I just posted a discussion about auto logs on my website www.briantstonercpa.com under tax and finaniclal tips. Take a look at it. If you use your car for business it is worth it to keep a log even if it is a pain because it is the one piece of taxpayer generated info that the IRS has to accept.
As I thought there is talk of putting the unemployment extension together with the extension of Bush tax cuts. Still waiting for something to be done.
On a personal note, my daughter has been getting almost straight As this semester in middle school (Got a B+ in PE; oh well) and finished a project for science last night (with a little painting help from her dad) that I think is fantastic. She is making a frontier town that is similar to a cell in the body with different features that mirror a cell’s functions. She used clay and wood and other stuff to put it together. She has a picture of it on her Ipod and if I can figure out how to put on the computer I’ll show you next week.