Dear annoying loud neighbor who has decided to spend the last two days on your front step having loud conversations,
What’s wrong with the inside of your house? (Except, of course, that you are usually in there.)
Sincerely, The committee for a you free neighborhood
A while back I noted that devedge was dead. Well googling for some javascript stuff led me to the Mozilla Developer Center, Javascript page. The references link gives you the good stuff.
Thank you for getting this together finally. Because it gives me a definitive source for this type of info.
Anyone have any suggestions of good audio books? I just finished the Dark Tower series, and I am not sure where to look next.
I finally got around to un-abandoning my livejournal. I decided to grab the latest version of Live+Press and try it out.
P.S. If the links in LJ are all busted it’s because I got used to writing with markdown turned on in wordpress. It may be yet another hurdle that needs to be overcome. Or I can go back to writing out HTML longhand like a caveman.
Update: Hacked up the live+press sync code to run it through markdown first. crossing fingers.
For years I have joked, that if only I could have the money that was collected on my behalf for Social Security and Medicare, I would be wealthy. Today I happened across IRS form 4029. Which states:
Form 4029 is used by members of recognized religious groups to apply for exemption from social security and Medicare taxes.
Well that is very interesting. Although there are a few requirements, if you ever received payment you are not eligible to abstain. You have to be a member of a recognized religion that holds certain beliefs and conforms to some criteria:
- It is conscientiously opposed to accepting benefits of any private or public insurance that makes payments in the event of death, disability, old age, or retirement; makes payments for the cost of medical care; or provides services for medical care (including social security and Medicare benefits).
- It has provided a reasonable level of living for its dependent members.
- It has existed continuously since December 31, 1950.
The bad news is twofold, all that money you have already paid in, is forfeit. And you kind of get the shaft with your salary, as it is your employer matches all your contributions to Social Security/Medicare, there is nothing that says they have to pay you that money now, but maybe that is a fine tradeoff for you, if you can stop shunting 7.65% of your salary off to some giant account that you may never hear from again.
Also I have no idea what particular religion or religions are referenced by those requirements. And I also don’t know what happens if the Feds find out that you have life insurance, yet have filed this claim. Probably nothing unless someone files form 765890-A to preclude your right to file form 4029. 
I can’t see myself doing this, mainly because it seems a little screwy to join a religion just to get an extra 7.65% – (income tax) out of your pay check. Especially if this religion believes in ritual sacrifice.
I switched all my feeds over to feedburner. Two reasons, first it’s the best, easiset, way I know of to track readership of my feeds. Second maybe someday I can liter my feed with ads too .
But it is a little interesting to see statistics. And to realize no one is reading my Library Dweller blog. Okay it just started, but I think I know people who read. I also know people who buy crap at amazon, and for some reason aren’t using my referal links, shame on you!
Update oh and if you are already reading my site via a feed, then you don’t need to do anything. The magic of apache rewrite is taking care of it for you… well I guess for me, since you never asked for this. Just make me some free money dammit!
There is nothing that makes me feel worse than unexpected bills. And I am not talking about jerks named William, or the Buffalo variety. I got jackasses crawling out of the woodwork to charge me for crap that happened many months ago. The IRS is trying to wing me for a nice chunk of change they claim that I didn’t claim correctly. And now apparently Aetna wanted to pay half for home phototherapy to treat Allison’s jaundice. Seriously that had to be quite cheaper than her being at the hospital for 3 days to get the same treatment. Would they have half-assed me on that too? And since all of this happened in December, and Aetna decided not to pay in January, how come I don’t hear about it until September.
Good Grief.
As in, a few hours I will be plastered. It’s been some time, but Since Mike is getting married and it is his batchelor party, I guess now is as good a time as any. And if I am plastered in a few, I think there is probably a more profound state of drunkeness that he will reach. I think just short of comatose is my goal.
CAR BOMBS AWAY!
Thanks to Chris & Jen, Michelle & I went to the Phillies game last night. They whupped the Braves, and our seats were ridiculously good. We sat in the first row of the section in left field. So I could throw things at Burrell if I wanted to. The only disapointment was that the three Homeruns that did go to left were either 1 section toward center, or way over our head, like the Andruw Jones’s 50th on the season, that one was a shot.
Anyway It was a nice evening out, and the seats were great. Although the Phillies continue to confound. Just when everyone gives up on them, they sweep the Braves. I had fun and even still managed to go to sleep too late.
Just something that struck me as funny from King’s On Writing : A Memoir Of The Craft.
