A real SHIT (Sure Happy Its Thursday) day.
I'm scheduled to help seven clients today. I have to finish three other returns as well. It will be a busy day. Fortunately the couple coming in today who needed eight amendments only have to come in and sign paperwork (and of course pay for their returns). But it will be a long day.
I had given thought to going to trivia afterward but decided that would be a bad idea. I will come home, picking up a meal on the way, sit down on the bed and just relax until Friday morning. I may choose to not even sit at the computer. We will see how it goes.
There are three movies I want to see this weekend, but given that I'm working both Sat and Sun, I'll probably only get to two. Especially since Sunday late afternoon/early evening is reserved for the annual spectacle known as "Wrestlemania".
I am beginning to think that the CHP is serious about this crackdown on texting while driving. I saw them pulling over more people than usual last night during the end of rush hour. I also saw a CHP motorcycle officer drive right by a car with only one person in it in the carpool lane and he kept going. I guess he was focused on looking for people with cell phones in hand.
Banks paid out a $25 billion settlement because of engaging in bad practices involving mortgage lending. They promised to follow the rules from that point forward. Are they? Reports are coming in that they are not. Either they don't mind writing big settlement checks, or they figure they can just get away with anything as long as they keep greasing the wheels in Washington, D.C.
Brian Banks spent years in jail for a crime he didn't commit because a woman lied and claimed he had raped her. A promising college football career never happened as a result. Now he's going to get a chance to make an NFL team. It's awesome that he's getting this opportunity. It is horrific that the woman who lied will suffer no consequence for having done so.
There are "news items" on the web about actress Emma Watson's tattoos. But because there is so much malware out there associated with her name, I will not check out any of those images. Am I a coward or just prudent?
Retailers have access to large databases that track retail employees who have been accused of theft during their retail career. Checking to see if applicants have incidents recorded in this kind of database is becoming standard and it makes it very difficult for someone so accused to find work in that field. Is this fair? In my mind, if someone is fired for theft but not prosecuted, the employer should not be providing data to such a database. When an employer fires an employee, the best practice for handling verification of employment is to give date hired, date employment terminated and nothing else. What happens if someone doesn't get hired for a job because their old employer put them in that database, even though they didn't have enough proof to prosecute? A good labor lawyer might well make a case for economic interference on behalf of that employee. These databases are only appropriate for people who were proven to have stolen and prosecuted. Then again, since convictions are a matter of public record, then you wouldn't need the database, would you?
This Date in History:
On this date in 1581, Francis Drake was knighted for having circumnavigated the world.
On this date in 1660, Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under George I.
On this date in 1814, Napoleon abdicates, for the first time.
On this date in 1818, the U.S. adopts the flag, with 13 red and white stripes, and one star for each state.
On this date in 1841, President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia.
On this date in 1850, Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
On this date in 1964, the Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Hot 100 chart.
On this date in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is assassinated.
On this date in 1968, Apollo 6 is launched.
On this date in 1973, the World Trade Center is officially dedicated.
On this date in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Microsoft.
On this date in 1988, Governor Even Meecham of Arizona is convicted at his impeachment trial and removed from office.
Famous Folk Born This Date:
Dorothea Dix
Isoroku Yamamoto
Tris Speaker (a center fielder who twice in one season made unassisted double-plays)
Arthur Murray (he'd have loved Dancing With the Stars)
John Cameron Swayze (it takes a licking and keeps on ticking)
Muddy Waters
Gil Hodges (should be in the Hall of Fame)
Maya Angelou
Estelle Harris
Clive Davis
Richard Lugar
Anthony Perkins
Bart Giamatti
Jim Fregosi
Craig T. Nelson
1st Lt Michael Blassie (look him up)
Christine Lahti
David E. Kelley
Hugo Weaving
Graham Norton
Robert Downey Jr.
Barry Pepper
David Blaine
Heath Ledger (RIP)
Natasha Lyonne
I had given thought to going to trivia afterward but decided that would be a bad idea. I will come home, picking up a meal on the way, sit down on the bed and just relax until Friday morning. I may choose to not even sit at the computer. We will see how it goes.
There are three movies I want to see this weekend, but given that I'm working both Sat and Sun, I'll probably only get to two. Especially since Sunday late afternoon/early evening is reserved for the annual spectacle known as "Wrestlemania".
I am beginning to think that the CHP is serious about this crackdown on texting while driving. I saw them pulling over more people than usual last night during the end of rush hour. I also saw a CHP motorcycle officer drive right by a car with only one person in it in the carpool lane and he kept going. I guess he was focused on looking for people with cell phones in hand.
Banks paid out a $25 billion settlement because of engaging in bad practices involving mortgage lending. They promised to follow the rules from that point forward. Are they? Reports are coming in that they are not. Either they don't mind writing big settlement checks, or they figure they can just get away with anything as long as they keep greasing the wheels in Washington, D.C.
Brian Banks spent years in jail for a crime he didn't commit because a woman lied and claimed he had raped her. A promising college football career never happened as a result. Now he's going to get a chance to make an NFL team. It's awesome that he's getting this opportunity. It is horrific that the woman who lied will suffer no consequence for having done so.
There are "news items" on the web about actress Emma Watson's tattoos. But because there is so much malware out there associated with her name, I will not check out any of those images. Am I a coward or just prudent?
Retailers have access to large databases that track retail employees who have been accused of theft during their retail career. Checking to see if applicants have incidents recorded in this kind of database is becoming standard and it makes it very difficult for someone so accused to find work in that field. Is this fair? In my mind, if someone is fired for theft but not prosecuted, the employer should not be providing data to such a database. When an employer fires an employee, the best practice for handling verification of employment is to give date hired, date employment terminated and nothing else. What happens if someone doesn't get hired for a job because their old employer put them in that database, even though they didn't have enough proof to prosecute? A good labor lawyer might well make a case for economic interference on behalf of that employee. These databases are only appropriate for people who were proven to have stolen and prosecuted. Then again, since convictions are a matter of public record, then you wouldn't need the database, would you?
This Date in History:
On this date in 1581, Francis Drake was knighted for having circumnavigated the world.
On this date in 1660, Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under George I.
On this date in 1814, Napoleon abdicates, for the first time.
On this date in 1818, the U.S. adopts the flag, with 13 red and white stripes, and one star for each state.
On this date in 1841, President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia.
On this date in 1850, Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
On this date in 1964, the Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Hot 100 chart.
On this date in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is assassinated.
On this date in 1968, Apollo 6 is launched.
On this date in 1973, the World Trade Center is officially dedicated.
On this date in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Microsoft.
On this date in 1988, Governor Even Meecham of Arizona is convicted at his impeachment trial and removed from office.
Famous Folk Born This Date:
Dorothea Dix
Isoroku Yamamoto
Tris Speaker (a center fielder who twice in one season made unassisted double-plays)
Arthur Murray (he'd have loved Dancing With the Stars)
John Cameron Swayze (it takes a licking and keeps on ticking)
Muddy Waters
Gil Hodges (should be in the Hall of Fame)
Maya Angelou
Estelle Harris
Clive Davis
Richard Lugar
Anthony Perkins
Bart Giamatti
Jim Fregosi
Craig T. Nelson
1st Lt Michael Blassie (look him up)
Christine Lahti
David E. Kelley
Hugo Weaving
Graham Norton
Robert Downey Jr.
Barry Pepper
David Blaine
Heath Ledger (RIP)
Natasha Lyonne
posted by me at 7:32 AM
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