No Longer Taxing in April 2007

Fri 13 Apr
The final of the marathonic latterweeks has come on the this fifteenth time. My schedule over the final four days looks hectic, particularly Sunday, so the final grasp for peanuts runs well. After today, I've have more room to get decent sleep every other day.
My thoughts for books continue, especially when I hear songs from over three decades ago. There is just so much to face as the clouds of tax season dissipate.
The other issue remains with my learning capacity. I will need much of the time I receive back to solve the problem. I shall have to solve what I can over the next thirtyeight weeks. I've already signed for Everyone's Return as the only solution to the programs this summer/

Sun 15 Apr
A noreaster hit the area with enough rain to reduce our sparse clientele. Unfortunately today is not the final day for preparation.
On my mind remains Alex Rider: Stormbreaker. I first watched it in French with Spanish subtitles. Alex Pettyfer remains a blond cuty with freckles and cleft, although the plot has a questionable dénouement. Otherwise, the teenaged James Bond has the useable gadgets.

Mon 16 Apr Three hours left at Block
The criticism of "Stormbreaker" goes beyond the change of the critical character. How did this same character stop the car after shooting the driver? Later we see the BMW with the plates of RID3R with only bullet holes. The Portuguese man-o-war also was unbelievable in its ability to electrocute fish. They usually sting , which could kill a human.
Right before I went to work, it began to snow! I had a devil of a time trying to get here in fogged windows. I have the office to myself, and I tried to sleep on the floor without success. I suppose by the middle of the week, I'll switch back to normal after the noreaster leaves the area. Thereafter I'll begin to resolve all I've neglected for fifteen weeks.
Back to Alex Rider, I wonder what it would be like to get inside such a character: to think and feel what he thinks and feels as the story proceeds. Wouldn't it be fun to be a teenager again?

Wed 18 Apr
For the first time this year, I'll be going home after work on a Wednesday, Thrusday, and Friday. Now begins the reorientation. In addition, the dermatologist has placed me back on antibiotics. My internet has been down since Sunday, so I must correct that problem before I can move into other projects.

Fri 20 Apr
At long last, a free weekend approaches, with so much to do. I suppose it's best to take on task at a time.

Mon 23 APr
This weekend had a huge interruption on Sunday with five hours of hair cutting and restauranting. I did get my calendar for May started, after I bought new sheets. I updated my online diary, and this morning I was contemplating my latest mystery, the one I haven't finished since 1996.
I took a survey of the yard. Parts of the fence need cementing, the grass needs sowing in the back, we need plants back around the extention, and I must fence and plant my gardens. Of course, the groundhog has returned, the shed needs roofing and mildew proofing.
I also have several directions to go academically: copywriting, writing, enrolled agency, and ccertified accounting. I must make a list!

Random thoughts about Alex Rider:
The word that struck me in the bonus track on casting the character is "incredibly brave". Why would a fourteen-year-old be so brave? He's reluctant to get into imilitary intelleigence just as George Król is reluctant to get into detection. I also noted that the story gives only significant clues supposedly to keep it moving along \, which may not have been the case of Anthnoy Horowitz's book.

Thu 26 Apr
I return to Toastmasters today for the first time in the new year. I will also be at Barnes and Noble tonight, along with looking at computers at Best Buy.
Alex Rider reminded me of Frank Franklin., and I tried to write it two years ago without finishing it. I have down only about 2500 words, aiming for a novelette of thirty thousand words. Maybe Barnes and Noble has Alex Rider books.

I've Got Pieces of April

Thu 29 Mar
My Easter basket is 43 today, and it's been 37 years since I shoveled snow on Easter night 1970. Unlike the snowstorm on Good Friday 1982, the storm in 1970 did not ominously predict a bad year with its presence.
Last night at Block was a series of misses. One of my holds returned, but I still couldn't finish the return. I lost a hold, leaving me with one besides the one I had last night.
With the end of tax season just a few weeks off, I must being preparations next week for those appointments.

Fri 30 Mar
I didn't even notice that Easter was this early in 1975; I'd thought that 1986 was the first time on this date. It was on this date in 1986 when I answered the want ad from Vie de France. Sadly twenty years later, that job come the closest to what I wanted to do. Perhaps it's a fine factor in my struggle to reconstruct my fundamental goals.
In Scientific American's "The Ghosts of Galaxies Past", the article postulates that many of the stars in our galaxy actually are part of other galaxies which the Mily Way accreted. It explains Arcturus, which crosses over the disk of the Milky Way from 11 pcs away.

Mon 2 Apr
Thrityfive years ago was Easter, and it'll be another fiftyfive years before it happens again. I was very busy at Block yesterday with five clients who placed me a c-note ahead of my draw. Friday and Saturday nights were a waste.
At this point in time -- way early -- Hillary Clinton runs ahead of other Democrats with 26 million. It occurred to me that the precedents of the wives of governors who could not run again might provide the path to the first woman as president.

Thu 5 April
Last night the bureaucracy showed itself . At one end, the management wants as many students as possible in the course for the enrolled agent, while hyping the prerequisites to senior tax anaalysts and four hundred credits! Gleim, anyone?
On this date in 1969, the day before Easter had my awaiting my first purchase of a television set the following Monday. I had an encounter with Irish the hamster and a highest temperature since I had taken over Mountaintop Route 7 of 47ºF (9º).
Concerning chemical engineering from twentyfive years ago, I thought that perhaps a complete immersion (similar to foreign languages) is necessary to master a subject.

Sun 8 Apr
My first Sunday off this year feels so weird.I finally decided to concede to the schedule at Franklin Mills for the summer. There's little else I can do besides complain.

Mon 9 Apr
I just had a seven-hour marathon because I had started a halfhour ealry. There were nearly forty dataentries and I didn't get through the invoices.

Tue 10 Apr
The appointment passed without incident. I was not needed at Block, so I retired early. Unfortunately, I did not sleep well. I walked to work, and it was cold (nearly freezing) on the tenth anniversary when a van hit me in the crosswalks.
The regular job continues to tax my time. I may have to opt for overtime soon if the work doesn't let up.

Wed 11 Apr
Easters of 1971 and 1982 come to mind today., I begin the final six days of tax season. Each day clears the day of the week as my cold clears up.