Touch screen typo.  I meant schedule 10-40 w/ time off for good behavior.

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From: "Effgen, A. B." <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Embezzlement at Mark Twain House. (LA Times)
Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2011 8:25 am


Thank you, Arianne, for the notice, and Steve for the additional links. I f=
ind it amazing that the history of the house mirrors the life of its owner,=
 time and again. Ralph Ashcroft, anyone?

If there is some humor to be found in the situation it is in the Hartford C=
ourant article from August 5:

"She also failed to pay federal taxes on the money she embezzled from 2002 =
to 2010 and underpaid her taxes by $322,970, according to the Internal Reve=
nue Service."

I file a 1040 every year and have seen the line items accounting for tips, =
and for gambling winnings, but not the line for embezzled funds. Is there a=
 separate schedule?

On another topic, related only by geography, should you find yourself in Ha=
rtford, around the time  Mr. Courtney gives another tour of Cedar Hill Ceme=
tery in Hartford, I recommend you go. Best five bucks I've spent in quite a=
 long time. Between Cedar Hill and Mount Auburn in Cambridge you can stand =
within six feet of the remains of almost every relevant person in Twain's N=
ew England life. Plus the number of Civil War enthusiasts who attend give y=
ou a real sense of nineteenth century facial hair.

Steve, my apologies for not writing a review sooner. My father and I arrive=
d late, crept into the back of the pack, and had to leave to make a train u=
pon conclusion. A beautiful day for a cemetery walk.

Then completely unrelated beside the name Mark Twain, I've got about 2,000 =
words to send to the MTF but not the time to write them. I'll give you the =
topic...Will Farrell is the Kennedy Center's choice for this year's Mark Tw=
ain Prize for American Humor.

...

Thoughts?

In disbelief,
Alex Effgen=20