So, have you got those taxes in?

We managed to jump that hurdle this year with nary a whimper from our usual Tax Day Hardware Curse. This year we got them printed without:

  • the laser printer going to printer heaven whilst printing out page one of our finished federal return (2003);
  • the power supply croaking on the computer just as the print button was clicked (2004);
  • the new laser’s printer drum imploding on page one (2005);
  • or the new color inkjet printer going belly up when the ‘on’ button was pressed (also in 2005).

The reasons why we don’t tiptoe past The Hardware Curse by electronically filing our taxes is a tale regarding The Great Taxation Software Curse that I’ll save for another time…

I’m not rejoicing, yet, in the glory of getting that 1040 out the door. I’m expecting something will go awry as our forms wing their way across the continent. So, if you see the headline “USPS Truck Hijacked By Swarm of Mutant Paper-Devouring Killer Bees,” you can rest assured: our tax returns were on that truck.