Well, dammit. I didn’t withhold enough federal tax throughout 2022; now I have to pay the shortfall. It’s really not much, considering how much was withheld and how much I owe according to my tax bracket. But still, no refund this year. Haven’t had to pay when filing since 2000-ish when I made a clerical …
Author Archives: Shawn
Ellipses
Dreams are telling me about the same voices with the same ticks having the same conversations with the same jokes about the same topics in the same places. I don’t need dreams to point that out. I see it in my waking life. But I appreciate the soothsaying nonetheless. Dreams are nerves experiencing randomness, jumping …
Current Political Discourse
A: “Stop setting the house on fire!”B: “What? I’m not, and you don’t have any proof.”A: “The matches are in your hand!”B: “It’s not illegal to have matches.”A: “No, it’s not, but you’re setting the fucking house on fire!”B: “Sir, I’m gonna have to ask you to calm down.”
Eros: Miss, I’m Sore
I was bemoaning to a friend earlier tonight, what with the major icy weather event we’re having here in Austin, that I seldom get holed up in my house long enough that I connect with my creative drive to produce something artistic. The weather here is just so nice year round (until it is definitely …
Lyricosis Is Not Just For Lyrics
I was Today years old when I learned that what I thought was the German word “Stomptisch“, which I inferred was a meet-up where you tell funny stories around a table and slap it in laughter, is actually “Stammtisch“, meaning the table for the regulars of the biergarten, tavern, or restaurant. That’s it. That’s all …