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February 25th, 2010, 03:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/thumb160x_ackbar.jpgFor the first time, I took my taxes to a paid preparer. First thing tomorrow morning I meet with them to approve the documents. The anxiety I feel is absolutely the same as my parents getting my report card.
Ordinarily I do my own taxes but because I'm filing in three different states for 2009, and two of them aren't real clear about how I apportion personal business income (and f—- if California thinks it's getting more than its cut of what I earned in January and February, which was peanuts), I figured I'd let a pro handle it. So far I've spent - I think - $300 to save $500, so I'm ahead. But then, I haven't seen my final state tax bill yet.
Anyway, it's one for you, nineteen for me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman) in Kotaku Off-Topic. Feel free to rant about the Taxman, the following subjects, or any other that come to mind.
Ole Miss is holding a binding student committee vote to replace their Confederate colonel mascot. The leading candidate is said to be another rebel commander: (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=57877) Admiral Ackbar.
Ding dong, the Hummer's gone. A deal to sell off the mega-SUV brand to the Chinese fell apart (http://jalopnik.com/5479428/gm-kills-hummer-officially?skyline=true&s=i) and now it will be shut down altogether - a fate as ignominious as Oldsmobile's. Good riddance.
Conan O'Brien joins Twitter. (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/02/conan-obriens-first-tweet.html) It's a verified account, ladies and gentlemen, and in two hours it more than doubled the followers for Jay Leno's feed. Unless a lawyer's reviewing each Tweet, I predict a messy head-on smackup involving impulsive instapublishing and nondisparagement severance clause.
Some guy gets a tattoo of Ashton Kutcher's face on his arm. (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/02/22/an-ashton-kutcher-tattoo-is-todays-creepy-daily-twitpic/) Nuff said.
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Ordinarily I do my own taxes but because I'm filing in three different states for 2009, and two of them aren't real clear about how I apportion personal business income (and f—- if California thinks it's getting more than its cut of what I earned in January and February, which was peanuts), I figured I'd let a pro handle it. So far I've spent - I think - $300 to save $500, so I'm ahead. But then, I haven't seen my final state tax bill yet.
Anyway, it's one for you, nineteen for me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxman) in Kotaku Off-Topic. Feel free to rant about the Taxman, the following subjects, or any other that come to mind.
Ole Miss is holding a binding student committee vote to replace their Confederate colonel mascot. The leading candidate is said to be another rebel commander: (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=57877) Admiral Ackbar.
Ding dong, the Hummer's gone. A deal to sell off the mega-SUV brand to the Chinese fell apart (http://jalopnik.com/5479428/gm-kills-hummer-officially?skyline=true&s=i) and now it will be shut down altogether - a fate as ignominious as Oldsmobile's. Good riddance.
Conan O'Brien joins Twitter. (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/02/conan-obriens-first-tweet.html) It's a verified account, ladies and gentlemen, and in two hours it more than doubled the followers for Jay Leno's feed. Unless a lawyer's reviewing each Tweet, I predict a messy head-on smackup involving impulsive instapublishing and nondisparagement severance clause.
Some guy gets a tattoo of Ashton Kutcher's face on his arm. (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/02/22/an-ashton-kutcher-tattoo-is-todays-creepy-daily-twitpic/) Nuff said.
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