California
A recent law passed in California that makes it impossible to run an affiliate-model comparison shopping site from a California location. Despite the silliness of being forced to move a non-polluting, borderless, virtual, tax-generating business across state lines for political reasons, Mochi and I took a road trip last week to scout out some new [...]
I found out last week I was subject to local business license taxes. Talk about an unpleasant surprise! Having filed with the IRS and the state, and not having any storefront or commercial office space, I thought I had fulfilled all my obligations. I had not. Because my laptop operates within city limits, even without [...]
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Our friends are tackling ambitious projects around their houses; installing flooring, building decks, ripping out walls, remodeling bathrooms, etc. In a way, I’m impressed by the knowledge, planning, and do-it-yourself-enthusiasm these projects require. But in another, much more powerful way, it just doesn’t sound like that much fun. I’m not handy. Never have been, probably [...]
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Team Dunder Mifflin took home the Spring title in the co-ed San Ramon league this week. After a nail-biter in the semi-finals, the bats came alive for a blowout in the championship game. The season had more than it’s fair share of drama and hospital visits. Aside from my shoulder dislocation, our manager suffered a [...]
I got called in for jury duty this week. I’ve been summoned a few times, but never had to actually report. Some of the highlights: I was assigned to the Hayward Hall of Justice. Merely calling it the “courthouse” would not suffice; instead it sounds like something out of a comic book. I do not [...]
The latest manufactured controversy in California is over the assembly’s recent decision to pass a law mandating “gay history” be added to the curriculum in California public schools. Predictably, some people think this is at best just another example of the nanny state pushing the “homosexual agenda” and at worst a sure sign of the [...]
