Some British folk rock group named Forest.

Well, if anyone's going to sing about my name, I guess it makes sense that they are named Forest.

Well, if anyone's going to sing about my name, I guess it makes sense that they are named Forest.

Ah! I get that.

Dana, did you just file a self-employed tax form? The .gov site is telling me I need to file for licenses and permits, register for taxes. I feel like for just me, I shouldn't have to do all that.

Yeah, my income was reported on a 1099 and I filed a schedule C with my 1040. I had no expenses, so it was very straightforward. But if you do this, you'll probably want to look into paying quarterly taxes, and make sure to bump up your rate to cover the self-employment tax.

Also, there's a savings plan you can establish as a self-employed person and contribute to, tax-free. If you're going to be contracting for any length of time, I'd look into that.

Have people been following the story of the South Carolina Senate race, with the mystery candidate? Everything I hear about it makes it more surreal.

Have people been following the story of the South Carolina Senate race, with the mystery candidate? Everything I hear about it makes it more surreal.

Just what was on the Daily Show, which was hi-larious.

How did they not score!?!

Catching up ... I have to say that for zombie killing, I'd think anything you can use from a distance would be best - gives you a second chance if you miss.

I wonder if Pete would be horrified by this plan?

Only when you set fire to the remains.

Have people been following the story of the South Carolina Senate race, with the mystery candidate? Everything I hear about it makes it more surreal.

yeah. Did you see the interview with the guy from CNN. It was so bad that at one point the interviewer said "Are you impaired in any way? This interview has not gone well, so I want to give you the opportunity to explain yourself"

This is just depressing

President Obama's speech on the gulf oil disaster may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk released Wednesday.

Tuesday night's speech from the Oval Office of the White House was written to a 9.8 grade level, said Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor. The Austin, Texas-based company analyzes and catalogues trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture.

Though the president used slightly less than four sentences per paragraph, his 19.8 words per sentence "added some difficulty for his target audience," Payack said.

He singled out this sentence from Obama as unfortunate: "That is why just after the rig sank, I assembled a team of our nation's best scientists and engineers to tackle this challenge -- a team led by Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and our nation's secretary of energy."

10th grade, people. We're not even asking for a GED here! Come on!!!

Salon says that guy's a fraud:

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