Wow…. I'm… surprised…
For decades the people around here have been paying taxes, but the refunds have been slow… some people have been waiting since 1998 or so (as far as I know) for their refunds. Turns out the reason why we're in this fix is that the government broke a law… There's supposed to be a fund to pay those tax refunds that isn't supposed to be touched. However, the government has been raiding that fund and as a result the local government today has to fix what previous administrations have done. It's making headway. The local governor is working on fixing that problem, but the senators have been… resistant. I guess they've been using that money to fund whatever it is they're funding. Which should not be funded with that money in the first place.
This is a real headache to think about. At least tomorrow some people are going to get their refunds. They have to get them as that interest rate on them will keep climbing as long as it isn't paid.
Now if only we could figure out which Senators started this practice so we can see their heads roll…
Comic Talk and General Discussion *
Rant, moan, rave and share - for all your chatter, natter, ETCETERA!
Lonnehart
at 12:59AM, June 6, 2012
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Ozoneocean
at 1:58AM, June 6, 2012
You can here my voice on about 75 or so of the QCs hosted right on the site here Lonne. Does that sound realy femme?
Bravo- on the way home from work, walking in the rain, I went to take a breath of that nice rainsoajed fresh air, only to beathe in the foul stench of all sorts of disgusting car fumey, paint thinner type smells! And they lingered and lingered. It was quite horrible. :(
Lonne, I hope you get a great big tax refund fro that corrupt government!
Bravo- on the way home from work, walking in the rain, I went to take a breath of that nice rainsoajed fresh air, only to beathe in the foul stench of all sorts of disgusting car fumey, paint thinner type smells! And they lingered and lingered. It was quite horrible. :(
Lonne, I hope you get a great big tax refund fro that corrupt government!
Lonnehart
at 3:38AM, June 6, 2012
The corruption has lessened quite a bit, with the rats being exposed and taken out of the government. But I guess reaching into that cookie jar that doesn't belong to them has become a tradition with some of the more resistant senators. Of course this is a boon for us… It's also election year and those senators may be losing their seats for being so resistant. As for me getting a tax refund… well.. not sure if $450 is a large refund. Still… that $200 Android halfsize tablet looks really attractive now…
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Ozoneocean
at 8:39AM, June 6, 2012
What the…? My yearly refund is about that much, and mine is low… You'd think that after all those years of withholding it yours would be at leat 5 grand or something.
I have a whole bunch of pimples! At lest 3! WTF?
Grrrr! I wash my face every day… I'm not dirty and greasy… Noooooo!
At least I don't squeeze and pick them like I used to when I was a spotty teen. That's probably one of the biggest life lessons: don't touch your spots.
I have a whole bunch of pimples! At lest 3! WTF?
Grrrr! I wash my face every day… I'm not dirty and greasy… Noooooo!
At least I don't squeeze and pick them like I used to when I was a spotty teen. That's probably one of the biggest life lessons: don't touch your spots.
Lonnehart
at 8:55AM, June 6, 2012
Some residents have been waiting for theirs since 2008. My refunds are current (got my first one last year… after years of having to pay mine). Our governor has been working hard to make sure what previous governors have done have been turned around. However, the price was high… the government's borrowing capacity is maxed out so they'll be making huge cuts in the budget for next years… something some of the senators aren't happy about.
As for that tablet I'm looking at, it's the Acer A100. I don't like how large tablets are at the moment, but 7" is the right size. And it should be a steal (locally) for $199. Just gotta find a drawing app for it and maybe a stylus that I can use with it. However there is one snag… my sister WILL NOT BE HAPPY… she's a an of the iPad and both she and her husband have one and she'd rather I have one as well…
As for that tablet I'm looking at, it's the Acer A100. I don't like how large tablets are at the moment, but 7" is the right size. And it should be a steal (locally) for $199. Just gotta find a drawing app for it and maybe a stylus that I can use with it. However there is one snag… my sister WILL NOT BE HAPPY… she's a an of the iPad and both she and her husband have one and she'd rather I have one as well…
Ozoneocean
at 10:03AM, June 6, 2012
Yeah, people get fanatic about that ipad thing…
If I were you I'd look at the reviews for those that already come with proper digitiser styluses. The HTC flyer was a 7 incher and came with a real digitizer stylus, but the reviews were mixed… But then that's mainly because most of the reviewer dorks weren't artists.
