another quizzy thing

Want To Know Which Element You Are? Stuck between the sky and the ground, you lack the sudden impulse that Air has but are unable to root yourself down like Earth. Though you have troubles finishing projects, people can depend on you for the most part (even if it means pulling a few all-nighters). On the plus side, you are extremely adaptable and thus can adjust to any situation. Sure, you might not like it, but it doesn't weigh you down. Best Match: Fire, just enough 'oomph' to keep your interest. Worst Match: Spirit, you'll be out the door before they make up their minds. streea wasted a bunch of time making this test.

Wonder where that came from... all my major signs are Air.

Tax Day

I decided late last week that I was simply going to file for an extension, and talk to an accountant sometime after the 15th. Too many things on Schedule C that I'm unsure of, and I do NOT care to get selected for an audit because I made some dumb mistake!

TurboTax, H&R Block online, and the IRS publications themselves are less than clear on what goes in which blank, and which categories contain what data; I THINK I have things in the right places, but I just don't know for sure. I'm also quite certain there are more deductions that I could take, but I'm not sure how to get them or where they go on the forms.

I figure I'll get professional tax help this year, then I should know a lot more about how things work and probably be able to handle it on my own next year. Besides, odds are the accountant will find me some more deductions and I'll get a bigger refund, so he's likely to pay for himself. If not with this year's taxes, his suggestions should help me save more on next year's.

Of course, simply not getting audited because of a screwup is good, too!


I telefiled for the extension- that is a NICE service. Call in, punch in your SS# and DOB, enter some numbers off the extension request form, and get a confirmation number that proves you got an extension. Less than five minutes- 10-15 if you count getting together the few numbers you need (estimated tax owed, and tax paid).

Now, if they could only revamp their instructions so that they were consistently comprehensible...

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From my StarIQ* Planet Forecast for today:

Apr 15, 2002 - Transiting Venus Trine Natal Mars

HIGH LEVELS OF CREATIVITY
You may feel inspired by an enormous surge of creative energy and enthusiasm that will bring out your artistic talents. It's time to attract a dynamic partner who shares your dreams and can help make them come true. Financial assistance and rewards you've been hoping for may finally come your way. Though you're feeling a bit aggressive, tone down your power without turning it off. It may come in handy when you need to stand up and be counted.



*StarIQ's disclaimer:

StarIQ.com is not for entertainment purposes only. We believe that observing your personal cycles can help you see your patterns and thereby make better decisions in your daily life. StarIQ astrology information must be used with common sense. StarIQ is not responsible for how you apply this information.

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From a clipping I found while filing at the office today:

Walter Stacy, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, wrote in 1930: "There are those who feel more deeply over religious matters than they do about secular things. It would be most unbelievable if history did not record the tragic fact that men have gone to war to cut each other's throats because they could not agree as to what was to become of them after their throats were cut." True enough, and a warning to reflect on Einstein's statement: "Science can only ascertain what is, not what should be."

Albert Einstein wrote in another letter to Queen Elizabeth of Belgium in 1932: "One has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly insignificant that intelligence is when confronted with what exists. If such humility could be conveyed to everybody, the world of human activities would be more appealing."