DISQUS

Yes, I do have a “Money Meeting” with myself every week, just 15-20 minutes, where I go over a marketing & sales report for my business (tracking stats re website, eZine, blogs, video, inquiries, sales, affiliates), and check to make sure nothing wacky is going on w/ my bank & merchant accounts.

Sometimes a well-meaning friend might express sorrow for what we’ve experienced these past few years. It always takes me aback, because I don’t think of us as having an unhappy or particularly difficult life. Frankly, I consider us lucky, because we’ve been given a second chance. It’s amazing how empowering it has been to simply let go of the collective American dream and focus on what it is that will make us really happy. And I know that one day soon, we’ll look at each other and know that all this hard work has been worth it.

We have worked with the IRS to extend the filing deadline for TurboTax customers. You have until midnight tonight, April 19, to file your federal return without penalty. We are also working with individual states. Already, the following states have extended the filing deadline and we expect other states to do so as well: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, KS, MD, ME, MI, MS, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, SC, VA, AR, HI, KY, LA, MN, MT, NE, ND, PA, and WI.

So your contribution is now tax deductible for 2004 if you’re a United States resident, even if the actual money you sent was during this calendar year.

If you go to the earlier post, you’ll find that you can make a donation, through PayPal, for any dollar amount that will go to UNICEF.

So what can we Yanks down here in the USA do to awaken Canada to the folly of their ways? That government has gone tax hungry and ours will follow if it works.
Curious note here in Tucson. I saw advertisements today for digital video recording service from my cable TV provider (”you can record a whole season of shows”). Then the news came on and announced that 14 students at the University of Arizona were being sued for downloading music. What a world.

This is one reason I do mine the old fashioned way ... in Excel! :) My thoughts are that if a site is that aggressive about monetization, they're a lot more likely than, say, the Pajama Professional, to take my personal info and sell it to the highest bidder. When you're doing your taxes ... a lot of personal info is involved. I can obviously trust you with my email address, but can I trust this free tax service with my social security number?? Without knowing for sure, it seems safer to err on the side of caution. Obviously, they make nothing in that case ... so it's an example not to follow. Forrest's last blog post.