Anyway, that'd be a good cheaper option since it's been out for a year now and would be cheaper, plus you can install the latest OS on it and there are lots of really good sketch programs out for Android.
I think there are other tablets out with real digitizer styluses, maybe Samsung has some? There's the Galaxy Note phone, but that's only 5 inches…
Don't believe people who say those pogo styluses or any other stylus you get for a non-stylus tablet is just as good as a genuine digitizer pen tablet. They're not. They're just finger replacement tools without real pressure sensitivity and the tablet can't recognise the difference between accidental hand or finger swipes and your stylus.
If I were you I'd look at the reviews for those that already come with proper digitiser styluses. The HTC flyer was a 7 incher and came with a real digitizer stylus, but the reviews were mixed… But then that's mainly because most of the reviewer dorks weren't artists.
Anyway, that'd be a good cheaper option since it's been out for a year now and would be cheaper, plus you can install the latest OS on it and there are lots of really good sketch programs out for Android.
I think there are other tablets out with real digitizer styluses, maybe Samsung has some? There's the Galaxy Note phone, but that's only 5 inches…
Don't believe people who say those pogo styluses or any other stylus you get for a non-stylus tablet is just as good as a genuine digitizer pen tablet. They're not. They're just finger replacement tools without real pressure sensitivity and the tablet can't recognise the difference between accidental hand or finger swipes and your stylus.
lba
at 9:29PM, June 6, 2012
I just started drawing the first new comic I've done in almost two years. I've more or less given up on ever finishing a long story or going back to doing the single panel gag strips I was doing for Last Words. So I'm going with short stories that take me about 10 sentences to write out the basic outline. I haven't been doing a whole lot creative-wise lately so it's kind of nice after spending the last two months not doing anything but mailing out portfolios and making phone calls. It's surprisingly easy too. Just jot down a few quick notes and start drawing.
bravo1102
at 2:46AM, June 7, 2012
Lonnehart wrote:Get married, file jointly and watch your refund at least double. But you gotta itemize. But have kids and your taxes will go up? The wife and I average a $3000 annual refund with all our itemizing. Of course it vanishes into the mortage. $200 pad? I can't even fund a $30 model kit purchase.
Of course this is a boon for us… It's also election year and those senators may be losing their seats for being so resistant. As for me getting a tax refund… well.. not sure if $450 is a large refund.
JustNoPoint
at 6:11AM, June 7, 2012
I just claim 9 dependants on my taxes all year long and use a pay roll calculator to see how much I should hold onto. I keep that money in a 4.01% interest account and pay in what I have to at tax time so I make money by holding onto it, and get an instant return. I round up so I get pretty large returns =D
Ozoneocean
at 9:49PM, June 7, 2012
Yay, it's Friday!!!!!
1 hr and 8 minutes till I go home and start my weekend ^_^
1 hr and 8 minutes till I go home and start my weekend ^_^
Call Me Tom
at 1:28AM, June 8, 2012
Front gear cable on my bike just broke and I don't have enough time to get a new one and fix it before work!
I'm sorry for any offence I cause.
Gunwallace
at 1:58AM, June 8, 2012
We finally have a working kitchen …
… well, sort of.
The one outstadning issue is that whoever made the duct hole for the previous rangehood cut through the wall's cross bracing … and it's a load bearing wall. So there's some work to be done there. But, apart from that, we have a kicthen. It only took 2 and a 1/2 months to do. I'll post pictures if anyone is remotely interested.
… well, sort of.
The one outstadning issue is that whoever made the duct hole for the previous rangehood cut through the wall's cross bracing … and it's a load bearing wall. So there's some work to be done there. But, apart from that, we have a kicthen. It only took 2 and a 1/2 months to do. I'll post pictures if anyone is remotely interested.
David ‘Gunwallace’ Tulloch, www.virtuallycomics.com
Banes
at 9:50PM, June 8, 2012
i would like to see that kitchen!
Makin' headway…slowly, because of my slowness…on a little DD project, here.
It cometh!
has someone been missing around this site?
mi mi mi mi miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
i want my ayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayesinback…(ribs).
i want my ayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayeinback…(ribs).
