See that the world didn't go "Kablooie" whilst I was away celebrating turning the page to '06.. though I did have a brief moment of fear when the ol' puter went TILT from being attacked by a spyware/trojan virus that required I wipe the system and start fresh.. but.. I'm back up and running and loaded the latest friebomb/wall against the nasties out their and their " Zlob" attack..

So, older and supposedly wiser, I have returned to torment Napoleon, make cudlypies with C-Mom/Milmom and sit at the feet of the master, Gunny..

what ho, chaps while I was offline??

A few wearers of tin foil hats visited and a few new people joined. It has been quiet but tax season is nigh.

Harry:

TaxTime " sigh" - got my form in the mail two days after New Years [ barstards ]..then got an ' update' ' cause they made a mistake on the form next day in the mail..

Seems the government tried to slip a ' new deal ' into the works at the last minute as a ' incentive' to vote them back in on Jan. 23.. so far the polls show it didn't work and it looks like we're going to get screwed over by a different group of guys next month...

crap and crap...

I have to confess, I have done business tax consulting -- so the complicated structure keeps bastards like me employed on occession.

I read a quote the other day:

"The only difference butween Congress and drunken sailors is that sailors spend their own money."

TOM FEENEY, Representative from Flordia

I watch the CBC on occassion and know what you are talking about on your side of the lake.