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This is the 2nd Tornado Watch in the area…

Posted: August 21, 2009 by datechguy in local stuff
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…that we’ve had in the last three months. I’ve lived in Worcester County Massachusetts for my entire life I don’t recall us being in a tornado watch area twice before, let alone twice in a year, but then again maybe I just wasn’t paying attention.

It’s rather harrowing when your teenage son is out driving in the western part of the state with friends when this is going on.

Considering how rare that stuff is around here it’s unlikely that it will develop but it’s a new experience for me.

How do you guys in the midwest put up with it?

Off to Kimball Farm in a bit

Posted: August 21, 2009 by datechguy in fun
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There is a ton to do there from Golf, to bumperboats hot air balloon rides and homemade icecream so blogging will likely be thin the rest of day.

Maybe the Madonna can save me $2000 a year!

Posted: August 16, 2009 by datechguy in catholic, opinion/news
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Blogging will be kinda light today as I will be at St. Anthony di Padua Church in Fitchburg working on today’s Madonna della Cava mass and procession and the party etc afterwords.

The procession with the Band, Banners, et/al will start at 10, followed by mass, free food and music and closing with a Rosary in Italian. We had 300 people last year (I was on a cruse so I missed it) and expect a larger crowd in the 2nd year of the revival of the tradition that ran from the 20’s to the 60’s at the parish.

Not only is this a fine devotion but thanks to Rahm Emanual maybe I can save a few grand in property taxes if I get more involved. Robert Stacy McCain found the story at the American Freedom blog. Barbara there explains:

The Cook County Assessor’s and Cook County Treasurer’s online records indicate Emanuel’s Chicago neighbors pay between $3,500 and $7,000 annually. However, Illinois Review has
been unable to locate any evidence that the former Clinton advisor and investment banker is paying his fair share of Cook County’s notoriously high tax burden.

Why wouldn’t 4228 North Hermitage property owners Rahm Emanuel and wife A my Rule pay property taxes?
One reason may be because Emanuel and Rule declared their 4228 North Hermitage home as the office location for their personal non-profit foundation called the “Rahm Emanuel and Amy Rule Charitable Foundation”. As the non-profit’s headquarters, their home could be exempt from paying property taxes.

So all I need to do is incorporate the society with my house as a headquarters and presto my $2,000+ in property taxes annually will disappear, but as Barbara further explains I’m thinking small…

What a racket! Take all your income and donate it back to yourself via tax exempt orgs where you can spend it on as expenses to operate your car, pay the electric and water bills, etc.

I get the feeling the Madonna might not take kindly to this whole idea so tempting as it is I’m going to have to give it a miss, however the story establishes why so many White House people were tax dodgers. Rahm didn’t want them paying taxes that he wasn’t paying himself.

Shameless Rule 2 Linkage

Posted: August 15, 2009 by datechguy in fun
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I’ve actually been reading The Other McCain for quite a while and have linked to his blog on several occasions but for some reason or another I’ve never bothered to add him to the blogroll.

Thinking about it I really don’t have a good explanation for not adding him except for the idea that if the roll gets too large it just becomes another name on an ignored list.

But my roll isn’t that long and since I’m in a sense “blogwhoring” a bit I shall bow to Rule 2 and add The Other McCain to the blogroll as soon as this post is up.

As for his tipjar, lets wait until the job comes.

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