Silly distractions

also the world version:

This Scientific American article from 1869 (!!) argues that the value of bones "is sufficient to induce care in their saving and preparation."

Because: "one hundred pounds of dry bone-dust add to the soil as much organic animal matter as three hundred or four hundred pounds of blood or flesh, and also, at the same time, two-thirds of their weight of inorganic matter—lime, magnesia, common salt, soda, phosphoric acid—all of which should be present in a fertile soil."

Another interesting, but likely out-of-date statement: "The farmers of England understand the value of bones. Beside those gathered in their own country, they import them from the pampas of South America, the feeding and slaughtering grounds of millions of semi-wild cattle, and prepare them for their soil."

I'm sort of curious whether when we throw away perfectly good bones, what happens to the land of "away?" Assuming they're buried, or something, rather than incinerated. I asked the local landfill where I live in Wyoming and they said they get lots of carcasses cleaned up from the side of the road. Is the landfill, or wherever else you choose to dump your carcasses or bones, super good and fertile and the best land ever? I don't think so. There is such a thing as an overabundance of nutrients, like eutrophication.

Basically when me and my bro were little, once, my mom had been making us supper. and she left the room for a minute for something, and when she came back, my brother was standing on a chair, and I was passing him green beans, which he was setting on the blades of the ceiling fan.

Now, when my mother saw this, she did what any respectable parent would do, and told us to sit our butts down and wait til our dad gets home.

Not much later, dad got home from work, ready to sit down to supper.

- it gets corrected

- you get a letter in the mail either asking for some additional information or a letter showing the adjustment

- you pay the amount (there’s options for payment plans too!) or get a refund

Things that do not happen

- you’re “in trouble”

- you are charged with fraud

- you go to jail

The IRS sent me a letter "Tev you us XXXXX."

I double checked. I owed the IRS money. I wrote them a check. It was fine.

Second time:

The IRS sent me a letter "Tev you us XXXXX."

I double checked. The IRS owed me money. I told them this. They wrote me a check. It was fine.

Third time:

The IRS sent us a letter "Tev and Dante you owe us this much"