Taxes

I'm working on my Canadian taxes (I have an automatic extension on my US taxes, so I'll do them second).

I was amused by this sarcastic art commentary (NYTimes) on tax forms and the idea of "self-employment." Or whatever it's a commentary on. I like the redesign, anyway. And I love the footnote.


This post's theme word: quango, "a semipublic administrative body outside the civil service but with financial support from and senior appointments made by the government," originally from QUasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization.

A. is my hero

We recently had lease negotiations with the landlord. I noticed that he was paying more heed to A.'s comments than to my own... even though we had agreed beforehand on what to say and were reading from the same set of notes. It was apparently subtle; A. did not notice. Nonetheless, in the interests of optimally negotiating, I let A. do most of the talking.

This turned out quite well.

For use of his testicle-granted Man Voice in negotiations with the landlord, A. is hereby awarded a Zinc Star of Honor.


This post's theme word: novation, "the replacing of an obligation, a contract, or a party to an agreement with a new one."