPL: As close as I can figure it, some .045% of every dollar spent at Wal Mart ends up in the pocket of a Walton heir. Doesn’t sound like all that much, but when you consider that it’s probably not unusual in many money-strapped households that everything that gets purchased gets purchased at Wal Mart (food, clothing, household items, eyeglasses, you name it), there are a shitload of families out there that are spending $10K per year or more at their local Shitshow Mart. And each of them are depositing $500 per year into the Walton’s pockets. Maybe if people were asked if they really thought the Waltons need 2 or 3% or whatever of their annual income, plus some additional amount paid in taxes to support their employees, it might hit home a bit harder.

  87. 87.

    burnspbesq

    August 10, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    @John Cole:

    Also, what Mistermix said.

    Well, then, fuck you too. You two ignorant asses deserve each other.

  88. 88.

    Redshirt

    August 10, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    @Suzanne: 1. Get properly fitted. Could you have wide feet? 2. While padding is great, don’t run on your heels. Concentrate on running on the balls of your feet as much as you can. It will be much harder at first, but quite quickly your body will thank you.

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    @Jennifer:

    Five hundred dollars is 5% of $10,000, so did you mean $5, which would be closer to 0.045%, or did you mean for your 0.045% to be 4.5%?

    Interesting stat, either way; just want to make sure I get it right.

  90. 90.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    @JPL: It’s pretty easy, the Georgia card has a big ass peach on it. I have to say it is not easy to force myself not to wonder. I KNOW you don’t know anything about how or why folks have them but the food stamps and newer cars are hard not to notice.

  91. 91.

    Jennifer

    August 10, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    AN EDIT FUNCTION would be nice!

    Sorry for the math error; apparently I was using McMegan’s calculator.

    The proper numbers are: Wal Mart’s profit margin is about 3.5% & annual profits are around $16 billion. Over 2 billion of that, or 1/8th, or some 12.5% of profit, goes to the Waltons. So instead it’s $350 out of every $10,000 spent goes to profit; of that amount, the Waltons get around $42.

    Not nearly as impressive as the $500 number, but I’ll be damned if I’d give it to them.

  92. 92.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    They got the fucker:

    CASCADE, Idaho — The man suspected of abducting 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and killing her mother and brother has been killed in Idaho and the teen has been found safe, San Diego Sheriff William D. Gore said Saturday.

  93. 93.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 9:39 pm

    @Suzanne:
    What Violet said. Find a good running store or triathlon shop and get fitted for shoes. There is some science to it but a lot fitting is knowledge learned by experience of the fitter. As a retired triathlon shop owner who has fit bicycles, wetsuits, bike and running shoes I will say that proper fitting works far better than friends recommendations. Unless that friend is a fitter or running coach.

  94. 94.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    August 10, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    @Jennifer:
    Exactly, why do people think that the taxpayers have to deposit money into the Walmart heirs personal bank accounts every year in the form of food stamps and medicaid? Can anyone explain that to me?

  95. 95.

    Redshirt

    August 10, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    @Ruckus: I ran (run) a ton and had pretty continual foot issues, almost always on my left foot. I “lost” my left second toenail for a decade, for example (ingrown). Then one day, decades after I started running, I finally got properly sized and the guy’s like “wow, your feet are pretty wide”. All that time I was buying regular shoes, but getting them an extra size bigger, average width. I felt like such an idiot.

    Coda: I got my left second toenail back. Yay!

  96. 96.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    @raven:

    [. . .] the food stamps and newer cars are hard not to notice.

    A quite plausible scenario to allay your fears:

    Your family is bumping along paycheck to paycheck. No real savings, but you’re making rent/mortgage, household expenses and the car payment. And you need a reliable car to get to your job.

    Then you get fired. Very soon money is very tight, and you need to go on food stamps. Somebody says maybe you should sell the car, because you can’t afford it, but maybe you wouldn’t net very much after the note is paid, and then you’re still faced with the prospect of trying to buy a cheaper/crappier car. So maybe you keep the newer car that pisses people off and try to keep up with the note while you look for work and live the high life on the incredibly generous food stamp benefits. QED.

    ETA: And who the fuck is following people to the parking lot to match food stamps with type of car driven?

  97. 97.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    @Ruckus: Lot of that stuff seems to change over time, no? I had to go strictly to swimming 15 years ago but I found a Sacouny that worked and I stuck with it.

