Death and Taxes

Doing my taxes today... again. It's a bit of a neverending process with the Federal, AND the two states. Remind me only to move between states on the 31st of December for the sake of simplicity of the tax return process. Oh, and remind me to stop living in states that have state taxes - also for simplicity sake.

Oh, right. Why am I blogging about my taxes, you ask?

There is an income adjustment on the 2006 CA state tax return for Ottoman Turkish Empire Settlement Payments.

I was so surprised to see this that I rushed right here to tell you about it. And, having forgot all of those important historical facts from World Civ I / II, I have no clue what the hell this settlement payment thingy is about - only that I find it odd to show up on the 2006 CA state tax return.

PS. I have so much I meant to blog about over the last few months, and I will try to fill you in later about my Phoenix adventures, Deloris Huerta (big time playa in the activist scene), my health care scare, and the Belgian Beer Festival.