Done yesterday (20110417 Su)

[mdlbear]

0417 Su
  * up 7:50; W=195.6; drugs, nose, teeth, dishes, coffee, light, laundry
  : It occurred to me last night that I now have nearly $300 worth of UPSs in
    the server closet.  So one of those frighteningly-expensive rackmount jobs
    would have been cheaper after all.  That way madness lies.
  * 15min: tax: dividends entered
  @ Crochet Spot » How to Make Plarn (Plastic Yarn) via Crochet Spot » Helping the Homeless and Saving the Environment by
    Crocheting, via allisona Way cool!
  * 15min: tax: 1099R's entered.  Income finished.  Didn't roll Colleen's IRA
    over; that was stupid.  Fortunately it was small.
  @ Hey Kids, What Time Is It? (how can Twitter make money, and does it
    matter?) 
  @ Costco to Sell Home Solar Panel Kits : TreeHugger
  @ Ahem! Are You Talking to Me? (Or Texting?) - NYTimes.com via firecat
    " But all is not vanity. For anybody with children, a job or a significant
      other, the expectation these days is that certain special people,
      usually beginning with our bosses, can reach us at any minute of any
      day. Every once in a while something truly important tumbles into our
      in-box that requires immediate attention.
    "
  * tax: mortgage interest, real estate and vehicle taxes entered.
  @ Save Google Video before it goes dark! - Boing Boing 
  * tax: Norwescon air and hotel to hx.trav (travel for concerts)
  * tax: deductions done
  * tax: did I remember to put down sales tax? -> no.  Good catch.
  * tax:  all done but printing and filing
  * tax: DONE.  The 2009 state return, from which I needed the AGI for
    eFiling, was only accessible because I'd printed to .ps files.  So I'll be
    doing that again, thank you.
  * st/roll around the Rose Garden.  A lovely day.
  = Cash & Carry has 3/4lb beef jerky, and is an easy walk from the house
  * tax:  printed to PDF; backup (Mac disk img, unfortunately) made.
  x tax:  oops.  CD Baby, PayPal info, non-Amex credit cards not downloaded.
    I don't think they'd change the picture significantly.
  * tax:  copied to nova, checked in to git, printed
  * download Linux Audio Musicians : Annual Mix (2008-2010)
  * dinner: chili (home made; maybe a little too much) and rice.
    x I may decide to freeze the leftovers.
  @ Get rid of clutter, lose weight, improve relationships: Surprising
    lessons from car manufacturing | 17000 Days JIT living.  Hmm.
  * fixed group membership on Nova so steve is in all the standard groups,
    plus adm.  Transfered contents of Ash's external HD prior to reformat.
  * bath 10:30ish; bed 11ish

A big day, finishing the taxes. It goes pretty smoothly after all the data-gathering is done. Somewhere toward the end of it I went for a nice st/roll with Colleen around the Rose Garden. A pretty good day altogether. And Cash & Carry across the street has 3/4lb bags of beef jerkey, the component of lunch-at-my-desk that I can't get at Trader Joe's.

I made a pretty good chili for dinner.

Among the links, you'll find Ahem! Are You Talking to Me? (Or Texting?) at NYTimes.com. Although coming down mostly on the side of those who consider taking a phone call in the middle of a conversation a serious social offense and bemoaning the end of 20^th Century polite society, it does give a nod to the other side:

But all is not vanity. For anybody with children, a job or a significant other, the expectation these days is that certain special people, usually beginning with our bosses, can reach us at any minute of any day. Every once in a while something truly important tumbles into our in-box that requires immediate attention.

As somebody with all three of the above, I'm glad I have my phone. If somebody calls me on it, I'll at least do them the courtesy of finding out who they are before deciding whether to send them to voice mail.