  98. 98.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    John Cole

    The holder of all that is true and legal, Burnsy, has spoken. All hail the authoritarian lawyer. The only one with all the answers about every law ever written. Maybe the only one with total and absolute patronage to government truth and lawfulness.

  99. 99.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 10, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    @raven: Good.

  100. 100.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    @Steeplejack: They are not fears. Unlike the purists I have a brain that wonders sometimes. I don’t really give a fuck when the robber barons are stealing left and right but I’m not going to kill myself for noticing.

  101. 101.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I should have started with the girl being ok.

  102. 102.

    Southern Beale

    August 10, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    So this story was pretty fucking hilarious.

  103. 103.

    Redshirt

    August 10, 2013 at 9:53 pm

    @raven: Exactly. Wondering is one thing. Passing judgement without knowing the full story is something else. Voting Republican is something else entirely, far worse. Though the two often go hand in hand.

  104. 104.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    @Redshirt:
    My favorite story about fitting someone.
    Fellow came in to see about a bike fit. Set him up and started warming him up. An obvious problem was his seat was way too low. I raised it about an inch which is a lot. Better. As we went through the fitting I kept raising the seat for a total of about 2 inches, which is huge. When we got done with the other small adjustments he told me his knee was no longer getting hot. What? He had a knee replacement and was overloading the bearing surface, with an OEM knee, blood flow cools it but not so much a replacement knee. His knee had been getting so hot it he said it felt like it was on fire.
    Sports equipment needs to be fit to the individual for them to get the best out of the equipment.

  105. 105.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    @Redshirt: My bride works in the WIC program so I hear the horror stories of the nasty fucking people that work IN the program and how they denigrate the clients.

  106. 106.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    @Ruckus: I was watching this home improvement show this morning and they were talking about toilets that are “elevated”. If we ever get to build our addition I’m going for one of them!

  107. 107.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    @Ruckus: I was watching this home improvement show this morning and they were talking about toilets that are “elevated”. If we ever get to build our addition I’m going for one of them!

  108. 108.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    @raven:
    Yes.
    Shoe models can change as much as every six months. As well as the person can change due to injuries or just aging. Some new things are much better, some are just changes for the person looking for the latest, greatest. A good shop will tell you that and show you why you should or don’t need to purchase new. But please understand that people are in business to make money and if they don’t they won’t be there next time you need them.

  109. 109.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    @Ruckus: One of my best friends is in the business and I know what a struggle it is even in a running community like Knoxville. When I ran I went to Phidippides, Jeff Galloway’s place in Atlanta. Now it don’t matter.

    http://www.phidippides.com/

  110. 110.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    August 10, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    The Cicadas are hatching around here, the cats brought in a newly hatched one earlier today (poor things wings weren’t even fully formed, took it outside and let it breath) this evening they have brought in two fully hatched ones that I have rescued and taken outside. It is going to be a long season.

  111. 111.

    SIA

    August 10, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    @Steeplejack: I seem to remember you like Brit mysteries. I’ve been watching a bunch of Poirot and Miss Marple movies on youtube that you can’t get in Amazon or Netflix. One that was quite good was The Blue Geranium.

    And you’re NOT an elderly white shut-in!

  112. 112.

    Redshirt

    August 10, 2013 at 10:13 pm

    @Ruckus: That must be a hard business to keep open. How can you compete against mega-sports stores or even just Wal-Mart?

    I wear shoes forever, so I’m a bad customer.

  113. 113.

    NotMax

    August 10, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    @Steeplejack

    If/when it might be scheduled, catch the The City on the Edge of Forever episode of TOS.

    Don’t get MeTV, so don’t know if they chop bits out or time-shift any of their shows to cram in ads and such.

  114. 114.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    @raven:
    I used to know some other people in Atlanta that did proper fitting but even when you find a shop you have to find one that works for you.
    My experience is that if it works for you, you will know very quickly and most likely the fitter will know before you do. I had a unbelievable running shoe fitter whose store didn’t sell the shoe I needed. And that’s exactly what he told me. I referred many of my customers to him when I didn’t carry the shoes they needed. It’s a wonderful experience to have a customer come back because you helped them instead of yourself to their wallet.

  115. 115.

    Yatsuno

    August 10, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    @Southern Beale: Apparently your version of FYWP decided I was okay again but only after I completely disabled NoScript there.

  116. 116.

    cckids

    August 10, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    ETA: And who the fuck is following people to the parking lot to match food stamps with type of car driven?

