tree sex = pollen = snot in my world.

So, I went to DMV today to pay my registration. It is this small office in the corner of a strip mall. In and out pretty quickly. But getting out of the parking lot was another issue. At one end of the row a big garbage truck was blocking traffic as it changed out some of the big bins. At the other end of the row a semi was blocking traffic as it unloaded restuarant supplies. None of the parking spaces had an empty in our row with an empty on the other side so I could cut through.

It probably took 15 minutes before a vehicle moved out of the back row and then I had to wait for 5 other cars to cut through before I could back up and cut through myself. So frustrating.

I googled the people already and it looks like a set of deliberate misspellings of other people's names. I suspect they bought the tix online and had some stolen credit card numbers with security codes and my zip code and went for it.

I don't know what the scam is because I wonder if they traveled with the tix or if Spirit has a policy where you can exchange a ticket for another to another person and that's the scam they are running.

Ugh, le nubian. That does sound like a really stupid thing to buy, though!

I'm not sure I'd be able to tell a ripe one from a non-ripe one.

Hard vs. soft, to start.

BTW, I found about about this problem with pageonce. I got an alert that there had been a large purchase on my account from zara. I'm a pageonce fan in case any of you might be interested in it. It gives you alerts for bank accounts, utilities, etc.

I'm not sure I'd be able to tell a ripe one from a non-ripe one.

Hard vs. soft, to start.

I follow this, but I go from rock to rotten, completely missing nommy goodness. It is like Eddie Izzard's routine about pears being ripe only when you aren't looking. That is my luck with avocados in my house.

folks,

have any of you gone to H&R Block for taxes?

I used to work for H&R Block.

One takes a tiny, soft-bristled brush, like a paintbrush, or an eye makeup brush, brushes the flowers that have pollen to pick up the pollen on the brush, then brushes the pollen deep into the flowers that don't have pollen on them, to um, pollinate.

Or so I've read, anyway.

Good for vigilance, LeNub.

Wow Suzi! I think I knew that but forgot.

I have never gone and except for 1 year, I have done my taxes myself. I can't do it anymore - lost patience and with the move I don't feel like dealing with the bullshit.

Do you have any tips for me (I booked an appt with them next month) in terms of having them prepare my taxes? I was planning to bring my last three years of returns and spreadsheets for tax items. Is that sufficient (she says, with her anal-retentive side coming out)

Heee. They probably only need last year's, but having multiple years can be helpful. And whatever paperwork you have for this year. With a move, you will need the mileage and all the costs related. The fact that you are even thinking about what to gather a month a head of time means you will not be one of those people pulling numbers off the ceiling.