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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Black and white film photo of seagull at the beach
Sitting in the car, eating Wendy's, watching Lake Michigan (2026). Leica MP.

There are a lot of things I should be doing today, but I don't feel like doing any of them.

Speaking of not feeling like doing something. Taxes are due today. I have a service take care of the heavy lifting, which is great. All I needed to do was write checks, put them in envelopes, and get them to the post office in time. I owed much more than expected, and the 2026 estimates are shocking. I felt blindsided, but looking through the documents I can see why. Then, while putting the paperwork away, I noticed that the copy of the check (yes, I still send them checks) was missing the dollar amount. I wrote the long form, just not the number in the box. That's going to come back and bite me. Time for some bourbon.

I just noticed that I forgot to annotate today's image. It's fine. Day's nearly over, anyway.