所得税申告

毎年、四月に入るとだんだんいらいらしてくる。何故かというと、十五日は所得税の申告せねばならぬ日だから。全く、嫌な日なんだ。でも、今年はH&Rブロックの所得税申告ソフトを買ってみて、結局買ってよかったのだ。ホントに。やはり、ちょっと時間はかかったけど、でもそれほどでもなかった。二時間ちょいかな？おまけに安かった。リベートがいろいろあって、結局所得税と地方税の申告を二十ドルで以内にできた。おまけにリファンドが返ってくるんだ。最近の僕にとっては、大変な朗報だった。嬉しかった。でも、弁護費は今のところ一万ドルも超えて、リファンドはその一割にもならない。あ～ぁ。宝くじに当たりたいよ！

Curry Party

Yesterday, I went with M to get the food for the party. Someone commented that I might try a pot luck, but I don't like that because different people bring different amounts and there is always some discrepancy that makes it seem unfair. Besides, while it ain't cheap, I like to feed my students, just like I liked being fed by one of my professors long ago at UCLA. Anyway, here's the scheduled menu:

• Vegetable curry with spinach (iron), tomato (for mildness), carrots (beta carotene) and onions (cuz I like onions) in a medium-hot S&B roux.
• Chicken curry: Green Thai curry with bamboo shoots, eggplant, onions and chicken. This is medium hot, too.
• Dry curry: My famous dry curry--one beef, one vegetarian (so
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  y)--in a secret mix of vegetables, spices and sauces.
• Korokke (potato croquettes): One beef and one vegetarian. May be eaten with the curry (suggested), or separately with chuno sauce--that's the medium sauce between Worchester and tonkatsu sauce.