Makin' headway…slowly, because of my slowness…on a little DD project, here.
It cometh!
has someone been missing around this site?
mi mi mi mi miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
i want my ayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayesinback…(ribs).
i want my ayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayesinbackayeinback…(ribs).
Lonnehart
at 10:31PM, June 8, 2012
wow… for me the definition of a “kitchen” would be a cooler full of food and a canned gas powered stove. Though you wouldn't want to set that kitchen up in a place full of flammable vapors…
It'll be a while ‘til I get that Iconia A100 tablet. I like the size mostly. It’s not bulky like those 10“ tablets, though it does suffer a bit as a result. Now if only I can find a stylus that works with it, though if I find a line drawing program I'll be satisfied with that…
Luckily for me there are no ”rabid" Ipad fans here…. you know.. those who will accuse me of betraying myself, the DD community, and humanity as a whole for buying an Android powered tablet…
It'll be a while ‘til I get that Iconia A100 tablet. I like the size mostly. It’s not bulky like those 10“ tablets, though it does suffer a bit as a result. Now if only I can find a stylus that works with it, though if I find a line drawing program I'll be satisfied with that…
Luckily for me there are no ”rabid" Ipad fans here…. you know.. those who will accuse me of betraying myself, the DD community, and humanity as a whole for buying an Android powered tablet…
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Gunwallace
at 1:15AM, June 9, 2012
Kitchen … those are bottles of bubbly to celebrate the almost finished status. That strange piece of taped cardboard on the wall is the load bearing hole that needs to be fixed. The tiles we laid ourselves, and are heated (but not under the cupboards or pantry).
David ‘Gunwallace’ Tulloch, www.virtuallycomics.com
gullas
at 4:24AM, June 9, 2012
Nice work Gunwallace, that sure is one mighty kitchen over there ^^
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Banes
at 7:17AM, June 9, 2012
whoa, Gun, it looks GREAT! Very sharp!
Congrats and nicely done!
Must be a relief to have your kitchen back
Congrats and nicely done!
Must be a relief to have your kitchen back
Ozoneocean
at 10:58AM, June 9, 2012
That's not a kitchen
It's a work of art!
How stylish and elegant! You simply MUST have some fashionable dinner parties in there, the men in black tie and dinner suites, the women in cocktail dresses.
It's a work of art!
How stylish and elegant! You simply MUST have some fashionable dinner parties in there, the men in black tie and dinner suites, the women in cocktail dresses.
Macattack
at 3:10PM, June 9, 2012
My Week so far:
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about 4-5 weeks ago when my Intro to Java course started, I was told to download the Java Development Kit… I attempted to but the download glitched and not too surprisingly when I went to uninstall it to reinstall it it glitched again. I managed to get my computer to download a copy and start reading my java programs I wrote by altering the path but then I started getting registry errors on any application I had which used java (like most applications seem to).
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So I spent about 5 hours rewriting the registry by hand before I found a program which was highly rated and meant for this issue which said that it would fix it all with a click of a button and all I would have to do is redownload my java internet plug ins and I'd be golden (yay!) and it worked just like it said but when I went to reinstall the java plugins that it said were missing it started complaining about how they were already on my computer and refused to uninstall them so I could reinstall them. Well that was a pain so I figured “Hey! If I reinstall my browsers maybe that will solve the problem!” But then after reinstalling Google Chrome it's now giving me an “Aw Snap!” page for EVERY SINGLE PAGE I LOAD! Including the settings page I would supposedly need to get to to fix this problem.
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So after discussing all day with my more tech savy friends I'm now trying to move all my more pertanent files over to an external harddrive so I can send my laptop back to factory default. Sadly this PROBABLY means I'm going to lose my copy of CS4 which is… painful but my laptop is deteriorating so fast right now that I don't know what else to do O_o
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I would shoot my laptop right now but I can't afford another one
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about 4-5 weeks ago when my Intro to Java course started, I was told to download the Java Development Kit… I attempted to but the download glitched and not too surprisingly when I went to uninstall it to reinstall it it glitched again. I managed to get my computer to download a copy and start reading my java programs I wrote by altering the path but then I started getting registry errors on any application I had which used java (like most applications seem to).
