In this episode, Nicole and Michael discuss what they’ve been watching, Netflix password sharing, M&Ms drama, normalizing being normal, keto treats for Valentines day, and tax season.
Season 2 Episode 4 – January 28, 2023: Show Notes
What We’re Watching
- I love you You hate me (Peacock)
- Windfall (Netflix)
- Misha and the wolves (Netflix)
- The Rest of the Story
- Accused (Hulu)
- Will Trent (Hulu)
Netflix Password Sharing
- Mistake? for USA
- In USA a four-digit code will be sent to the account owner’s email with a 15-minute expiration occasionally
- In countries where Netflix does not allow sharing you can pay $2.99 extra per month to allow sharing
M&Ms
- Tucker Carlson complained and complained
- Today Show M&M Comparison
- Tucker Carlson was the only person complaining
- Maya Rudolph
- M&Ms is Mars, Inc. – the yellow M&M is in ads for Snickers
- Orange is anxious to appeal to Gen Z
- Purple – Transgender (Skittle?)
- All female bags of M&Ms
- Super bowl stunt to become more relevant to young people
Normalize Being Normal
- Perfect houses on TikTok and Instagram are not realistic
- #normalizebeingnormal #normalizenormalhomes
- Even the people who are paid to be perfect on social media are not perfect
- Furniture that does not match
- Closets that are not perfect
- Refrigerators and cupboards that are not perfectly stocked
- Marie Kondo – living a more realistic life (shintoism – The overriding belief in Shinto is to promote harmony and purity in all aspects of life. Humans are thought of as being fundamentally good, and evil is caused by evil spirits. The purpose of Shinto, therefore, is to pray and offer to the kami (Shinto spirits present everywhere) to keep away evil spirits.
Valentines Treats
- High key caramel clusters $9.96 per box- better has a nice crunch caramel is soft
- High key caramel bars – nuts? Just okay needs a crunch too smooshy
- The granola nut bakery cinnamon macadamia $14.95 per bag- yum
- Quest cheese crackers – fake cheese
- Almond crackers (everything but the bagel seasoning – Trader Joes or Aldi) (Anthony’s Cheddar Cheese Powder)
- Notty fluffernutter peanut butter cups $14.99 per bag- nope chocolate covered powdered peanut butter
- Edamame beans $12.57 for three bags- salty, peanuty crunchy, very dry
- Beyond Chipz $28.49 for 4 bags (nacho, ranch, sour cream onion and salt)- crunchy, mealy, seedy, salty
- Lilys sour gummies $29.60 for 12 bags- good chewiness, slightly sour less than sour patch kids
- Effin good cookies $13.49 for 3 bags- chewy molasses flavor
- Better than HighKey Cookies
Taxes – April 18, 2023
- Free tax usa vs Turbotax
- Turbotax is free if you make under $34,000 per year
- I went through our taxes on TurboTax and then re-entered everything on Free Tax and got the same results.
- TurboTax costs
- $89 for federal and $54 for state (personal and business – state and federal efile)
- Free Tax costs
- IRS website free for AGI less than $73,000 (federal)
- AGI more than $73,000 – free, but you do need to know how to fill out the forms
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