I have a verrry sore right arm from the shingles vaccination I got around 5:30 pm tonight. But I’m glad I did it. I had a good friend that had shingles and it was a LOT of pain for many days. I much prefer one night of pain in my arm to all she went through. I will get a 2nd shot in two months.

The Niners won their opener against the Steelers, 30-7. Clearly no sophomore slump for Purdy, and the entire team did a great job, especially Aiyuk & McCaffrey. The offense moved at will and the defense stopped nearly everything, far exceeding their 2.5 pt advantage at the start of the game.

I saw the Super Blue Moon last night, 30 Aug 2023, 11:10 to 11:30 pm, totally clear sky, 60 deg F. My astronomer brother told me it is not really blue and no different, except for being bigger than usual. But it sure did look BLUE to me.

History will eventually show that the IRS whistleblowers are American heroes. Their intervention may have saved the Dept of Justice from making some major blunders that might have made it very clear that justice for all is NOT a reality in America.

We got our house power back early this evening after no power for 52.5 hrs. The storm passed through our neighborhood in about 20 mins but high winds tore down a LOT of trees all over town. We got our power back about 30 hrs before they predicted we would have it.

Yay!! 🎉 😁
HAPPY DANCE! !

We have power out in the Midwest, from a thunderstorm that has passed through. We have tree branches down on the ground. The worst is over for us. Not even raining much now. 🌪☁

In Memorium - Steve Porter

This posting is in memory of my longtime & loyal friend, Steve Porter, now SK*. Today is his birthday, June 12.

Decades ago I created an automated mailing list on the Internet for members of our church scattered around the country. Its purpose was to make it easy to distribute good news among our friends in the church and it became wildly popular with them. Steve and our mutual friend Rick helped manage this activity with me for a very long time. It was a huge amount of work, but we were all very dedicated to the activity because we wanted to do our best to help our church friends, who were not often recognized in the world at large for their good works.

*SK is a ham radio designation for Silent Key, someone who has passed on.

The IRS Mission

Provide America’s taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all.

This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role.

In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply. The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations.

The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share.

Maybe this Trump nonsense will inspire some computer nerd to develop some AI for district attorneys, just to bring some intelligence to the area of law.

3/15 extensions filed. Still cranking out returns, even though I’m the oldest I’ve ever been in my entire life. Monday is the first day of Spring! 🌷 🌼

Fantastic Superbowl! Two excellent teams fought like hell and the team with MVP squeaked out a win. Halftime show also excellent, maybe only 2nd of all time to Prince. Top notch commercials, with even a wonderful Disney commercial that was true to its tradition, not woke crapola.

⭐ Possible Titles for Andy ⭐

A Fool No More

Ballad of a Programmer

Beyond Here Lies Andy

Diggin’ Down Discoveries

Miller Court Now

My Own Version of Me

Now It’s Rainin’ Again

PRESSing On

Rainy Day Ideas

Tangled Up in Bytes

Walkin’ My Dog Around

Woodburn Ways