Archive for April, 2008

everything it touches…

4/1/2008

Things that have been going on with Richard..

Getting screwed on a tax return

If getting screwed once on taxes isn’t bad enough, how about twice?

Never in all the time I’ve been working have I ever.. ever.. had to physically write a check to the US Treasury for taxes. Ever.

Until yesterday.

I’m about to mail off my forms when I see that I owe $915.

$915?!

Yeah, $915. I don’t care who you are; that’s a lot of money.

I call up my tax people. The reason I decided to stick with that small tax office from the stomping grounds is because last year they did just fine.

Not this year.

Cheerily, the tax idiot person told me that yep, I owe $915 direct out of my pocket and that it was the company I worked for who was at fault for not sending enough fed out of each check each week.

My opinion? I don’t believe it because my boss is on top of things like that and knows his numbers. He called the idiot tax person and of course, he was told it was his fault.

My gut tells me it isn’t.

Want to know why?

Every single fucking thing that has anything to do with that ass-backwards fucking shit-hole state of fucking Connecticut turns into a steaming hot pile of donkey shit - WITHOUT FAIL.

I will never conduct business of any kind with CT ever again for as long as I fucking live. Period.

Oh, and to add insult to injury, I owe those tax retards $110 for fucking up my return. GEE, THANKS A HEAP.

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so much for the "maybe they’ll cash it later" mode of thought

4/5/2008

I got an e-mail from my bank this morning (as I always do) notifying me of the current balance in my checking account.

Uncle Sam has already cashed the $915 that I sent for 2007 taxes.

And yes this means the US Treasury received and processed the payment less than a week after I sent it.

Wow.

I sort of wish they weren’t so expedient because I was hoping for some breathing room fiscally.

Not this time.

Well.. at least I have absolute confirmation they did receive and process it. My taxes are paid.

But for some reason I don’t feel any comfort from that. At all.

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i couldn’t crack 100

4/5/2008

…but I got close.

97 words

Speedtest

UPDATE:

I did crack 100. :-)

103 words

Speedtest

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counting the blessings

4/7/2008

I was reminded earlier this evening that I’m a really lucky guy.

There are those my age who basically have nothing to look forward to. Dreams have been slashed, the soul is shaken, and all hope is broken.

Not me.

I know the following are things I’ve said a bunch of times (in so many words), but… I’ll say it again anyway.

I love Florida. I love my job. I do exactly what I went to college for. My boss is awesome. He allows me creative freedom no stuffy big corporation ever could.

On a daily basis I’m a pretty happy guy and I don’t take any of what I have for granted; it keeps me humble and appreciative.

I still have a ways to go before I reach all my goals - but I’m getting there. Progress is being made.

I’m just really thankful for what I have.

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what the frig is a "npnbet" anyway?

4/9/2008

On my ICQ profile page it states very plainly that I speak English only. But, sure enough, I’ll get some idiot who thinks I speak another language.

At that point they’re nothing but 100% retard to me and I treat them as such.

Oh, and by the way I had some Chinese retard on ICQ tell me I was a rude American yesterday.

Why yes, I am. Thanks for noticing.

And you wonder why I’m such an asshole?

Enjoy.

. . .

495575085
Hi!

495575085
Привет! У тебя имя есть?

Rich
lksljkgjlkgw

495575085
Это чтобыло?

Rich
dflgkjolij0sdlfkm3

495575085
Do you speak Russian?

Rich
fflijwrgflioj23

495575085
Rnjkkiygfvv

Rich
dfblkfbglkjm43

495575085
jhhghghghf

Rich
Hello, Welcome to ICQ

495575085
Really?

Rich
Hello, Welcome to ICQ

495575085
Hello, Welcome to ICQ

RIch
Hello, Welcome to ICQ

495575085
Let’s chat!

Rich
Hello, Welcome to ICQ

495575085
You are stupid!!! Go away!*STOP*

Rich
Hello, Welcome to ICQ

. . .

