8 was draw Tauriel as a Christmas Elf and 20 was Miriel (and or Indis) putting a star atop the tree.
Hope you don’t mind the additional Thranduil and Feanor in either piece respectively. I keep accidentally factoring other characters into these single character scenarios in my head.
Today I got called by someone claiming to be the IRS. They left three
identical
automated voicemail messages before I woke up, telling me that I needed to call them immediately and that it was urgent.
Upon calling them at the number they gave, I was told that due to some mistakes with my taxes there was a WARRANT FOR MY ARREST, and that if the matter was not solved DURING THAT PHONE CALL, police officers would come ARREST ME AT MY HOUSE in 30-35 minutes.
They used a bunch of scare tactics and sounded fairly convincing.
I told them I was going to verify with the police, hung up, and called the local police. Before I got out more than “Someone called me claiming to be the IRS–” the police officer said “Oh that’s a scam. The IRS will never call you on the phone.”
After talking to a handful of people about this today and looking it up on
The IRS will never call you on the phone about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill.
The IRS will never
ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.
The IRS will never
threaten to bring any law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.
The IRS will never
use email, texts or any social media to discuss your personal tax issue involving bills or refunds.
If the IRS has a problem with your taxes, you will be given months to handle to situation. The government does not call you and require immediate action. If someone is calling you requiring you to respond instantly, they are not the government. It’s a scam.
This one might be obvious but just in case: NEVER give out your Social Security Number over the phone, or in any other context unless it is absolutely vital.
These scam artists try to scare you into making fast choices based in panic and fear. If someone contacting you is trying to scare you into giving them money, they are not the government.
If you know anyone who has anxiety, English isn’t their first language, or who has reasons to be extra afraid of the threat of police, or any other reasons for this type of scam to be especially stressful or effective, please make sure you give them this information. Tell your friends, your siblings, your coworkers, your parents, your grandparents. Please spread this information.
Guide to Figuring out the Age of an Undated World Map.
No but take the time to actually read it because I lost like 15 minutes.
I have a friend who is really good at this type of thing. He once found an old globe at a garage sale and he was able to pin the date of it’s making down to like a 6 month window, because it only would’ve been correct during a specific point in WWII.
I was mad impressed, because I have no mind for geography. I can barely remember my own state’s capitol.
THIS IS GOLD 😂😂😂
This is amazing. Take the time to actually read it.
Holy shit the super specific things towards the end
Oh wow!
I didn’t know anything about the giant lake in California being created by accident?!
It hasn’t been talked about much (mostly because Orome hasn’t shown up recently), but it’s kind of an open secret among people in those social circles that Orome and Vana are married, but not really together. It may or may not play into the story more at some point, we’ll see how it goes
Gothmog is, and Melkor and Thuringwethil used to be. Gothmog picked his habit up in the army, Melkor picked his up being a rebellious teen, and Thil picked it up from being in a bar 24/7 through college. Melkor and Thuringwethil will do it if they’re stressed, and Melkor still likes to smoke cigars sometimes, but for the most part, they quit (Melkor more recently than Thil; Mairon doesn’t like the smell, although he’s been known to smoke a couple cigarettes when he’s drunk).
As for vices…they all drink (though usually only Gothmog and Melkor do it to excess), they used to have an executive board poker club (until they found out what a damn hustler Mairon is) so you could say they’re gamblers, but really, for the most part, they’re fairly tame as far as traditional vices. But that’s not counting, you know, plotting to destroy your business rivals, stealing from other companies, writing attack-y articles anonymously in the local paper, etc etc…
I talked about guilty pleasures here once, but I’d like to add that Mairon and Thuringwethil love to watch trash TV, Gothmog knows the words to basically every Disney song, and Melkor likes to obsessively stalk his foes on social media and make nasty comments about them. You know, the regular stuff.
trash blog 