trinacriabob

procrastination (universities in the south of Europe are 'effed up...the stories my cousins have told me...wow)

dissertation

Doolittle (white trash has to do with brad pitt)

white trash

Well, not knowing what you do, how much you had taken out in withholdings, and what kind of deductions you have, it's hard to put together a picture for you. Naturally, you will want to take the exemption for all family members. If you can itemize deductions (mortgage interest, med and med insur over a certain amount, contributions, taxes you paid for a residence and to the state of MI) as long your deductions exceed the STANDARD deduction, then you should do that...if not, then you take the standard deduction. Also, certain contributions to retirement accounts are deductible and the stuff you put into the 401K or other type of plan they have at work usually lops a chunk off the top of your earnings, so it's a good deal for saving on taxes and then you don't get taxed while the investment is gathering interest (or dust, in the last few years....but they tend to cycle back). Usually, people strategize at the beginning of the tax year or even before that...you need to plan proactively, so you should already be planning for the next couple of years and figuring out where to push earnings or where to spend to get a deduction you can use...that's what I do. Also, it's a combination of things...watching how much you have taken out in withholdings, planning your affairs to take more deductions, and yada yada. Hope this helps some...

I don't think I've ever bought any...even when I was in my 20s. One can always find a cheap place to go to pick up a slice of pizza and a Coke...even Costco. For some reason, in Canada, cheap slices of pizza were everywhere I went. As far as chains go, I've never been to California Pizza Kitchen, but I have been to Xtreme Pizza and thought it was pretty good.

Gibraltar (think I've used this one before)

granite

Gila monster

taken

teacher

Lincoln

Woohoo. I love to hear the longevity stories.

spendthrift

spendthrift

Well, their language is cool, but the people...you might have a point there, since nobody likes them either...

I agree.

If you buy the electrolysis, I can see about transforming into a Trina for you!

No, but I am sure there are others on C&G that might like that.

With me, it's more about trespassing. People who trespass normal "boundaries" are fairly quickly told to go to hell.

credit card

American (or, "merican" to a redneck)

How about a red 2-seater Smart Car cabrio with the roof open and with 2 naked blonde Scandinavian girls with humongous breasts driving in circles around the Marques de Pombal?

transvestite (hey, there's married guys out there who like to wear their wives' clothes....they show up on Oprah every now and then. )

Maybe it's from living in The Bronx? :AH-HA_wink: