Insomniac

[Black Bart]

What an existence -- this trade! No sane people need apply.

Work all day, quit at five, eat supper, go to sleep at nine o'clock in front of the TV, wake up at 2 A.M., click the keys 'til five, back to bed, up again at eight, then off to the office to man my oar ("row well and live, Forty-One"--I think the Roman told Ben-Hur).

Next day -- do it again.

[jainen]

From here on down

"From here on down it's uphill all the way" -- I think Pogo said that.

[Black Bart]

Something for everybody

Came across this item while Googling L & M to try and find that restaurant (no luck). And I thought my search was a long shot.

"On the Existence of Aspirated L and M in Urdu Language."

"There are fifteen apirated sounds in Urdu. The existence of aspirated versions of L and M in Urdu language is considered controversial. This paper aims to explore the matter."

Talk about a narrowly-focused audience -- you gotta wish the guy "good luck" on this one. If he finds a reader, he should play the lottery.

[Black Bart]

Hey,

I didn't see you there. I was lost in composition.

Now that you're here, lemme ask you something. Look at my "Fellows" post under the AMT thread about the right-wing Democrats. I'm dyin' of curiousity. What do you mean by that? Were you kidding, semi-serious, or what?

Thanks. And thanks for your political support (I won't tell anybody you're speakin' to a Republican on the sly).

[Black Bart]

Alice in Wonderland (AKA - Through the Looking Glass)

"From here on down it's uphill all the way" -- I think Pogo said that.

"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else -- if you ran very fast for a long time as we've been doing."

"A slow sort of country," said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that."

[jainen]

before breakfast

>>here in Santa Cruz even the Democrats are considered too fanatically right-wing for most people<<

It's not like we are communists or something. Well, okay, we are, but that's not the issue. You know, this county sued the state of California to stop them from putting up a freeway barrier so people wouldn't run into each other on the mountain road. We actually argued in court that killing people was a good way to reduce their reliance on the internal combustion engine.

"Alice laughed. `There's no use trying,' she said: `one CAN'T believe impossible things.'

`I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. `When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day.Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things
before breakfast."

[veritas]

"Where are we going?" -- McCoy
"Where they went." -- Kirk
"What if they went nowhere?" -- McCoy
"Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all." -- Kirk

Star Trek II

[Matt Sova]

Slow time

I swear, the next person that asks me if I am glad things are a lot slower now that tax season is over, I am going to punch them in the nose!!

Matt

[Black Bart]

Pretty good, pretty good.

"Where are we going?" -- McCoy
"Where they went." -- Kirk
"What if they went nowhere?" -- McCoy
"Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all." -- Kirk

Star Trek II

I liked this:

Kirk (explaining Spock's pointed ears to a stranger) -- "Him? Oh, he was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley in the sixties -- did a little too much LSD!"

Veritas/ jainen: Do either of you happen to use an "engagement letter" (I'm attempting to do one "impossible thing" -- composing a brief opus before breakfast this morning)? If you do, are yours long/short? These were covered in depth here a few weeks ago, so I've got examples but I wonder if the inherent difficulty of reading the "wordy (2-page) works," doesn't defeat their purpose. What do you think?

[Black Bart]

Well, nobody's

I swear, the next person that asks me if I am glad things are a lot slower now that tax season is over, I am going to punch them in the nose!!

Matt

making you read the stuff. You can always go back to writing about Urdu.

[Jiggers]

Engagement Letters

For tax return preparation I use a one-page engagement letter.

There are 5 parts or issues covered:

1. I will prepare the return from information that you furnish. The taxpayer is responsible for the accuracy of the information that I use, including T & E expenses.

2. I do not verify or audit the information for accuracy. If I have to classify & organize the information, it will be based on the description on the deposit slips and checks.

3. This return is for government use and taxpayer's personal use only. Don't give it to anyone else, including banks and creditors.

4. This information is confidential.

5. My fee for this service will be based on my standard fee at the time that the service is perfomed. I also charge extra for organizing and/or totaling client information. There is an additional fee if representation during an audit is required. Payment is due upon presentation of an invoice.


For audits and other work, I have a two-page engagement letter.

[jainen]

my engagement letter

I keep my engagement letter to one page with five points.

I do not verify information.

I might not discover irregularities or illegal actions. I do not provide legal advice, risk analysis, or financial planning.

Audits are a normal part of the tax system, and I make no promises of specific results if audited.

My fees.

Client promises to give me necessary information, maintain adequate records, and examine the return before filing.

[j2kp0t]

LatterDaySaints

I liked this:

Kirk (explaining Spock's pointed ears to a stranger) -- "Him? Oh, he was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley in the sixties -- did a little too much LSD!"

Actually, Kirk said it was "LDS."

[veritas]

I swear, the next person that asks me if I am glad things are a lot slower now that tax season is over, I am going to punch them in the nose!!

Matt

Matt you are right (of course). I have posted comments on this subject earlier. What do ppl think we do all year? I ususally tell them I have a full time job and then tax time comes and I have two full time jobs. Usually get a blank look. So my conclusion is they are asking a question like "think it's going to rain?" or "how ya doing?".

I

[veritas]

I liked this:

Kirk (explaining Spock's pointed ears to a stranger) -- "Him? Oh, he was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley in the sixties -- did a little too much LSD!"

Veritas/ jainen: Do either of you happen to use an "engagement letter" (I'm attempting to do one "impossible thing" -- composing a brief opus before breakfast this morning)? If you do, are

yours long/short? These were covered in depth here a few weeks ago, so I've got examples but I wonder if the inherent difficulty of reading the "wordy (2-page) works," doesn't defeat their purpose. What do you think?

I use a similar engagement as janien. It is part of our organizer with a signature line on the page.


BB Here's anothe one I think you will especially like;

"Nobody understands you in this century unless you swear every other word. You'll find it in all the literature of the era: Jackelyn Susann, the novels of Harrold Robbins." -- Kirk
"Ah, the giants." -- Spock (Star Trek IV)