"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Friday, July 01, 2005
Take This...
In all seriousness, the folks at MIT (you remember them, right? The science people?) are doing a rather important survey of bloggers. Take a few minutes and feed them some data, willya? Just click on the link above. (Thanks to Debbie at the Scriptorium, link in the sidebar.)
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The Taxman Cometh The Canada Revenue Agency announced a fine of C$16,232 (US$13,150) against Winnipeg, Man., bookkeeper Audrey Shuster after she was convicted of embezzling more than C$73,000 from her employer over a period of two years. At the time, she was on probation for taking C$129,000 from a local charity. She was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for the second theft, but the tax agency tacked on the fine because she failed to pay income tax on her ill-gotten gains. As long as the fine goes unpaid, interest and penalties will accumulate. “The Income Tax Act doesn’t distinguish between illegal and legal activities,” explained CRA spokeswoman Emilia Kotris. “It’s all earned income.” (Winnipeg Sun) ...Or, as the case may be, unearned income. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11