Next weekend (the 17th), I fly to Dallas to be the keynote speaker at the Texas Soapmakers Convention. I’ll be speaking about the growth and development of the handcrafted soapmaking industry and soap and cosmetic labeling requirements.
I’m excited about going and looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. What I’m NOT excited about, is flying on United Airlines. I’ve detailed my past bad experiences with United - one where I ended up sleeping in baggage claim in Chicago, and another when my tickets were changed. Unfortunately, I don’t have any options because United Express is the only airlines that flies out of our small airport at the moment.
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Last night I watched the 7th and final episode of the HBO Miniseries “John Adams”. While I’ve been intrigued and educated through the entire series, it was the last episode that gave me the most insight into the man himself. I attribute that to the fact that it covers the last years of his life, out of political office, spending time with his family and reflection of the history he helped create.
I know that television and movies cannot present the whole of 60 years of history in a brief 8 hour miniseries, but I have to say
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I hate tax day. Like many (maybe most) Americans, I seriously resent the time and effort I have to spend to file taxes every year. Filling in the forms has gotten easier over the years with e-File and programs like TurboTax, but even with that I spent over 6 hours putting together my taxes last weekend - and that doesn’t count all the time through the year tracking income, expenses, inventory and the like.
What would it be like track my business and personal finances from a viewpoint of management, not taxes? Easier, no doubt, and probably more financially sound as well.
There is a system that could replace the income tax fairly -A National Retail Sales Tax.
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I posted before about my sad experience with United. I wasn’t sure I was going to use the $150 coupon they gave me, but I did. And everything seemed to be fine … for a while.
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UNBELIEVABLY bad customer service!
In the beginning of June I went to Burlington, Vermont. My trip back, on June 8th was probably the absolutely WORST travel experience I’ve ever had. It wasn’t because my flights were delayed by weather, or because I ended up having to spend the night in the Chicago airport, or even because my luggage was slightly misplaced in Portland. It was my trip from hell because of really, really, REALLY lousy customer service.
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