“Art is how we decorate space; Music is how we decorate time.” - Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist/poet , born 12/22/1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.

Holiday Humor via @texastob-24.bsky.social

Happy Winter Solstice 💫✨💫

#Christmas Group #Therapy @texastob-24.bsky.social a #sundayfunny for you. I usually see yours.

happy bday British writer Anthony Powell, b.1905. “Books do furnish a room.” “But, in a sense, nothing in life is planned—or everything is—because in the dance every step is ultimately the corollary of the step before; the consequence of being the kind of person one chances to be.”

Happy Winter Solstice and Fourth Sunday of Advent. It is early here in England and the church bells just rang across the street in this small town in the Cotswolds. And the candle today is for Love. Wishing you each light and love in times of the dark.

On this day in 1843 A Christmas Carol by Dickens, published for first time. “I will honor Christmas in my heart, & try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”

😢 🗽 #RobReiner #standbyme

The accounting profession is “an essential part of our nation’s economic stability” and shouldn’t be excluded from a Department of Education list designating professional degree programs, according to a letter signed by the AICPA and other accounting organizations.

On the 11th of December, my Mama #ChristmasCactus gave to me, beauty that cannot be described, and you sure can try! #LoveLivesAndShows

Today is National Poinsettia Day. The beautiful flower is named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, who died this day 1851. He was a physician/botanist and the first American Ambassador to Mexico. He sent the samples back to South Carolina from Mexico. This flower has a long history in Aztec culture.

Happy birthday Naguib Mahfouz. 🎂

Commentary: Yes, Virginia, there's also Mrs. Claus www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/27/c...

happy bday English writer Christina Rossetti, b.1830. “What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.”

"There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult." - Rainer Maria Rilke, Australian writer, born 12/4/1875

If you’ve ever had to face challenging moments or crises with your family — like helping a loved one through depression or old age — author Kelly Corrigan encourages you to recognize your own bravery: t.ted.com/PnMbWtj

God gave burdens, also shoulders. - Yiddish Proverb Staring this December with a photo of my beautiful #ChristmasCactus that means so much to me. She might need to stay at dads house after year-end. Hospice starts today for my dear dad. <3

HBD Mark Twain 🥳 "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

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happy bday British writer/philosopher James Allen, b.1864. “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.” “A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild;...

“#Gratitude, help us to see what is there instead of what isn't.” — Annette Bridges “Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” — Margaret Cousins

on this day in 1895 "first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours."

The IRS won’t require employers to separately report tips and overtime in 2025, which may be confusing for employees. Newly released IRS guidance can help taxpayers figure how to claim the deductions. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail—as you surely will—adjust your lives, not the standards. - Ted Koppel, June 14, 1998

Second Sunday Silly 😂

“Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.” Baruch Spinoza, born on this day in 1632

"The color of truth is grey.” - André Gide, French writer, born November 22, 1869 I love this quote, The Color of Truth is Grey because: 1. Life is not black and white and neither is #tax law; this is why the initial answer often is "It Depends". 2. Truth is between two sides of the coin.

#Voltaire, French philosopher/writer, born today 11/21 1694, who said: “Love truth, but pardon error.” “I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.”

"Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature." ❤️ - Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader. 11/18/1899 -4/10/1981 (today is his birthday)

IRS online services are down this morning due to a Cloudflare problem. If you're trying to log in and getting an error, it appears to be a sitewide issue.

happy bday Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, b.1939. “Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones....

“Well, it is no secret that slowness remembers, and hurry forgets; that softness remembers and hardness forgets; that surrender remembers and fear forgets.” - Mark Nepo

"Fill a space in a beautiful way." Georgia O'Keeffe, born on this day in 1887

happy bday artist Georgia O’Keeffe, b.1887, Sun Prairie, WI. “My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me."

RIP anthropologist/writer/speaker Margaret Mead, died this day 1978. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Definition of: 'akimbo' is: 'with hands on hips and elbows bent outward'. Learn more at: www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...

#WorldKindnessDay - Show a little kindness today?

TY @taxgirl.bsky.social for fulfilling a #taxtwitter request to write a story about Shyster's Dogs, a D.C.-based hot dog cart operated by IRS #tax attorney Isaac Stein. I enjoyed the novelty of registering the motor-less hotdog cart at the DMV before the health inspection. Push Push Push.

"The IRS did not respond to a request for comment and hasn't officially notified taxpayers, but if you click over to the IRS website that used to be the home of Direct File, a message simply states, “Direct File is closed." - @taxgirl.bsky.social

a bit of Hafiz for this Wednesday: “And still, after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, "You owe Me." Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky.”

“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.” - Friedrich Schiller, German writer/philosopher, born November 10, 1759.

I took a great 4 hr CPE #tax class today: State and Local Tax Nexus taught by Stacey Roberts, a partner at Taxops. CPE4UCO hosted. I highly recommend this class. Lots to know as states look for ways to boost their revenue via "low hanging fruit" etc.

After seeing my friend @missybuchanan.bsky.social advertise an Amazon Super Sale on her book about #Grief, I ordered 4. Two to a friend near Austin, TX and Two to me at my dad's FL home. The friend/I can enjoy together and each have one to giveaway. This link just worked 30 minutes ago. Just FYI.

"What if your little monster was a self-employed scarer instead of a wage earner? Self-employment taxes—at a different rate than income tax—would also apply." @taxgirl.bsky.social

"While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hidden most center hatred only perceives the topmost surface." - Hermann Broch, writer, born 11/1/1886

May your heart be uplifted by the love and grace of all the saints. May their lives of service be a guiding light for us all💫💙💫

"Technology shouldn't be used as a shield. It should be for getting through all the stuff faster, so that we can sit down and work on what is it that's bringing value to our clients."

As I near the release of the 100th episode of my @cpatrendlines.bsky.social podcast, The Disruptors, I'm revisiting early episodes. My very first guest was Amanda Aguillard, who talked about the magic of process. cpatrendlines.com/2022/01/13/t...

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