Here is a short note from friend and reader Gene, who obviously has the art of short note writing. 

Professor, I thought I'd pass on my time tested method of calculating the taxes I owe.  The only area I have some discretion is calculating the value of goods I donate to charity.  I take a few liberties in this area and I sleep on it--if I sleep well the next night I take a larger deduction and so forth until I don't sleep well and then I back out my last change.  I'm obviously a light sleeper since I haven't been audited in 47 years.  I think Daschle could sleep through a tornado.  I even thought of taking a deduction for my old underwear like Bill Clinton does--I've taken deductions for a lot of strange items but I couldn't go there.

Here a cute bumper sticker quiz.  I'm a libertarian conservative which is probably about 80% true.

http://www.fightliberals.com/Inside-the-Book/What-Breed-of-Conservative-Are-You.htm

Take care,  Gene

Thanks, Gene.  I am guessing that Senator Daschle hasn't slept all that well lately.  May we all dream peacefully tonight.