29 January
More hideous 1099s.
I forgot the most hideous part of all, too, in that they are now computerized and the system is supposed to figure out the amounts for me, and every single one it filled out was completely wrong!!
Yes, very convenient, thanks.
And my God, wresting people's social security numbers away from them is harder than it should be, too!
One guy just wouldn't give it to me! "I'm sorry, I just feel really uncomfortable giving out my social security number over the phone! Don't you have a form that you could send me to fill out?"
"No, I haven't got a thing? Can I just make up a form and fax it to you?"
So I wrote a letter that basically said "Give me your SS#" and faxed it to him, and he is going to write it down and fax it back to me.
Who are these people who think that their SS#s are state secrets? People who have read "The Handmaid's Tale" once too often? Does he think that I'm going to use his SS# to empty his bank accounts?
What a difficult man!
In re yesterday's entry about being a lazy perfectionist, I received several "me too!" e-mails expressing solidarity, the most well-put one being from my friend Robert:
"I, too, am a lazy perfectionist, and I'm so glad I've finally found my niche thanks to your page! We should all form a support group; the minutes would be flawless, but they'd never get mailed."
I can't believe that I keep forgetting to write about this, but I want to shout out a congratulations to Amy Martin, who won Cool Personal Site of the Year last weekend!
Amy is actually my second longest online friendship, Josh being the first. I looked her up in my e-mail archives, and I got my first letter from her in July 1996, back when she was a little college student who used no capital letters. Little did I know that she would become this big famous web diva, or I certainly would have sucked up alot more!
Congrats, Amy! You certainly deserve it.
Today's horoscope:
Make that minor repair or improvement you've been putting off. You'll be more effective and feel better.
One year ago today:
"I don't like everybody. I don't have to like everybody. I don't like alot of people."
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