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So I spent about 5 hours rewriting the registry by hand before I found a program which was highly rated and meant for this issue which said that it would fix it all with a click of a button and all I would have to do is redownload my java internet plug ins and I'd be golden (yay!) and it worked just like it said but when I went to reinstall the java plugins that it said were missing it started complaining about how they were already on my computer and refused to uninstall them so I could reinstall them. Well that was a pain so I figured “Hey! If I reinstall my browsers maybe that will solve the problem!” But then after reinstalling Google Chrome it's now giving me an “Aw Snap!” page for EVERY SINGLE PAGE I LOAD! Including the settings page I would supposedly need to get to to fix this problem.
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So after discussing all day with my more tech savy friends I'm now trying to move all my more pertanent files over to an external harddrive so I can send my laptop back to factory default. Sadly this PROBABLY means I'm going to lose my copy of CS4 which is… painful but my laptop is deteriorating so fast right now that I don't know what else to do O_o
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I would shoot my laptop right now but I can't afford another one
lba
at 4:59PM, June 9, 2012
Before you blow your hard drive clean, go back and see if you have a restore point set to a time before you downloaded the Java stuff. If you're running Windows Vista, 7 or any Mac platform your computer should have been automatically creating restore points for you every so often. It'll mean you have to redo anything that you've created in the time since, but you should be able to save copies of those files before you do it anyway and you can sit down with your prof and explain what happened and get them to help you figure out what's going on before you have to go through extreme measures. Any more, a complete hard drive nuking is the absolute last resort that you shouldn't have to go to unless you've completely f**ked the system files.
Macattack
at 9:52PM, June 9, 2012
I'm back. And don't worry. I saved copies of all pertanent files on an external harddrive. The main problem was that the CS4 was lent to me by a friend who had a copy with 20 lisences on it. Unfortunately she's in the middle east right now and personally I'd feel embaressed to ask her for more. I had no idea how far back to go because the corrupted file was the first version of java I ever downloaded and this laptop's over 2 years old. The good news though is that my laptop seems to be running better than ever as I really took the time to make sure I downloaded the support software properly first before getting to the fun stuff. I was also kind of happily surprised to see that google chrome saves your preferences and bookmarks based on account not computer. That saves me hours of reorganizing!
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(Not that I'm ignoring your advice Ibla, believe me this was pretty much a last resort for me… but I started the wipe about an hour after my post so I didn't get to see your response sadly)
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Ah well, here's to doing things better this time!
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(Not that I'm ignoring your advice Ibla, believe me this was pretty much a last resort for me… but I started the wipe about an hour after my post so I didn't get to see your response sadly)
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Ah well, here's to doing things better this time!
Ozoneocean
at 3:39AM, June 10, 2012
Where, oh where did our little Ayesinback go? Oh where, Oh where can she beeee?
Skar
at 10:56AM, June 10, 2012
MLG anybody?
I went yesterday (Saturday) and DAYAMN was absolutely amazing!
I'll see if I can get some pictures later. In addition to the games going on, I also got to try out Heart of the Swarm. Any SCII players? HotS adds a new play style or two, and is pretty fun in its current unbalanced form.
And then the games…OH MAN THE GAMES. I lost my voice from screaming. It's still going on today, but I'm not going - yesterday was insane, and I don't have a ride today to Aneheim, but damn was it worth it!
I went yesterday (Saturday) and DAYAMN was absolutely amazing!
I'll see if I can get some pictures later. In addition to the games going on, I also got to try out Heart of the Swarm. Any SCII players? HotS adds a new play style or two, and is pretty fun in its current unbalanced form.
And then the games…OH MAN THE GAMES. I lost my voice from screaming. It's still going on today, but I'm not going - yesterday was insane, and I don't have a ride today to Aneheim, but damn was it worth it!
Niccea
at 6:26AM, June 11, 2012
We got a kitten. We named him Zio. I'll show pictures after I tell my parents we got him.
Also. We are now voting for the Design the Drunk Duck Award contest. Please check out the link in my sig to see the designs and to vote. We have a good turn out of contestants so far. Let us get just as good turn out on the votes.
And here is a better link:
Also. We are now voting for the Design the Drunk Duck Award contest. Please check out the link in my sig to see the designs and to vote. We have a good turn out of contestants so far. Let us get just as good turn out on the votes.
