Friday, February 5, 2010
I *only* spent the entire morning (five hours!) today hashing through reams and reams of papers. Yes, boys and girls, it’s that time of year again– TAX TIME! And that reminds me– here’s Uncle Jay to explain Taxes and the Deficit! This is one of my favorites. Yeah, I’m depressed now, too… Since I am “self-employed” (a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 5, 2010
I saw this at Renee’s Coffee Break– hilarious!! And sadly, it’s totally true! As a lobbyist in Washington, DC, I’d just finished up a meeting with a Congressman when I stopped to use the restroom. After washing my hands, I stepped over to the hand dryer and noticed that someone had taped a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 15, 2009
I found this excellent post at a blog called A Moment in History by Jeff Sanders. His posts are all so insightful and relevant, but this one just floored me. I knew things were bad with the state of education in the United States.. but WHOA. Recently I had some conversations with teenagers. Normally it’s a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 12, 2009
The United States has a lot of problems, but hey, at least we have that wonderful thing called the Fourth Amendment. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 18, 2009
Can you see it? HEE HEE! Lame, I know. But cut me some slack– it’s Friday!! Do you know where the term “computer bug” came from? This is from WikiAnswers: The term ‘bug’ was first used by Grace Hopper on September 9th, 1945 when a real bug, a moth, short-circuited an early computer on relay number 70 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 26, 2009
Earlier, I ranted about the FTC Bill (coming up for passage this summer). I posted this on my other blog, but I wanted to write a little about it again here, too. Firstly, the 86-page bill is here (it’s a pdf file). The bill makes a big deal about the reliability and needed oversight of “new [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
After all, HE was going to ELIMINATE the IRS, people!!!!!!!! Yes, in case you haven’t noticed…. we FINALLY finished filing our income taxes! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *seething hatred* see more Lolcats and funny pictures This was our first year of my “self employment” as a writer. Wow. My measly income comes with a 17% income tax. UNBELIEVABLE. YOU STUPID IRS JERKS!!! You [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against [...]
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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