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so have you done any of your 20 miler training runs yet?

QUOTE(mreye @ Mar 30, 2006 -> 07:42 PM) Why is Montana so Pro Cleveland? Probably because the population of one that lives in Montana moved there from Cleveland?

oh I bet they stick to it. Although Chris Daughtry better come up with something really twangy, etc or pretty soon he risks being voted off.

ain't that the truth... it's been that kind of day. thanks, again everyone!!

Thanks, gang.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 28, 2006 -> 01:47 PM) Yes G. I think I am going to go in and be the silent partner in this. From talking to some builders we know, the market is huge on this and they are looking for people all the time. Knowing a few builders can get them contracts immediately. The potential is there to gross $4K a week with just the 2 of them (busting their asses, but they are both $$ driven so I think they will be fine). Kap, so she (my sister) can file the company taxes via her personal return, correct? Monkey, it will just be the 2 of them to start and from what I have read they don't need workers comp until they have 3 or more employees, is this correct or did I misunderstand? Also, they don't have an attny on retainer. They are being told they don't need one at this point. Also being told that bonding is not necessary as it's more geared towards those agencies that service personal residences (the contractors we know didn't mention it). Does it cost anything to get bonded? What exactly is it? Bonded is basically a form of insurance. I would say you don't need to. If you do file for an FEIN (LLC route) you elect partnership and then that flows through to the individual's return. I'm setting up my own consulting firm even this week (for just this kind of stuff, ironically)... doing it as an LLC. So, since I'm consulting, any clients out there?

HORRIBLE decision.

Abstain. Thomas or Thome?

LLC vs S Corp - yea you have to have an FEIN, go to irs.gov and fill it out. It doesn't cost anything. S Corp for what most people need isn't as good of an option as an LLC, IMO. LLC can be declared single (proprietorship), partnership (allows passthrough to individual income tax), full corp (not even going to explain this), or similiar to S Corp. That's why I like the LLC so much is it is very versitle (sp) and can be molded into what type of business you want it to be.

I don't feel like looking it up, to be honest. I have seen, repeatedly, of the "alleged meeting" days prior to Powell's UN speech about it didn't matter and Saddam was going down.

State. Secretary of State offices. And I wouldn't do "Inc" - I would do LLC because you can pass through everything as though a partnership. As far as quotes - $700 a year doesn't sound too bad but the $1200 does.

This story is not new. It's been out there for years. But now that the NYTimes published it, it's "real". Ahem. (I'm not saying whether it's true or not, just pointing this out is all)

Definitely incorporate - that way if some housing company gets stupid and says they lost $100K because the house wasn't cleaned properly... they are not personally liable. You can do that with the Secretary of State's office - don't pay some third party to do it because that's a ripoff (unless it's me, hehe). Insurance - probably recommended - I wonder if that is something the home builders require? Probably. But I'd check on that part. Remember the home builders still own the house at this point. A good insurance broker would know about this - not the auto mom and pop type stuff either. Business license - see my comment about corporations (LLC is probably best way to go as they are flexible)... That should be enough to get you started.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 12:54 AM) And if you have CSN, from 6-7 PM, they'll be showing the raising of the flag, etc. The idiots will black it out, I'm sure of it. CRAP!

I saw this a few weeks back. This is GREAT stuff.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 27, 2006 -> 12:48 AM) 7:05 start, ESPN. Thanks! Now I know where I'm going to be Sunday night. On my ass in front of the TV, watching history, again.

I'm *still* trying to work on getting a database put together. But this is not that easy.

What's the TV schedule on this game?

We have a good plan with "talkillini"... etc. But it will be a while before we implement that.

I know this is the Sox and all, but my first love is hockey, so I'm really looking forward to this addition to the talkchicagosports network.

Spread the word. The site will be up tonight. Period. Edit: http://www.talkbhawks.com will be up and running tonight.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 06:50 PM) Eh, personally, I'm not exactly thrilled about being quoted in SI. I agree with Heads. You represent the site very well, and that's what matters.

LCR, it sounds like you are going to be a terrific teacher. Just don't rip kids who think "conservitavely" too bad.

That's a hard and difficult decision. Without question, the very LEAST that has to be done is the responses have to be anonymous. It sounds like you're required to submit their work to conform to the standard of the portfolio. Having said that, I think that a disclaimer written as page one of that section basically explaining what you just typed intro'ing this thread would be appropriate. "due to the personal nature of this assignment given to the students, the names have been intentionally left off". Do you have a chance to respond in this section as to how the students performed? If so, that will work to your advantage.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 24, 2006 -> 01:29 PM) Another journalistic coup for the Fox Braintrust. Does Hollywood Treat Albinos Worse Than Conservatives?!? Uh oh, the dow is down. How about those Red-Tail Hawks on top of the great state of Texas' capital building?