Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done…I did lose at pool in an additional day but that was okay…but, it was so damn cold yesterday and the 3 inches of snow on the car when I got up was depressing….but, when I got home from pool, my new radar detector was waiting on my doorstep and I can’t wait to put it in the car…it has been strange not having one and I think I’ve been lucky to not get a ticket in the couple of months I’ve been without one…not much to do today…just more stuff around here and then resumes as always….still going to be cold so the bike ride will have to wait until it gets over 45….more later…
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Taxes, taxes…
Well…after tangling with the IRS again for a measly 500 bucks or so…it just pissed me off when I was reminded about GE and how they have been able to manage their tax liability…and, by manage I mean avoid paying any taxes at all. Over the past three years, on 28 billion dollars in income, GE has paid no taxes…in fact, they have used the code written for them to get over 3 billion dollars in refunds…yep, folks…you and I are paying GE 3 billion dollars out of our taxes to bribe them to stay in the US…not that being here is the reason the company exists…that US markets have gotten it to where it is today…no, it is from their wonderful business savvy…if you can’t recognize it, that last part was all snark…the infrastructure, the education, and the market they depend on is all paid for by us and they use if for free since they don’t pay taxes…talk about free riders and takers….how many people would it take to take the 3 billion dollars they take every year? Parasites all……geez…
April 15th
Well…it was a day yesterday and I got a bunch of stuff done but the surprise of having another 3 inches of snow on the car this morning was not conducive to starting this day on a good note….I did get my taxes done yesterday and the new printer worked like a champ so that was a good thing for 35 bucks….might even buy ink instead of throwing it away since it is set up and I won’t have to do that again…the damn tooth that has been bothering me has flared again and I may have to spend a few hundred to get it fixed…don’t have the money so maybe the whole thing is moot…not much to do today…need to get some stuff done around here and then maybe out to shoot pool since Tom has the week off…more later….
One thing I forgot is the eclipse from last night…got up a little after 2 to see if there was anything to see and the clouds broke just enough for me to see the start and then I stayed up until after 3:30 and got a glimpse of it at full…pretty neat red/gold and totally worth missing some sleep for…but, I think my neighbors here at the plex think I’m weird wandering around outside at 3:30 in the morning….
The deficit drops…
Well…I have been just shaking my head at the hypocrisy of the right for the past few years concerning the federal deficit but one new little tidbit of information that came out this morning highlights how the concern from Ryan, Cantor and their cronies is just so fake and partisan…this morning, the CBO reported that the deficit is going to be under 500 billion dollars for the year…the lowest since 2000, the year that ole GW took office…that means that every year that that idiot was in office, the supposedly terrible deficit was ignored by the repubs and when the dems were in control, they never held the government hostage to try to cut it. So, when you hear anyone on the right bitch about how out of control “Obama’s” spending is, you just have to tell them this little truth…they won’t believe it but you should tell them anyway…maybe their heads will explode and that will be fun to watch….geez…
Okay, that last one was 3,000
Well…I missed it…that last one was 3,000 since I started this thing a few years back and I never thought I’d get that far….I should go on and on about the journey and mark it as a milestone but I really don’t have much more to say right now…I have some errands to run so I think I’ll do that now and maybe come back for another one later to go on about how much work this was….
Not getting farther behind…
Well…I have been trying to find a real topic to write about, but failing that, I just need to write something to make sure I don’t fall even further behind….I did get the taxes done this morning and I am getting money back but that will go straight back to the IRS for last year…oh, well…at least my new printer is working great and I think the bugs are working out of the computer so that is something…and, I am getting to 3,000 of these that I have done so that’s something. I am a little depressed that it is snowing again today and tomorrow is going to be even colder…but, that breaks wed so I guess I can survive until then…okay, need to go look at the dashboard to see if this one is 3K or not….
April 14th
Well…getting farther and farther behind and I do need to get going here…but, I have an excuse for yesterday…met up with the twins downtown for a couple in the early aft and that put me off for the rest of the day…slept okay and with no earplugs again so my ears are thanking me but the sleep was fitful at best….the Wings did win the last game of the season and will start the playoffs with Boston Friday….looking forward to it and I hope they do well….not much to do today…I do have to get the taxes done so I can use the refund to pay last years taxes but that is about it…no bike ride today since it is raining and windy and I think that will be okay…more later…
April 14th
Well…this is getting irritating..just lost the first post and I’m not sure what the heck is going on…the update seems to be quite buggy and Firefox is not running right….and I am just not up to trying to fix it right now…so, I’m going to go drink my second cup of coffee and get ready for the bike ride….more later…
Okay…got the bike ride in and feel somewhat better…did see a cute thing up in the park where I take my last water break….some youngster had made tissue flowers and used them to ask someone to the prom by putting them in the fence of the ball field saying: “prom?” with a heart after it…to be young again….more later…
Update complete…
Well…have just been sitting here trying to reconstruct my bookmarks for Firefox after my son updated the computer today…now have a current version of Windows 7 and Office and my wireless printer is working…have a functioning office again and the computer works quite a bit better…I did lose all of my bookmarks but I can rebuild those over time….it looks like I’ll miss the bike ride today since it is raining now and I don’t think I want to go out after it quits, we’ll see….and, I’m not sure about a political one today, either, since I have to put this place back together….
April 12th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool again so that was okay…other than that, it was just like every other day and that is not saying much…slept okay and didn’t put the earplugs in for the first time in a couple of months so that was a little strange….this one is going to be short since I do need to clean the place up some more before my son gets here to rework the computer…getting it upgraded today to 7 and getting the new printer working….so, the next one is going to be quite a bit later today….