Death, Taxes and the Expansion of the Universe
DONE! FINALLY!
I’ve spent last weekend contaminating my trusty MacBook Pro with TurboTax and IRS webpages and now, I’ve sent the results of our hard work (my Mac and me, I tend to anthropomorphisize devices I’m a attached to) off to the government.
Paying taxes hurts, especially when you have to navigate the labryinth of tax laws, deductions and loopholes (Of course, I would never, ever use a loophole, not me nosirree. In fact, just what IS a loophole, a torus-shaped distortion in spacetime? See? I don’t even know what one is.)
I usually follow this once-a-year ritual with some kind of fun trip or vacation, but this year is a no-can-do. I’m busy writing software for the Dark Energy Survey and earning money for next year’s tax return. That’s ok because not many people can claim to have a job they enjoy as much as going on vacation.
As I am very fond of saying, ‘Things could ALWAYS be worse.’
It occurred to me as I mailed my return that this ritual is like the expansion of the universe, inexorable, inevitable, and not without its share of pain.
Pain for whom is a question I’ll leave open to people who anthropomorphisize things, but it always seemed like the expansion of the universe should hurt.
Kind of like using anthropomorphisize in a sentence.
Happy tax day.
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