I’m full-time regular professional staff, not a student. It is the same category as wages, but paid out in different intervals (semester not -biweekly). It has nothing to do with my deductions, it’s the rate based on the amount. So goddess is exactly right, over a certain amount is taxed at a different rate than…

Red Lobster cheesy biscuits and we have a deal.

I felt truly inspired by this gif. The simple elegance of it. 

I get paid my teaching stipend at the end of every semester. It is a lump sum, of which almost HALF is deducted for taxes. I don’t pay half my gross pay in taxes in any other week, so if they aren’t taxing at a different rate for the lump sum, what’s happening here?

They need to offer to mow the lawn, paint the kitchen, repair the roof, you know, in lieu of cash until they get paid again. It was very clear in the “we don’t care if you pay your bills or not” guidelines. 

Loved the ending, though. I wonder how they select who they talk to on camera...random or not? 

Is it possible he’s funnier too? Because I loved Seinfeld for the characters, but those little stand-up bits at the beginning/end of each episode? Not funny and even cringeworthy. IMO. 

I’m not completely invisible *yet* at 45, but I can feel myself caring less knowing that soon I will be. It has been liberating because I find myself more beautiful, as others with superficial regard find me less. This is the age when knowing your worth and understanding what lies beneath is more important, whatever…

Sounds about trump. 

You know, that crazy plan would work! I mean the part about convincing trump that would work. 

They’re trying to decide if they are the thunder or the lightning. Sometimes you just don’t know. 

This is the only correct response. 

You’d think they’d make a big deal out of airing a competitive piece for non-trump supporters. That’s where the money is. 

Yeah, once they analyze what he says, he’ll turn on them faster than you can type “Twitter.”

The comments section on the Bernie Sanders article tell us that Bernie fanaticism is as fervent as trump supporters. If anything that article helps Bernie, when they should have done a tongue-in-cheek “yes, Bernie, please run! only you can save us!” type story. Once you tell voters to vote for someone, they won’t. 

That dojo enrollment just quintupled. I wish it was near me, I’d sign up. 

Mallets with bump stocks all around! 

I’m guessing different locations have different set-ups. Mine was in a booth-like desk, about 8 years ago, in NJ. Still and all, as you say, it’s fill in the dot (except the essay portion) so you’d need mad vision to align questions to bubbles! 

Impossible. These are electronic tests given in booths. The whole looking over your neighbor’s shoulder is not even possible. 

My best friend studies Jackson and even in his time, he only benefitted from no Internet.