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January 21, 2012
Volume 10, Number 2
ISSN 1554-6330

In this issue:

1. Carpenter Country Essay

2. Top Drawer Article

3. Top Drawer Tips

4. Top Drawer Satire

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CARPENTER COUNTRY

What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience

Here in Carpenter Country all eyes are on South Carolina's primary election. In previous primaries, the winner has been easy to spot. Not this time. And that was making this patient Capricorn antsy.

Yesterday, after reading my horoscope, I had a marvelous thought. Why not check out the four contenders' zodiac signs? Maybe their personality traits would offer a clue as to which candidate would emerge as the frontrunner.

The field contained a Pisces, a Taurus, a Gemini and a Leo. I started with Pisces. Those born under that sign are described as honest, unselfish and trustworthy.

The characteristics of a Taurus are stubbornness, strength, and stamina. Gemini are flexible and adaptable. As for Leo, the Lion's persona was depicted as headstrong, generous and bossy.

Wow! What a bunch of different dispositions. No wonder the pointing-with-pride and viewing-with-alarm debates had been so rowdy and the runoffs unpredictable.

Then I saw the following newsflash: Ophiuchus (o-few-cus), a thirteenth zodiac sign, has joined the other twelve star signs.

This could mean almost everyone's astrological data has been rearranged ... and my zodiac sign may have switched from the Goat to the Archer.

Heck, I might be a hyper Sagittarius instead of a patient Capricorn.

Okay, now I know why I'm antsy.

But what about the candidates? Have their zodiac signs been reshuffled, too? And, good grief, will that make for an even longer slog to the convention hall floor?

Oh, well, since Sagittarians are avid wanderers - I'll just take a hike around the block while I'm waiting to find out.

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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE

Changing Your Address with the IRS

by
HL Carpenter

Are you moving? Be sure to include the Internal Revenue Service on your "who to notify" list.

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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits

Tip: You can submit a change of address to the IRS on the dot-gov web site. If you prefer hard copy paperwork, you can download Form 8822, Change of Address, at the web site and mail it to the IRS center where you sent your last tax return.

Glossary Term: National Change of Address database. The United States Postal Service compiles and maintains nationwide change-of-address information that is shared with marketers and government agencies.

Financial Horoscope: Is your financial life moving in the direction you want it to? If not, get yourself headed down the right road. Change is only as scary as you let it be.

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TOP DRAWER SATIRE

Economic Gains

by
HL Carpenter

Three years after Economic Gains was mugged at a housewarming party gone wild, investigators say they are no closer to understanding what happened in the moments before someone burst a bubble over his head.

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