Based on a few minutes research and limited knowledge on these things, it appears that parking tickets are not tax deductible, no matter how they are incurred, because fines paid to the government cannot be deducted. Even if incurred in the course of unavoidable business situations, the tax code does not want to encourage people to break the law. ( Read more... )

So, I have stuck to my no new books until September or so (barring five or six large loopholes) pledge. The toughest part was a freakishly odd self-published poetry collection at a thrift store for 25 cents. If it weren't for the rules, that would've been automatic. This instant, I got an email from a Buddhist publisher offering me a 35% discount ( Read more... )

Wow. Happy 2010.

Not so much with the blogging as of late. I am, intrinsically, not a blogger. To pour my heart out in fiction doesn't freak me out one bit, but to emote in an online forum such as this is beyond me. I tend to blurt when it strikes my fancy and time seems to have been a bit ahead of me.

*blinks, rubs eyes, looks around*

Maybe that ( Read more... )