What a day for my oldest.
A good sized income tax bill.
Slashed tires and a cracked windshield (uncovered by insurance)
And his first excise tax bill
Welcome to adulthood!
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Random CPAC photo of the Day: Thank you very much
Posted: March 2, 2010 by datechguy in personalTags: cpac
All I will say about this photo is that these two ladies treated me much better than I think I deserve and I owe both of them a debt of gratitude.
I will never give up hope for my country as long as I know there are people like this still in it who care.
Update: That’s a boring thank you, let’s spice it up a bit:
Every time I plan to finally get started on the Taxes something comes up, so today I am determined. Before the day is out My Son’s taxes will at least be finished and I will work on the initial hit on my own.
Of course this year I’m likely going to owe for the first time ever so that might have something to do with it.
Although I am a “tech guy” I absolutely refuse to do my taxes online or via a program. I much rather have paper and pencil. It’s a lot harder to copy and paste sheets of paper than a data file.
One other oddity I have at taxtime is letting them sit. Once I finish my taxes and double check them I always let them sit for a week. You’d be surprised how many thing pop into your head after the fact. Giving your brain that week of rest really makes a difference.
All Pancakes are local…
Posted: February 28, 2010 by datechguy in catholic, local stuff, personalTags: fitchburg, food, life is good, religion, short interviews
Now that things are sort of back to normal it’s back to the end of the month church breakfasts. We have them the last weekend of each month. You might remember this church from Robert Stacy’s articles at the American Spectator:
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- 8 a.m. doesn’t pack them in
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- My portable Griddle
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- Not a bad Spread
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- 10:30 drew a big crowd
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- We never forget why we are here
That was a lot of people over two masses but that wouldn’t happen without the people who do the heavy lifting at the 8 a.m mass…
They put up with people like me…
And at the 10:30 mass.
One of the great things about something like this is how it is an equalizer. At a coffee in like this there are no rich or poor, or old or young parishioners, there are just all the people in the same church who are part of a single community. In a time when people don’t even know their next door neighbors this is something that we could use more of.
If you don’t have something like this at your parish consider starting one.
Update: One small clarification, there was also food served after Saturday’s 4 p.m. mass including soups and meats.
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