Watch Texas Stadium Implosion
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11th, 2010 by Karl JonesR.I.P Texas Stadium.
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Happy National Grammar Day
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4th, 2010 by Karl Jones
Looks just like my 8th grade English teach, Mrs. Howard… red marker and all.
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What’s In a Name?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26th, 2010 by Karl Jones
To some he is a Orca. To others he’s a Killer Whale. Depends on who you ask I guess.
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Wesley Snipes asks ‘What’s new?’ about IRS plane crash
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2010 by Karl Jones
WASHINGTON — Actor Wesley Snipes, who has tax problems of his own, had a blunt reaction to news about a software engineer who crashed his plane into an office building with nearly 200 IRS employees inside. In an interview Friday with the Associated Press, Snipes asked, “What’s new?” Authorities say A. Joseph Stack III, who was furious with the Internal Revenue Service, crashed his plane into an Austin, Texas, building on Thursday. Stack and one other person were killed.
Snipes said tax problems have been an issue in the U.S. from the very beginning. As the actor put it: “I think it was an issue even for the early colonists and the British, so what’s new?” Snipes, 47, was convicted in 2008 of not paying taxes for three years. He was sentenced to three years in prison and is appealing. Despite his legal troubles, Snipes said, “All is very well. We’re very positive, we’re very confident that things will work out to our benefit and to our favor.” He brushed off the experience as just another part of living. “These are the bumps and bruises of life. They build character and you learn from it as you move on.” Snipes says he still doesn’t understand why the IRS pursued him. He added, “I’m not a politician, I’m not saving the world, I haven’t created a cure for cancer, I make movies …” In 2006, “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch was convicted of not paying his taxes and spent more than three years in jail. He complained that the IRS used him as an example. In Snipes’ opinion, “they were successful.”
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By Associated Press
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Macworld 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11th, 2010 by Karl Jones
Looking Forward to Retirement… What’s That?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6th, 2010 by Karl Jones
I understand this fellow is seventy years old. Having spoken to him casually, he’s very personable as well as hard working as we can see (and noted by the fact that he actually has a second part-time job he holds a few days a week). I wondered: if he’s there for fun? A way to pass idle time? Are there no more enjoyable diversions for one who certainly has earned their time in life to take it easy and relax? Is this a hint at my retirement years?
It doesn’t seem as though it’s been thirty years ago, this job and others like it were rarely performed by someone over the age of twenty-one. I’d never imagine a senior citizen asking me “if I needed help to my car with the groceries?” I know they can do it, I’m not suggesting they can’t. And if they want to, it would be far from me to deny them. So maybe the question should be, where are the kids? Seems the usual answer is “they don’t want to work.”
Indeed. Todays high schooler probably is more concerned with being the next LeBron James or Paris Hilton. Heaven forbid working a part-time job, saving money for a car, or buying their own clothes. Just hit mom and dad up for the money, buy this super outfit so I can’t look cute when I’m discovered, or buy these $100 sneakers and a basketball and swagger sway around until that scout for the Lakers comes by. Either way, hardly work the time thinking about it.
Will there be a time someone says “retirement… what’s that?
No Hands-Free Devices For New York Cabbies
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29th, 2010 by Karl JonesTom Bihn TriStar Carry On
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28th, 2009 by Karl JonesTom Bihn TriStar Carry On
