"Give yourself a break from all those taxing things."

"Laugh and the world laughs with you; 

snore and you sleep alone."

Anthony Burgess

How do you spell relief from April 15th?  

c-o-n-s-t-i-pay-t-i-o-n?

r-e-fun-d-e-d?

Or are you like me (heaven forbid for numerous reasons of your precious sanity) and f-i-led an e-x-tension. Yep, I slept right through the process leading up till the home stretch. Granted I got 3/4 of the way there, but petered out in the end. But why, you might ask (actually, I know none of you are asking; it's just one of those rhetorical things writers can use to disguise split personality issues and/or spending 24/7 with a splotchy colored mini-hound). 

Fact is, the last 1/4 of the race I was in Dallas with my family and some friends spending a good part of the time laughing my as...posterior off. When I get around my mom, brother and sister it's like all the wires get crossed. All decorum, appropriateness and normalcy get replaced with all silliness, frivolity and moments of sheer guffaw. What a terrific word; guffaw. Billy (Webster) defines it:

1.	a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to laugh loudly and boisterously.

Origin: 
1710–20  **(So, do you think it took 10 years to get the definition straight because they were laughing so hard??)

Here's the deal as I see it: It's the 16th. You have 364 days to file. Adequate time get deep into the rhythm and flow of this "down" economy. You can choose to join the millions who will create new ways to ramble in an organized state of chaos (I am not talking about New Jersey) enjoying instant gratification, and to exist in sustained frustration. 

Or, you can choose to join the millions who will create new ways to live in an organized state of chaos (I am talking about contentment) enjoying lifelong gratification, and to thrive in sustained jubilation.  

You can laugh all the way to the bank on that.

Filed away for the time. Being.

For emphasis - (b)