    This. I call bullshit. Of course, you could take any of the scenarios described above as to why a person on food stamps might have a BMW. The truth probably is, like the “welfare queens & Cadillacs”, someone made it up to be a hatemongering asshat.

    You know, a Republican.

    At least once a week, Adlai Stevenson’s quote about Repubs runs through my head: “Not all Republicans are stupid, but most stupid people are Republicans”. You could add “hateful assholes” to the stupid part & it would still be true.

  117. 117.

    Mike D.

    August 10, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    JC,

    If you’re lookin’ for something to write about in the next few days, I’d be interested in your thoughts about the topic of this post, and maybe about the discussion in comments, and the experience versus affordability of flying these days.

  118. 118.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    @Ruckus: Cool.

  119. 119.

    Keith G

    August 10, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    Listening to Keith Richard’s Life. I love this book.

  120. 120.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    Supposed to be clear after 2am, maybe I can get a picture of a meteor!

  121. 121.

    kc

    August 10, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    ETA: And who the fuck is following people to the parking lot to match food stamps with type of car driven?

    Jesus, no kidding. Breathing down their necks to see how they pay, then following then to the parking lot … people need to get a fucking life.

  122. 122.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    @Redshirt:
    There are two answers here.
    1. I didn’t but I refuse to blame myself(idiot) for the economy being tanked just after I opened my store.
    2. Service. Most of the big stores either sell crap or have no service. Or both. What they do – We have the shoes you see out front, tell us what you like and your size and we will see if we have that. Or, these are all the shoes we have. And that’s it.

    The real problem is two fold. Many people don’t have enough money for the cost of personal service. And many people have no idea of what personal, professional service is.

  123. 123.

    NotMax

    August 10, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    @SIA

    Cute anecdote about Margaret Rutherford playing Miss Marple.

    Story goes that as she was considered elderly at the time she was doing the first movie, the insurance rates for the production increased much more than anticipated and the producers needed to cut something from the budget to compensate.

    Rutherford suggested they forgo any costuming budget for Miss Marple; she would just bring in outfits from home, as she already owned plenty of age-appropriate attire.

    Supposedly that regimen continued throughout the years of all the other Miss Marple films she did afterwards.

  124. 124.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    @kc: Fuck both of you. I go to a tiny goddam neighborhood grocery, buy my shit and walk out the motherfucking door.

  125. 125.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    @SIA:

    Thanks for the tip! Who’s the detective? From the title I presume Poirot. . . . Which would be wrong. I just looked on IMDB.

    I am ambivalent about Miss Marple. I love the Joan Hickson episodes—she really captures the unflinching wisdom that is at the heart of the character—but the other two (I think there were two) are lightweights, especially the most recent one. Too cute, too perky and too “cozy mystery,” a subgenre that I don’t really like.

    And I like Poirot. I can watch those for the jazzy Art Deco settings, if nothing else. Sometimes the plots are complete bullshit, but they are sturdy period pieces with good acting and fairly amazing production values (for the somewhat limited budget).

    I wish somebody—anybody!—on Balloon Juice would catch on to Montalbano or some of the other European series shown on MHz (and available on DVD). Some really good stuff there.

  126. 126.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 10:31 pm

    @NotMax:

    Jesus Christ, I’ve seen all the original Star Trek episodes. I just don’t think it’s the be-all and end-all of science fiction TV or some gigantic cultural monolith of huge significance (except insofar as trekkers—trekkies?—perpetuate that).

  127. 127.

    Ruckus

    August 10, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    @Steeplejack:
    You like detective movies? How about the A&E Nero Wolf stories on DVD from netflix staring Tim Hutton as Archie?
    I like the books and thought the movies were pretty well written.

  128. 128.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    Look at this enormous fucking parking lot, you can see how you would have to FOLLOW someone. Assholes.

  129. 129.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    Look at this enormous fucking parking lot, you can see how you would have to FOLLOW someone. Assholes.

  130. 130.

    kc

    August 10, 2013 at 10:34 pm

    @raven:

    I didn’t mean you specifically, unless you are one of those people.

  131. 131.

    NotMax

    August 10, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Have mentioned it previously, but here’s a short preview trailer for Wild Boys.

    Full episodes (13 of them) are available at a variety of places online, including, it looks like, YouTube.

    Must be watched in sequence for fullest enjoyment.

  132. 132.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    @raven:

    And apparently notice what cars the food-stamp people are driving. At least that’s what you said. Sorry you got called on your bullshit. Xin loi, mofo. (Did I get that right?)

