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hurrah for tax returns!

dave got his taxes done professionally, whereas i tackled the 1040A myself. he's getting a slightly bigger chunk back, and i think he said it was something called a "hope credit" that made up most of the difference. i'm happy with what i got, but i'm curious... i think it had something to do with paying to get educated. i took a deduction, i guess i could've taken a credit instead, possibly leading to bigger money? anyone know?

did i hear this right?

on npr's marketplace, they mentioned that the ford model-t got 25 miles per gallon nearly a century ago? quick websearch reveals several environmental orgs bitching that it got better gas mileage than modern SUVs, which seems to corroborate.

i hadn't heard. that's amazing. my car does better, but just barely.