Yes, this idiot told me to go away.. after the idiot contacted me first. Yep.

By the way, this is nothing compared to how bad some other ICQ users are.

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back @ menga.net

4/9/2008

Well, if you’re reading this now you’ve been successfully pointed to menga.net. I just threw the switch so-to-speak and everything seems to be in check here.

I have a redirect set up so that anyone that comes from frostedside.com/blog will automatically land here, and I also have the 404 set up to redirect properly to existing articles as well (yep.. pretty cool I must say).

And now the question you’re dying to ask…

WHY?

I’ll try to explain it the best I can.

The short version:

It’s the name that matters.

The long version:

I have a very distinctive last name. On the internet, I am never searched for by Frosted Side. Ever. It’s always my full name or just my last name. That name is far more memorable compared to my off-again/on-again biz name.

I also discovered that no matter what I do, no one ever remembers the exact address of my web site, so once again it’s a search by name that counts.

Even though my domain is a dot-net and not a dot-com, menga is in it and, once again, that’s what counts.

Some quick notes:

To the regular readers of my blog, you may notice some wonky stuff. Some images may not work as I button up the loose ends here. Switching domains (especially when you have thousands of blog posts) is never easy.

My vow for as long as internet domains exist:

I will never switch my blog’s web address ever again. Promise. :-)

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keep me in a daydream

4/9/2008

I just got off the live stream a lil’ while ago and the show went well as usual. There are times when I sit back and realize that yeah, I really love what I do. :-)

So anyway yeah, here I am back on menga.net. It’s been a while. I still have to migrate my mail from frostedside.com to menga.net but that’s not really a big deal so it doesn’t have to be a right-now type of thing.

Tomorrow I’ll be heading to the boss’ place then to Pop’s - where I’ll be getting some chuck.

Rock. :-)

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yeah, some of my childhood was this cool

4/10/2008

When I was a real little guy I watched tons of Sesame Street. It is because of that broadcast that I learned to read about a good 2 years before everyone else my age did.

A video that’s been taken down God knows how many times has reappeared on YouTube that shows just how different that program used to be.

Yeah, that’s Stevie Wonder tearing it up with one of the best performances of Superstition ever heard - on Sesame Street.

Even though this particular broadcast aired before I was born I saw this rerun as a kid many many times. Every time this aired my eyes with 100% glued to the television set.

A performance like this on that show is unique because there are no puppets/characters present. It’s nothing but the band and kids watching - just like it should be.

I get the same feeling today as I did when I watched this as a kid: Awe.

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33 years ago

4/10/2008

Above: The reason why I wanted a 1975 Free Spirit Buick Century Custom Series.

The car? No. My father. It was his car. He owned one. And now he does again.

I suppose it’s one of those father-son things where the son wants to bring back that car his father owned years ago.

I was lucky enough to get her back. She’ll look good again (as the one I have is in need of repair), but make no mistake, it will happen. :-)

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Empirian Property Management (EPM) in Florida sucks

4/11/2008

Guess what, I’ll be moving into a new apartment in the same complex I live in now which is owned by EPM. It will be an upgrade from a studio to a 1-bedroom.

Sounds great, right?

Not really.

Guess how much time they’re giving me to move?

FOUR DAYS.

There is absolutely no possible way to get all my stuff and services (phone, internet, etc) moved in that period of time. Oh and to boot it goes over a weekend. So in reality it’s two days.

I pleaded and begged with the office to give me just one more day. Just one. No can do. It’s four days. Now I have to rush like a chicken with its head cut off just to make sure everything is moved over properly - which it won’t.

The excuse I was given by them? “You live in a studio, it’s easy to move for you.” Um.. no it isn’t, you’re forgetting the TRANSFER OF SERVICES, dumbass.

All I wanted was a week. Seven days.

But EPM couldn’t give a shit less even though my rent is paid and I’ve never given them reason to complain.

Richard is not happy at the moment.

Oh and the big kicker: The EPM web site lists no phone number for a corporate head office either. Lovely.

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