    And if your wife works in the WIC program you should be even more embarrassed.

  133. 133.

    NotMax

    August 10, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Certainly no slight intended; didn’t mean to suggest that TOS was new to you, just that perhaps a memory jog of a top episode’s title might be helpful.

  134. 134.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    @Ruckus:

    I thought those were pretty well done. And I was a big fan of the books. They started out pretty pulpy in the ’30s, but they got better and more complex as time went on. One of the last ones, in the ’70s (A Family Affair?), was a fairly complex meditation on Watergate and related issues and revealed one of the long-running series characters to be a traitor.

  135. 135.

    raven

    August 10, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    @Steeplejack: Yea shithead, that’s what I said “THE FOODSTAMP PEOPLE”. I got your xin loi right here fucker.

  136. 136.

    SIA

    August 10, 2013 at 10:50 pm

    @NotMax: I loved Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, even though she definitely didn’t match Christie’s description of her. That’s a great story I hadn’t heard before! I wonder if that fabulous cape was her own?

  137. 137.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    @NotMax:

    Didn’t mean to foam at the mouth, but I said I’m not a big fan. And I admitted that is heresy. What more can I say?

    I was a rabid reader of science fiction from about the age of eight or ten. I was in high school, but living overseas, when Star Trek first came on, so I didn’t see it until a bit later. I was just underwhelmed, and I didn’t particularly go for the idea that “OMG, it’s a miracle that it even got on TV at all!” Like that was supposed to excuse the cheesy acting and plywood sets and, all too often, the dumb-ass writing. Despite episodes (like the one you cited) that occasionally rose to the level that Twilight Zone hit much more frequently.

  138. 138.

    SIA

    August 10, 2013 at 10:58 pm

    @Steeplejack: Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple. Joan Hickson was good, very good, but over time I’ve come to see her as a little too cold/harsh for the character, and the cutesy one (can’t think of her name) as too hammy, and Mckenzie as too stolid and placid. Hickson was definitely the best, but after viewing the newer ones again I can appreciate them too. But then I like “cozy mysteries”. :).

  139. 139.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 10, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    @SIA: I liked the reboot of Miss Marple they did a few years back, giving her a backstory of a lover-fiancee killed in WWI, but I didn’t like the later actress they brought in.

  140. 140.

    SIA

    August 10, 2013 at 11:08 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I looked her up. Geraldine McEwan. I just re-watched Murder at the Vicarage which is the one i think you’re talking about. After seeing all of them I think McEwan is the better of the two new Miss Marples, though the writers badly shredded the story lines in several of her roles, like Ordeal by Innocence and The Sittaford Murder. Still, they’re fun!

  141. 141.

    Librarian

    August 10, 2013 at 11:27 pm

    ETA: And who the fuck is following people to the parking lot to match food stamps with type of car driven?

    I wouldn’t put it past James O’Keefe or one of his imitators.

  142. 142.

    Steeplejack

    August 10, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    @SIA:

    Yeah, McKenzie is the “cute” one. I’ll watch them when they’re on, but I seethe a bit in the background. Last one I saw was either The Mirror Crack’d or Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (which was particularly stupid, which probably affected my impression of her). And she doesn’t look old enough to be Miss Marple! She’s like a frumpy forty-something.

    But I’ll keep an eye peeled for The Blue Gardenia. Hope springs eternal, etc.

  143. 143.

    dww44

    August 11, 2013 at 12:43 am

    @JPL: If someone hasn’t already answered this, the link for the IRS and the 1099 Misc form with instructions: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1099msc.pdf

    Note, a copy of the form can be printed but the copied form cannot be filed. You’ve got to call and request the form or go pick one up at your local IRS office, if you’ve one. Annually, as treasurer of an arts non-profit, I file 1099 Misc for our teachers who are “self-employed contractors”. Of course, your contractor has to be willing to supply his Social.

  144. 144.

    Suzanne

    August 11, 2013 at 1:31 am

    I’ll definitely go get professionally fitted. FEH. I was hoping to buy online, as I hate shopping.

    People seem to swear by the Mizunos, but they are kind of expensive…..

  145. 145.

    Manyakitty

    August 11, 2013 at 7:53 am

    @shelly: I’m pretty sure there’s another Breaking Bad marathon today starting at 12:30 eastern.

  146. 146.

    Mary Brown

    August 11, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Feliney assault

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