There's a lot of misinformation out there about how the tax system here in the US works. I'm a corporate tax accountant, and it makes my head explode to hear some of this, so I thought I'd post an example. In particular, this example shows the effect of the hotly debated tax increase proposed by Barack Obama on income over $250,000 ( Read more... )

This is very interesting. A lot of people are freaking out about Obama's recent comment to "Joe the Plumber" about "spreading the wealth around". They're saying that he's a socialist, and he wants to do away with capitalism and make the country socialist. For whatever reason, a lot of people in this country are really seriously afraid of anything ( Read more... )

All of my hope for the future of this little boy is resting on Barak Obama's shoulders. I hope he can bear the weight of that.


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I want to kill someone today. I've had like 6 hours of sleep or less every night for the last like two weeks, my child is alternately mashing bananas between his hands and rubbing them on things and throwing waffles, and I came downstairs to my house covered in MUD. Now I have to mop my whole house, before going to walk around our city's annual ( Read more... )

I finally got a new haircut! I haven't cut my hair in over two years, and it was NOT pretty. I'm really happy now!


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My neighbor got shot last night. Isn't that fun? Or terrifying, take your pick.

A copy and paste:

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Buffalo man is in critical condition following a late night shooting near the University Heights neighborhood ( Read more... )

My child is a demon, there is no other explanation. He wouldn't go to sleep until well after midnight last night, which was mostly okay with me because I figured he would sleep in. Ha, NO. He woke up screaming at like 4:30 am, so I brought him to bed with me, and then tossed and turned and whined and kicked me for hours until I had enough and got ( Read more... )

So I've had my little business making baby carriers for almost a year now. I've been on a bit of a break since switching jobs in December, and then tax season hitting. So far, I haven't been wildly successful. But, that is at least in part because I haven't really promoted it. I'm so strapped for time, that I know I can't fill a lot of orders, and ( Read more... )

Operation Dishwasher has been deemed a success. Mission accomplished. Just need to actually anchor it to the counter and do something about the extra little open space next to it now where the cupboard was removed. But for the moment, it works, and that's the important part. We wound up needing to replace the entire sink drain, as well as some pipe ( Read more... )

So, I was poking around the Kiva website today. For those who don't know, Kiva is a site where entrepreneurs in developing countries can apply for small loans for their businesses, usually around $1,000 or less. Then anyone can go to the website and decide to loan any amount of money to any of the many entrepreneurs listed. If you can't loan enough ( Read more... )