This has not been a very happy tax day, so here's a bit of good news for me.

My very first business plan is finished. I'm sure it needs some polishing, but it is completed. The next step now is to circulate it to a few trusted business professionals for their feedback.

If you ever find yourself as ruler or despot of a country, remember that disenfranchising any portion of a population for silly reasons means your economy isn't running as efficiently as it could be, and you hurt the amount of tax revenue you receive every year.

That right there should be justification enough to provide equal rights for all.

I overheard the following exchange just now while Zack was watching "Clone Wars" on Cartoon Network:

"Here Padme, just hold my lightsaber."

"No, Anakin, I don't want..."

"Just hold it for a little bit."

"No, I don't...wow. It's so...heavy."

"It's yours."

!!!!!

Good thing Zack won't find any hidden messages in that for a good long while!

As is my habit, I went home for lunch today. During lunch, I had History International on, where they were showing a riveting documentary on the circus trains of the late 19th century (no, really! It was pretty interesting!). There was a commercial that came on during the break touting all the many places you can use those Tree Air Fresheners, ( Read more... )

I found this article on the BaconCamp that was recently held in San Francisco. I love bacon and all, but I would have to say you've got a bit of a problem if you're collecting "bacon art" for your walls, sleeping on "bacon" pillows, and eating "bacones" more than once a year.

I do have to admit, though. I really want to try a bacone.

Yesterday I finally made the decision to stop watching Heroes. I was really enthusiastic about the series during the first season, and it seemed like it was building to something really awesome, but then season two began the very gradual roll downhill. The writer's strike made the downward roll much faster, and this season, well, I just think it ( Read more... )

Has there been a much greater incidence of "gunman kills a bunch of people in a public space for no really good reason" type violence recently, or is this a "man bites dog" type of situation? I don't recall witnessing so many of these incidents in previous years, but recently it seems to be happening every few days or so. WTF?

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I don't know why, but I've been in such a Yakov Smirnoff mood at work today. I find I'm thinking and saying the "In Russia" bit more often than is healthy. Just now someone in the support team wanted to put a call on speaker phone. I quipped that in Russia, "speaker phone puts you on", and it didn't make sense, but I said it anyway ( Read more... )

Hey Jen, do you think Zack would totally be the the coolest kid on the block if we got him a Tauntaun sleeping bag?