Archive for April, 2008

death and taxes

Apr 25, 2008 in General Family, Kaily, griffon

Argh, my 360 finally died. Was ok for years, recently I turned horizontal, and put where it got a less air flow (new entrainment center) and it dies within 3 months. bad manufacturing for sure. Interesting I think the main problem was warm air intake from other AV component beneath because it was in a hotter area for al long time to and ran (but it was vertical then).

Got a unkind letter from the IRS claiming we made a lot more money then we did (the options had been treated as income correctly accept one 16 dollar one). Our tax person Lisa Berling is getting it fixed, that won’t be cheap but it’s better then me arguing with them, Lisa tends to win :) . Anyway I’m prety sure we didn’t do anything wrong and it’s a just a reporting reconciliation issue. Not like I have that sort of problem with socialtet stock :p.

House stuff is moving along. I think we are on the final leg. Big problem now is ours is not selling as fast as I had hoped which is making me real gun shy about putting money into the new place. On the other hand the Zillow property value graphs for the area comparing size etc still make the new place look like it will have a really great valuation after we put a of cash into the areas that are dragging it down. I’m less happy with the Zillow projection for sunnyvale :p, but Darren says we are still priced competitively priced and our disclosures show us to be in good shape. Ugh stressful. Probable drop the price a bit after this weekend if there is not a decent offer.

I should have some new kaily pictures up by monday switching around image apps has really messed up my work flow on that stuff.

Assinins Creed

Apr 23, 2008 in General Family

Man… what a totally lame ass ending for a otherwise decent (if repetitive game). What a total let down. I waited months for Assassins Creed to come out on PC so I could enjoy it more (console controls usually leave me a bit flat). I think I will just pass on the sequel, if they are going to put that little effort into scripting a end they don’t deserve my money. I didn’t expect anything earth shattering but it was a totally lame non ending end roll credits. Feh.