James's Journal

01/12/2010 11:38 #50801

For Dragonlady

I have posted this before. But it is so full of awesome I wanted to let you wallow in Sagany goodness.

01/07/2010 09:08 #50762

For Tiny
Category: music

This is my favorite music video.

This is my favorite video.

This is my favorite thing.

tinypliny - 01/07/10 18:01
Hahaha the paintings on the wall are so fittingly dour. LOL Were they trying to parody the Science of Sleep with that ratty unicorn or whatever?

jenks - 01/07/10 16:34
I feel like I've seen this before... did you post it here?

12/18/2009 12:43 #50592

Facespace

It's the new geocities

what a marvelous parody.

tinypliny - 12/19/09 11:56
Ha, even the ads are spot on. LOL

12/10/2009 12:03 #50526

White Out

theecarey - 12/10/09 13:09
frostbite is settling in the longer I look at this picture.

matthew - 12/10/09 12:06
Awesome! If that picture doesn't say "Buffalo" I don't know what would!

12/04/2009 10:47 #50458

Hey Homeowners

If you received a letter from the city saying your home has been reassessed and you are angry, please contact your councilmember. They fight reassessments all the time. As the city's methodology for reassessment is balls stupid it is really easy to make a convincing case.

that is all

-James

janelle - 12/04/09 12:26
I am really laid back about federal and state income taxes. You really won't hear me complain about income taxes or sales taxes. But property taxes get me really worked up. Especially when they keep raising it in the face of city success stories where cities suceeded by LOWERING property taxes. Especially when they're a disincentive from improving our house.

Maybe I'll just let my roof go into disrepair until an inspector cites me for it, because repairing the roof is going to increase our taxes.

Thanks, James. I will now be ranting about property taxes to whoever listens.

janelle - 12/04/09 12:07
Fuck that shit, indeed. I have to check my records, but I feel like I JUST fought a tax assessment.

And now with a new furnace and some other improvements, I'm not sure I have much of an argument other than to keep taking pictures of my neighbors houses and the water in the basement. Please, God, let it rain! lol.

Highland ave. behind us looks great, but I know that the work being done on that street is going to push up our taxable value. But our street has nowhere near the value of Highland.

Argh..if I get that letter, I'm going to complain to my David Rivera's office and to EVA.

I've written EVA before asking them to take this on as an issue, but I guess they declined.

james - 12/04/09 11:36
Fuck that shit! Fight it. It goes up 60k this year, and then next year it goes up 40k, and soon your home has doubled in taxable value but has not increased one iota on the housing market. It is just a tax grab. Fuck them!

matthew - 12/04/09 11:34
We got the letter yesterday. Ours went up $60K. I don't think we are going to fight it. Our house was undervalued for a long time.