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When I say “IRS” what’s the first word that comes to mind? Maybe: Taxes. Audit. Scary. Perhaps: I’d rather not say….

Did anyone think of: Sarcastic. Fun. Linkbaiters? Probably not. Well it looks like that all is about to change with this article they put out: 10 Reasons to Put Off Saving for Retirement. The article is a top 10 list (we know they work) and is completely sarcastic. Here’s the list (without their witty explanations for each):

1. There are so many important things I need that money for NOW.

2. There’ll always be time to save later.

3. Maybe I won’t live long enough to retire.

4. I love a challenge.

5. Social Security payments alone will take care of my needs.

6. I don’t know how to begin.

7. I don’t know how much I need for retirement.

Today there was a story on CNN about the government offering a $200,000 reward for tips on the 3 missing soldiers in Iraq. In the story they had a picture of the flier that they are hanging up with the details:

If you notice the email address is baghdadtipshotline@yahoo.com. Would you feel confident emailing in a tip that could potentially put your life at stake to a free email address that anyone could set up? This question has been raised before with businesses as to whether or not it’s professional to have a free email address as your main business account. In most cases - my answer is no, it’s not. In this case, I definitely don’t think it’s a good idea.  Get a .gov email address or military one and it will give people an extra sense of security that this is official.

..and I shall shed my light over dark evil.
For the dark things cannot stand the light,
The light of the Green Lantern!

Yep - I took the Super Hero quiz and it turns out I am the Green Lantern:

You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 90% Iron Man 80% Catwoman 80% Hulk 80% Spider-Man 70% The Flash 70% Wonder Woman 62% Supergirl 62% Robin 35% Batman 30% Superman 30%

Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.

Thanks to Bill Slawski’s excellent reasons for convincing me to do this.

This quiz is an excellent example of a good idea spreading based solely on the fact that it’s a cool/fun idea. The page itself is as plain as you can get and is slathered with AdSense:

What a pleasant surprise to find out that I have been named as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. I mean - I knew I was having a good year but an honor like this was completely unexpected.

So there has been a game of blog tag going around and I got “tagged” by Aaron Pratt and Kim Krause-Berg (check out SoloSeo’s Blog Tag Tree to see the complete breakdown).

The game is essentially the blog equivalent of a chain letter but the difference is that everything is out in the open - you don’t have to be on the receiving end of that email to see everyone’s answers. It’s also a good way to give and get links… So without further adieu - here are 5 things you might not know about me:

1) I lived across the street from the famous wax museum Madame Tussauds in London for a year of my life (also right down the street from Sherlock Holmes).