OK. Maybe I shouldn’t do any substantive blogging when I’m sitting in the drive-thru line at the bank. I blogged about direct deposit and my state tax check earlier today and, as numerous readers pointed out, I was about as far off-base as I could get. So ignore the post and call me some silly names. I deserve it.
Taxed by an unnecessary trip
I'm sitting at the bank on this nasty, rainy morning, waiting at the drive-thru (that's how they spell it) to deposit my state tax refund when it occurs to me that there really is no reason for me to do this. Or, rather, there shouldn't be. The IRS offers direct deposit, as does NJ Unemployment. Why the state Treasury doesn't I just can't fathom.
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Christie targets unions
Chris Christie’s call for an immediate end to dual-office holding in the state makes sense, as does his call to revoke pensions for convicted ex-officials. But why add labor unions to the state’s pay-to-play ban? The answer, of course, is politics. Labor unions give money to Democrats and endorse Democrats (Bill Baroni in the 14th is an exception). Forcing unions to abide by pay-to-play rules would essentially dry up this revenue stream to the Republicans’ benefit.
Look, if you want to clean up electoral politics then take all of the money out — renew clean elections for 2011 (it is an outright travesty that the Legislature let it die this year) and expand it across the board.
Runner’s diary Thursday
If humans had fuel gauges like cars, mine would read empty. I just finished a workout — three miles on a bad right calf (stepped in a hole on Tuesday while walking the puppies and it's only gotten more sore over the last couple of days) followed by some upper-body work and crunches.
My inconsistency is haunting me, though, given that today's workout would have been a breeze not too lomg ago.
I keep saying it — and at some point I'll follow through — but I have to be more regular at the gym. This is especially true if I want to excise this spare tire that has returned to my midsection.
iPod: Josh Ritter and Chairlift
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Posterized
I’ve been doing some investigative work on my family, trying to find all the strands of the Kalet diaspora that scattered the descendents of Yitzhak Isaac Kaletsky from coast to coast and Israel.
We’ve connected with four branches of six (two others did not have any kids) and I’m still trying to link with the other two, using Facebook, other social networking, random Web searches, etc. (More on this in a later post.)
Which is where I found this — part of a poster series that the South Brunswick Library created to encourage reading featuring local folks. Guess who this local folk is?
So, yes, I’ve been immortalized on a poster — and, no, it is not on the Post Office wall.
