"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means." -George Bernard Shaw Another short post. I was out of bed at 6:30, after I awakened outlining my answer to the take-home final for Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions in my head in the early morning stillness. I got it all sketched out in my horrible handwriting on a legal pad before I forgot what I was thinking, and will write out my actual answer tomorrow morni

Man in Black: “You’re that smart?” Vizzini: “Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?” Man in Black: “Yes.” Vizzini: “Morons.” -The Princess Bride Again, the need for brevity. I'm falling behind in my final exams regimen, and have paying work I must attend to before diving back into my studies. Sleeping until 7:30 is not helping at all, but when Peg's not working we don't set an alarm. She's been getting up at 5:30 or so for most of her life.

"Time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, A time of confidences Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph Preserve your memories; They're all that's left you" -Paul Simon Two finals down, two to go. And these first couple were likely the most difficult of the lot. The next final is in six days, and the other is a take-home that needs to be turned in by a week from today. I'll try to finish a working draft by the weekend, so it's just a matter of clean

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein Well, International Tax I is in the rear view. A very, very challenging exam. We'll see how it went. Partnership Tax is in about six hours. I'll walk in with 152 pages of outline, and charts mapping out how to perform any of the myriad calculations likely to appear on the test. I've got maybe twenty hours of study time on the books for this one exam, and still feel grossly underprepared. Meanwhile,