posts from 2019 / 01 / 25

1. Facilitator: so how about that 69% top marginal tax rate?

   Dell, smugly: I shit donations bigger than that, you idiot, you fool

   Us: OK, so, you’re saying that you can afford it, also I said 69% marginal?

   Dell: [loosening collar] nnnn-n-nice

2. listening to some Tom Verlaine I’m reminded of my favorite Bowie anecdote from the excellent Pushing Ahead of the Dame: https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/tag/tom-verlaine/, which also aligns with lots of my experience playing music, and people in general

3. wearing a t-shirt with FEDERAL EMPLOYEE written on it like I’m a character in a political cartoon so’s that I can start having all the shops and stores I go to put it on my tab, which they of course totally do, no questions asked, on account of my not getting paid anymore