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weekend watchlist: sweet, funny, frank pillow talk

Tue, Oct 11, 2022
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Plus apocalyptic adolescence, exasperating planetary levels of bureaucracy, and more… (First published September 10th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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Amazon’s spam ebook problem (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon, Apr 23, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw this weekend…

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question of the day: Has there ever been — and can there ever be — a positive depiction in movies or on TV of an accountant or tax auditor?

Fri, Apr 15, 2011
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To most Americans, “April 15” has a ring of terror to it. So is it any wonder that in American movies and TV it’s almost impossible to find positive depictions of people who deal with high finance, or — heaven forfend — of an IRS auditor…

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watch it: “Cat does taxes”

Fri, Apr 10, 2009
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Crap. I never knew cats had to file tax returns. Good thing I don’t have any cats. And, um, I never did have cats, in case the IRS asks, ’mkay?

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