Like most of America, I spent a few hours this weekend seeing the new Avengers movie.
(Don’t worry – no spoilers here in this post.)
But it’s amazing how much the Marvel Universe has permeated our pop culture the last few years.
So, it is with tongue firmly in cheek, when I use this
Let’s go back to 1935. You remember that time, right?
Well, in 1935, Babe Ruth retired from baseball. A gallon of gas cost 10 cents. Igor Sikorsky was still working on developing the helicopter in Connecticut. And we were still 10 years away from even ideas like Dick Tracy’s Two-Way Wrist Radio.
It was also
With the dog days of summer in full force here in Connecticut ("it’s the heat AND the humidity"), it seemed an appropriate time to roll out another installment of the "Quick Hits" feature to touch on a few items you might have missed over the last week or so:
In a post yesterday, I indicated that the CHRO’s website filters (and some other state agencies) were still blocking access to, among other websites, Findlaw. Although that fact had been confirmed through multiple reliable sources, it appears that the information from those sources may have been out of date.
I have since learned that
There’s been some speculation this week that with the Republicans picking up an important 41st seat in the Senate in 2009 (thus having enough votes to filibuster theorhetically), the prospects for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act have gone down, at least in the short term. I’d add to that notion that proponents will
With gas prices rising, it’s no surprise that the IRS issued a statement yesterday adjusting the standard business mileage rate for 2008 is 58.5 cents per mile. The new rate for business miles is 8 cents higher than it was for the first six months o.jpg)
f 2008, which I had noted in an earlier post.
The IRS
Just time enough for some short updates on various posts from the last few weeks.