Does Anyone Blog?

[BellaIsabella]

I am a blogger, and I was just wondering, does anyone blog? I am always looking for interesting blogs to feature on my blog roll and to chat with other blog writers.

I have a word press blog here about my life as a former escort, dominatrix and polyamorous wife.

Please share your own!

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have a live journal. I mostly only use it to keep track of my gambling losses lately though...

http://theegoatpig.livejournal.com/

And I set it to friends only to keep my stalker from harassing me anymore.

 

[English Lady]

I have a blog, it's on the front page of my website.

http://www.victoriablisse.co.uk

I have guest blogs as well as my general ramblings about life, my books and writing stuff.

 

[MarlowBunny]

I have journal and moderated discussion forums on the web sites for my books. I post random observations and status updates. The journal part of each site only gets about 70 page views per day, so it is not very popular. One benefit to the journal is that each post automatically generates a tweet linking back to the site. My publisher(s) likes to see frequent tweets and nags me if I am quiet too long.

 

[sr71plt]

No. I've considered from time to time having one of the characters who trot through my stories blog, but whenever I suggest it they say they don't have the time and have lives that are more interesting to live than to blog.

 

[estragon]

I have a blog, but it's only about United States Tax Court cases. You can't imagine anything farther from Literotica.

 

[john-the-author]

I have two blogs, a personal one and a professional one. The professional one is for non-fiction authors and wannabe authors. I tend to keep the two of them separate.

 

[john-the-author]

I have a blog, but it's only about United States Tax Court cases. You can't imagine anything farther from Literotica.

Estragon, I know this sounds weird, but I actually would love to take a look at your blog! I write a lot of magazine articles about closely related subjects and I find this kind of thing interesting. (Yeah, I got dropped on my head as a baby, too. )

Jackie Mason said 30-40 years ago that you NEVER hear a kid saying "When I grow up, I wanna be an accountant!"

 

[Bebeslut]

I am a blogger, and I was just wondering, does anyone blog? I am always looking for interesting blogs to feature on my blog roll and to chat with other blog writers.

I have a word press blog here about my life as a former escort, dominatrix and polyamorous wife.

Please share your own!

I have a blog -- the link is in my sig line -- dedicated to, let's call it "wide open sexuality." I'd love to participate on your blog and maybe I could even interview you about your lifestyle for my blog.
Let's talk.

 

[PennLady]

I sort of have a blog. It's at goodreads.com. I'm not quite on a regular update schedule, though. I'm not sure what I'll do with it, but it seems like I should have one.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3528225.Eve_McFadden/blog

 

[PrincessErin]

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[TxRad]

Blogging, like FaceBook, takes up too much time. Time that i don't have enough of now. So no, I did at one time but no longer.

 

[LunaEroticaMystica]

Yuppers! It is only a few weeks old.

MoonKissed Romantica: Illuminating Musings

Come on over and join! I'll check all of your blogs out too. Maybe we can link up.

 

[estragon]

Estragon, I know this sounds weird, but I actually would love to take a look at your blog! I write a lot of magazine articles about closely related subjects and I find this kind of thing interesting. (Yeah, I got dropped on my head as a baby, too. )

Jackie Mason said 30-40 years ago that you NEVER hear a kid saying "When I grow up, I wanna be an accountant!"

John, you sure you want this? Here's an example from my blog:



Too Good to be True Might Even Be Good Enough

My Exhibit A for this seemingly oxymoronic headline is Jeffrey S. and Mary F. Charlton, T.C. Mem. 2011-51, filed 3/1/11. Jeffrey, a perpetual seeker of pots of gold at the ends of dubious rainbows, finally found his way to Aegis Co., marketer of tax-evasive business trusts (it was subsequently shut down, and its principals convicted of fraud). This Jeffrey achieved after voyaging through a Sargasso Sea of multi-level marketing schemes (reminiscent of my early days as an apprentice thief-catcher in our State’s Attorney General’s office), get-rich-quick bookselling, and another phony tax dodge.

Jeffrey’s accountant Mr. Moore went with Jeffrey to meet with the Aegis promoters, and they came away converts to the legality of the Aegis offshore trust shellgame. As soon as IRS showed up at his door, Mr Moore of course rolled on Jeffrey, and, testifying for the IRS at trial, gave what Judge Foley (a jurist of superhuman patience) called “convincing testimony regarding the perceived legitimacy of the techniques and accuracy of the returns. His testimony relating to his advice to Jeffrey…, however, was inconsistent, incoherent, and at times incomprehensible.” T.C. Mem. 2011-51, at p. 11. Remind you of any tax advisers you know?

It was Mr. Moore who saved Jeffrey and Mary from deficiencies, interest, and the dreaded 75% fraud penalty. The three-year statute had run when IRS descended on the hapless Jeffrey, but frauds, like diamonds, are forever. So IRS asserted fraud, and trundled in the incoherent, incomprehensible Mr. Moore to prove it. With friendly witnesses like him, who needs adversaries?

Mr. Moore’s naïveté, coupled with his ineffable incomprehensibility, gave Jeffrey the wiggle room he needed. IRS has the burden of proof in a fraud case, and “clear and convincing” is there the standard, not just “tip the scales.” See Beaver v. Commissioner, 55 T.C. 85, 92 (1970).

Judge Foley said it best: “Simply put, respondent [IRS] has failed to meet his burden. See Petzoldt v. Commissioner, 92 T.C. 661, 700 (1989) (providing that the existence of fraud may not be found under ‘“‘circumstances which at the most create only suspicion.’”’ T.C. Mem. 2011-51, at p. 11.

While Henry David Thoreau was right when he said, “Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk,” even the best circumstantial evidence fails to win the day when you put an incoherent accountant on the stand.