Tax Day

Happy Tax Day. That's kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? How can anyone be happy about the day on which you might have to write a check to Uncle Sam to pay taxes? Not me. On February 10, a several tornadoes passed through the area. Because Oklahoma County was declared a disaster area, anyone whose accounting records are stored in the county gets until May 11 to file taxes. So, my accountant is waiting until then to finish our personal taxes. Guess I can hang onto my money for a few more days.

Words like "oxymoron" are hilarious to me. Where does that come from anyway? Oxy is a prefix for oxygen. Oxysulfide is a compound of oxygen and sulfur. So you'd think oxymoron would be a compound of oxygen and an idiot... er, moron. Not so. Oxymoron is figure of speech where two opposites are used together in a nonsensical manner. Like, the silence is deafening. huh?

Opossum cracks me up. Most of us around here say "possum" and the "o" is silent. I watched one of those nature shows a while back and they were doing something about nocturnal critters. The guy on there had a British accent. Which is another thing that I think is hilarious. Are most of the knowledgable animal guys from Britain or Australia? Anyway, the guy called them "opossums". Maybe being from Britain he thought the possums were Irish. hmmm.

Got an estimate from the insurance company for the white Mazda. About $2500 in damage. Very odd that Deb's CX9 had about $6000 in damage and both cars were damaged by the same hail storm. Deb's car is bigger so more hail stones hit it? Go figger.

Anyone participate in one of the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Parties protests that happened around the country? There was one in OKC today during lunch. I planned to attend and ended up being on the phone with a couple of clients during lunch instead. Dangit. Apparently there were about 5000 people there.

TEA Party photos from around the country

People at some of those gatherings dressed up with teabags hanging from hats and stuff. Some dressed up in colonial garb or Native Americans. Kinda funny. Hope it gets the attention of those in DC who need a wakeup call.

Anyway, have a good day and hope you are getting a refund.