thoughts

Haven't posted in 6 months.

New job. It's okay.

Same girlfriend. She's marvelous.

Same boat. Needs some work (VHF, nav. lights, etc.)

Red Sox are leading the AL East fairly convincingly.

Governor Patrick has been largely ineffective.

There's no such thing as a "tax loophole". There's the tax code, and people who know how to utilize the code. If you change the code to prevent this utilization, with the net result being an increase in the taxes one must pay, you've increased taxes.