Old email address
Back in the day, my introduction to the online world was through Prodigy and later Compuserve. By the time I discovered the web through a provider who did not limit you to their content, Hotmail was around and I of course created a Hotmail account. I still have and use it. The name on that account is apparently very popular, as others have attempted to make every similar names over the years. The result is that I often get email that was intended for someone with a slight variant on that name. It's all about the strategic placement of an underscore in the hyphenated handle.
So I checked that account this morning (I'm using it of late to monitor a few discussions I'm involved in on the tax forum on Craigslist) and found an email trying to let someone know that his 2006 Honda needed maintenance. His first name was Phuc.
Worst April Fool's email joke I've ever seen.
I'm feeling pretty good this morning but am worried about the amount of hours I'm scheduled to work the last few days of the tax season. Fortunately, once it's April 16th, my schedule is almost completely empty until May 1. I also got my first good night's sleep in awhile last night. Not sure why. Just going with it.
I miss the bracket system my old boss used to run. His system allowed you to be involved all the way. After the rounds of 64 and 32, you filled out a new bracket for the rounds of 16 and 8. Then you fill out one last bracket for the Final Four and the Championship game. There were multiple prizes available. With the usual bracket system, once one of your Final Four teams is out, your chances of doing well suck.
There are people questioning whether or not Kevin Ware's injury video should have been shown. They are wrong. It is graphic, but it's legitimate news.
Joan Rivers, who has personally paid for the retirement home of at least one plastic surgeon, has no room to be critical of any other woman's appearance in terms of physicality. Bashing their fashions on her TV show, sure. Calling Adele fat, no. If Joan's face gets lifted any tighter, it might snap back and break the plastic surgeon's hands.
Why do people ask you a question about something you know well and then when you don't give the answer they wanted, they start arguing with your response? I passed by the office today and even though it was my day off, I answered a few phone calls (some of the people scheduled in today were late). One was from a client who wanted to know what forms to bring in. There was some discussion about one item and when I said to bring it in, they got upset. "I talked to two accountants and they said this isn't taxable." Okay, then why did you bother asking me? Apparently the accountants didn't ask the questions I did, because the answers to them meant it may or may not be taxable. Bring it in and be sure. The client didn't like that advice.
How many people writing commentary and so on about "Game of Thrones" will use the phrase "Enter the Dragons"??
This Date in History:
On this date in 1789, the first meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives was held. The first Speaker of the House was elected. (what we don't know is where the first lunch bought by a lobbyist for a member of the House was purchased).
On this date in 1826, Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
On this date in 1891, the Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago.
On this date in 1918, the Royal Air Force is created by merging the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.
On this date in 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail.
On this date in 1924, the Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
On this date in 1945, U.S. troops land on Okinawa, beginning the last campaign of WWII.
On this date in 1954, President Eisenhower authorizes creation of the Air Force Academy.
On this date in 1970, President Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. That's the law that mandated the Surgeon General's warnings be printed on packs of cigarettes.
On this date in 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne found Apple Inc.
On this date in 2001, a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese J-8 fighter jet. The EP-3 is forced to land at Hainan, China and the crew was detained until a letter from the U.S. was released. The incident was used for an episode of the TV show "JAG" in November of the same year.
On this date in 2001, the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage, the first nation to do so.
Famous Folk Born This Day:
Nikolai Gogol
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Wallace Beery
Abraham Maslow (his first word was not 'hierarchy' as some claim)
Toshiro Mifune (RIP, Toronaga-sama)
Bo Schembechler
Grace Lee Whitney
Gordon Jump ("as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly")
Don Steele ("Tina Delgado is alive, alive!")
Ali MacGraw
Phil Neikro
Rudolph Isley
Rusty Staub
Denise Nickerson
Susan Boyle
Allen and Albert Hughes
Rachel Maddow
China Chow
David Oyelowo
Randy Orton (give him the RKO)
Bijou Phillips
And on this date in 2004, Aaron Bank died. He was the man responsible for the creation of the "Green Berets" of the U.S. Army.
So I checked that account this morning (I'm using it of late to monitor a few discussions I'm involved in on the tax forum on Craigslist) and found an email trying to let someone know that his 2006 Honda needed maintenance. His first name was Phuc.
Worst April Fool's email joke I've ever seen.
I'm feeling pretty good this morning but am worried about the amount of hours I'm scheduled to work the last few days of the tax season. Fortunately, once it's April 16th, my schedule is almost completely empty until May 1. I also got my first good night's sleep in awhile last night. Not sure why. Just going with it.
I miss the bracket system my old boss used to run. His system allowed you to be involved all the way. After the rounds of 64 and 32, you filled out a new bracket for the rounds of 16 and 8. Then you fill out one last bracket for the Final Four and the Championship game. There were multiple prizes available. With the usual bracket system, once one of your Final Four teams is out, your chances of doing well suck.
There are people questioning whether or not Kevin Ware's injury video should have been shown. They are wrong. It is graphic, but it's legitimate news.
Joan Rivers, who has personally paid for the retirement home of at least one plastic surgeon, has no room to be critical of any other woman's appearance in terms of physicality. Bashing their fashions on her TV show, sure. Calling Adele fat, no. If Joan's face gets lifted any tighter, it might snap back and break the plastic surgeon's hands.
Why do people ask you a question about something you know well and then when you don't give the answer they wanted, they start arguing with your response? I passed by the office today and even though it was my day off, I answered a few phone calls (some of the people scheduled in today were late). One was from a client who wanted to know what forms to bring in. There was some discussion about one item and when I said to bring it in, they got upset. "I talked to two accountants and they said this isn't taxable." Okay, then why did you bother asking me? Apparently the accountants didn't ask the questions I did, because the answers to them meant it may or may not be taxable. Bring it in and be sure. The client didn't like that advice.
How many people writing commentary and so on about "Game of Thrones" will use the phrase "Enter the Dragons"??
This Date in History:
On this date in 1789, the first meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives was held. The first Speaker of the House was elected. (what we don't know is where the first lunch bought by a lobbyist for a member of the House was purchased).
On this date in 1826, Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
On this date in 1891, the Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago.
On this date in 1918, the Royal Air Force is created by merging the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.
On this date in 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail.
On this date in 1924, the Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
On this date in 1945, U.S. troops land on Okinawa, beginning the last campaign of WWII.
On this date in 1954, President Eisenhower authorizes creation of the Air Force Academy.
On this date in 1970, President Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. That's the law that mandated the Surgeon General's warnings be printed on packs of cigarettes.
On this date in 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne found Apple Inc.
On this date in 2001, a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese J-8 fighter jet. The EP-3 is forced to land at Hainan, China and the crew was detained until a letter from the U.S. was released. The incident was used for an episode of the TV show "JAG" in November of the same year.
On this date in 2001, the Netherlands legalized same-sex marriage, the first nation to do so.
Famous Folk Born This Day:
Nikolai Gogol
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Wallace Beery
Abraham Maslow (his first word was not 'hierarchy' as some claim)
Toshiro Mifune (RIP, Toronaga-sama)
Bo Schembechler
Grace Lee Whitney
Gordon Jump ("as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly")
Don Steele ("Tina Delgado is alive, alive!")
Ali MacGraw
Phil Neikro
Rudolph Isley
Rusty Staub
Denise Nickerson
Susan Boyle
Allen and Albert Hughes
Rachel Maddow
China Chow
David Oyelowo
Randy Orton (give him the RKO)
Bijou Phillips
And on this date in 2004, Aaron Bank died. He was the man responsible for the creation of the "Green Berets" of the U.S. Army.
posted by me at 11:26 AM
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