Less to See than on NHL Center Ice® - Page 170

taxwonk · 03-09-2005, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
Not about my personal taxes.

Say you have an auction benefiting a charity/registered non-profit etc., with donated items offered and all proceeds going to the organization. Purchasers can only deduct what they pay above the value of the item, right? But donors (of items) can deduct the value of the item?

Thanks in advance for your help.

tm

Yes. There are little quirks to this, but for general purposes you are basically correct.

Fugee · 03-09-2005, 12:15 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
So, I think overall the boys really stepped it up last night.

I agree. I thought the guys, as a whole, were much better than the women this week. I don't think this is going to be a female dominated competition.

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Mario had fewer licks-that-didn't-quite-work, good intonation and good energy.

He just has that "pop star" vibe to me. That's not entirely a compliment as I don't think a lot of male pop stars are all that strong vocally but he has the energy and seems like a boy band kid of guy.

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Anwar had one lick at the beginning of the song that was so unexpectedly perfect and so perfectly done (on "people walking by," for those of you who were listening closely) that I was completely sold on him right then. Then at the end of his song he showed, once again, that he can really blow. Love him.

Anwar is IT for me in this show. I listened to his song 3 times and found myself wishing he'd sung "Georgia" instead of Nikko. Speaking of Nikko and that song, why doesn't anyone tell these singers that you need as much if not more air when you sing soft than when you sing loud? So many of them are a little flat (or flat sounding -- not off pitch so much as unenergized) when they aren't belting it out.

Who should go: Travis for sure and then Anthony but Anthony could have the Claymates factor working for him, leaving Scott out in the cold.

The Girls: After the guys, this was a let down. I loved Nadia's performance last night. Janay was beyond horrible and definitely should go. Mikaela had a bad performance (sounded like she was swallowing her voice) and could be gone. The only girls I really think should definitely move on are Nadia, the blond country singer whose voice the judges love and Jessica Sierra whose cleavage Simon loved.

bilmore · 03-09-2005, 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
I don't do returns. That's why there are accountants in the world. I make my living from people like Sebby who say "fuck 'em, they'll never find that vintasge Bentley Arnage I took in in trade."

Or, likely, from people like me, who say "It's okay, I'm sure my partner is sending in those withholding checks like he says he is."

Not Bob · 03-09-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Sounds like fun. Just give me a week notice so I can spend a little time on the "Lilith Grrls" and "Acoustic Estrogen" channels before you arrive. Drinks are on me. Seriously.

The funny/pathetic thing is that if those were real Sirius channels, I would listen to them. Instead, I settle for "Folktown" when I need to hear something by the Indigo Girls or Melissa Ferrick.

tmdiva · 03-09-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally posted by Fugee
The Girls: After the guys, this was a let down. I loved Nadia's performance last night. Janay was beyond horrible and definitely should go. Mikaela had a bad performance (sounded like she was swallowing her voice) and could be gone. The only girls I really think should definitely move on are Nadia, the blond country singer whose voice the judges love and Jessica Sierra whose cleavage Simon loved.

I pretty much agree with you. I only voted for Nadia and Carrie (blond country girl), but Jessica Sierra gave a perfectly serviceable performance. Amanda and Lindsey didn't do anything egregiously wrong, and Vonzell had fewer pitchy spots. Mikalah's song was pitched way too low for her (I guess so she could feel secure on the "high" notes at the end), and she never quite reached the bottom notes. Janay was perfectly awful (did she change her eye color?).

tm

spookyfish · 03-09-2005, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
Janay was perfectly awful (did she change her eye color?).

tm

I noticed this, too. I think she went from a cat-like green to a more natural-looking brown. Which is good, because the cat-like look was freaking me out. Now only her singing freaks me out.

ETA: I hope that she is not this year's "John the Crooner".

Shape Shifter · 03-09-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by Fugee

Who should go: Travis for sure and then Anthony but Anthony could have the Claymates factor working for him, leaving Scott out in the cold.

Constantine, Constantine, Constantine. That talentless moron annoys the fuck out of me.

NotFromHere · 03-09-2005, 02:01 PM

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Constantine, Constantine, Constantine. That talentless moron annoys the fuck out of me.

But he's cute. That gets him votes.

spookyfish · 03-09-2005, 02:05 PM

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But he's cute. That gets him votes.

Fortunately, he can't just rely on "cuteness," or being the only "rock dude." Thank God for Bo.

Replaced_Texan · 03-09-2005, 02:07 PM

So a few weeks ago, someone posted a hack in a posting board for Business School applicants to check ahead on the status of their applications. Several hundred antsy business student wannabes checked, and now Harvard says that anyone who checked on the status of the Harvard Business School application will not be accepted. Apparently they have about 119 people whose applications will now be turned down.

There are several other business schools who use the same on-line application system, and Carnigie Mellon has said that they will also deny admittance to anyone who hacked into the system. Duke, MIT, Stanford and Dartmouth haven't announced what they're going to do.

Apparently, the "hack" is something a 7-year-old or, worse, any one of us could do.

03-09-2005, 02:11 PM

AI is real easy this year. There are two guys worth watching, Bo and Anwar. I thought Nikko was decent. Everyone else completely blows (and not in the flattering Randy Jackson way). I am done with them. Goodbye Travis, and probably Federov and a thrid guy whose name I forget. And that fat fuck Scott reminds me of someone but I cant place it.

THe chick's suck. Except for Nadia. I am done with them.

I may need to place a bet to keep this interesting.

And speaking of not interesting, The AMazing Race is really a bore this season for reasons I cannot put my finger on. It should be great, with Rob and Ambah and a couple of vicious gay guys, but it just isnt. ANy reason to keep watching this? I need to make some cuts from my Tivo bc I cannot keep up, what with Fat Actress, the L Word, DOg Whisperer, Daily Show and Letterman (who is now playing on my Tivo- I forgot hwo funny he is). Oh, and Top Model which continutes to be the best reality show and Surivovr.

NotFromHere · 03-09-2005, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
Fortunately, he can't just rely on "cuteness," or being the only "rock dude." Thank God for Bo.

Bo kills. I have gotten to like him a lot more since the start of the show. He is one of the people who improve with time. Some people never get it. But I have been an Anwar fan from the first time I heard him sing. The guys are so much better than the girls this year.
Still, Constantine is hot. They just need to bleach his teeth or something.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 03-09-2005, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Not likely to be a problem for people on this board, unless y'all make money on the side performing weddings for the Church of Satan.

Uh-oh.

I always fancied the idea of getting myself licensed by some religion or other to perform marriages. For some reason I like the idea of collecting random credentials - notary, RE broker, manicurist, High Priestess of the Cyber Temple of Astarte, that sort of thing.

BR(asserting Church of Satan membership is the most effective thing I've found for removing Jehova's Witnesses from my front door, which surprised me)C

NotFromHere · 03-09-2005, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
AI is real easy this year. There are two guys worth watching, Bo and Anwar. I thought Nikko was decent. Everyone else completely blows (and not in the flattering Randy Jackson way). I am done with them. Goodbye Travis, and probably Federov and a thrid guy whose name I forget. And that fat fuck Scott reminds me of someone but I cant place it.

You hate the fat guy because he reminds you of Ralphie May.
They even talk the same.

Hank Chinaski · 03-09-2005, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Fat Actress,

So this is good? She goes to meetings and auditions and they film her?