And here is a better link:
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Call Me Tom
at 12:54PM, June 13, 2012
Some times I wonder if I'm as bad at making comics as I think I am, Then I realize I'm far far worse.
I'm sorry for any offence I cause.
Gunwallace
at 1:54PM, June 13, 2012
Call Me Tom wrote:If it makes you feel better, I've started drawing. It's been 30 years since I last attempted to draw anything (about the time my art teacher told me I couldn't draw). I'll post some of the results as an occassional comic in the coming months. If nothing else it should make others feel good about their own art :-)
Some times I wonder if I'm as bad at making comics as I think I am, Then I realize I'm far far worse.
David ‘Gunwallace’ Tulloch, www.virtuallycomics.com
Banes
at 7:23PM, June 13, 2012
@Call Me Tom -
I hope you don't mean that! You're very good at that thing you do! An underappreciated series, is Todd Sweets! All it needs is…more. More pages. More, I say!
@Gunwallace -
Good for you! But if you become a double threat, you'll have to be destroyed. Sorry!
I feel good today. Things are looking up, sorta.
Gonna enjoy that. :-)
I hope you don't mean that! You're very good at that thing you do! An underappreciated series, is Todd Sweets! All it needs is…more. More pages. More, I say!
@Gunwallace -
Good for you! But if you become a double threat, you'll have to be destroyed. Sorry!
I feel good today. Things are looking up, sorta.
Gonna enjoy that. :-)
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bravo1102
at 10:41PM, June 13, 2012
There are people who are can do anything and just their attempt gains praise and the admiration of many. There are others whose effort and genius is nearly on a par with the Sistine Chapel and not get any notice for one reason or another and everyone surrounding them find themselves on a constant quest to continue ignoring their work.
Then there are time when you can't open your mouth without someone vociferously disagreeing with you regardless of evidence, logic or any reason at all.
Of course none of this may actually be true, but it certainly seems that way at times. And it is that perception that is at fault and not the rest of the world. But it is so much easier to blame the world than to change oneself.
Then there are time when you can't open your mouth without someone vociferously disagreeing with you regardless of evidence, logic or any reason at all.
Of course none of this may actually be true, but it certainly seems that way at times. And it is that perception that is at fault and not the rest of the world. But it is so much easier to blame the world than to change oneself.
Ozoneocean
at 1:36AM, June 14, 2012
Bravo1102 wrote:So very, very true!
But it is so much easier to blame the world than to change oneself.
Most of the problems we have with other people are actually our own issues
- Not just that old chestnut of hating in others what you secretly hate about yourself, but seemingly everyday stuff like:
Person A: “Person B just doesn't show as much interest, return as much affection (etc) as I do. They're so cold and frivolous”
Person B isn't at fault in that case at all, they are who they are, the problem is with Person A and why they have made up those expectations that Person B has failed to live up to.
I don't know if that's the best example, but it does work when you think it through. When you have jealously issues, or anxiety about how others are responding to you and so on, it helps to turn things around. Instead of thinking that others have the problem, realise that it actually comes from you.
I got to thinking that when someone was complaining about being a “nice guy” and how girls take advantage of him, and “freind zone” him etc, and he blamed all women for that.
Logically he's not actually a “nice guy” at all in that case… It's easy to extrapolate from there.
Another instance is where there was a post on Facebook about a article this woman wrote about all men being “Schroedinger's Rapist” when they approach her (a logically misapplied analogy*), because she doesn't know weather they're going to attack her or not and she gives advice to all men about approaching females in a “non-rapey” way…
Obviously the issue was within herself, not an entire gender.
*Schroedinger's Cat IS a cat, the species in NOT in doubt, only its mortality, therefore “Schroedinger's Rapist” IS a rapist; this is why it's misapplied. An attempt to be intellectually pithy utterly fails.
Regardless of the fatuity with the name, the real problem lies in externalising one's own insecurities and neurosis onto the world in general, applying a filter or veil of insanity. This can only affect that individual negatively.
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ParkerFarker
at 4:52AM, June 14, 2012
hey lads. Thought I'd say g'day after 4 years, see how DD's going. Gonna upload this comic I'm drawing for school. Year 12 now, I'm a big boy. It's highly possible none of you remember me. C'EST LA VIE, AMIRITE AMIRITE?!
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