Month: April 2008

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Paying “The Man”

I hate paying taxes on April 15.

To me, if I have to pay money in on tax day then I screwed up figuring out how much I will owe at the end of the year and didn’t have my withholding set correctly. No one should have to pay in more taxes on April 15th if they paid the right amount through the year from their payroll withholding.

The worst hit are the people who work for 1099’s. Having to keep up with forms and schedules and deadlines is really hard for a lot of people. Surely there is an easier way to handle collecting and figuring out how to pay your fair share. why doesn’t the Government take a set amount from everyone and just call it even instead of going through all this crap everyone April?

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Best Source for Stats

I have to say that I check the ESPN web site every day – at least once and sometimes more than that. I even saved the site as a quick link on my blog so I can get to it quick. If I wouldn’t get in trouble at work, I’d leave the ESPN site up on my screen all day as the default – only clicking away when I needed to work on MS Word or Excel.

Some of my buddies want to find a sports bar to hang out on the weekends. I’m not that big on watching a game in a crowded noisy place unless it is the arena or stadium, but I might give it a try and see if you can really watch the game and hear what’s going on. Or do you just go for the beer?

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Sports Talk

Every Thursday I listen to sports talk radio. It’s FM, but I know there are some decent AM stations out there and if I’m driving late at night I might surf the AM airwaves for something different.

I do listen to Jim Rome. He’s a bit of an ass but he is plugged in and has some good interviews. I hate the callers who read their “call” from a written script like third graders struggling to read aloud in class from their Dick and Jane primers.

Dan Patrick puts on a good show but he’s a pompous ass, too. I’m starting to think that the ass syndrome is part of the radio hiring requirements.

Our local boys do a better job with their show. George Plaster is a good host and another with the ass syndrome. But he has access and that’s what I’m paying for, I guess. Plus, when I really have something to say, he will take my call.

So, in the words of another radio pompous ass, “Well, there you go.”