Well, that was certainly a quick weekend. I can’t say as I did very much, though I actually got to watch a football game yesterday afternoon. If you can call it a football game, that is. It was the Jets vs. the Jaguars, and both of them were rather pitiful. Still, the Jets actually managed to win (and the Bills lost, which is always good), so I won’t complain.

We seem to be edging ever closer to the Pecuniary Precipice (sorry, I’m just really, really tired of the fiscal cliff thing). There was a story in the newspaper about how hard this is going to hit people in New York State, what with us being one of the most highly taxed states in the US (number 3, last I checked, behind CT and NJ). We’re particularly screwed if they decide to do away with the local property tax deduction (not to mention the mortgage interest rate deduction). I know this will screw me over personally (not that it’s all about me, of course).

Other than that, the payroll tax “holiday” is set to end on January 1st. That means a 2% jump in FICA and Medicare taxes, I guess. Plus the jump in the income tax rates, and all kinds of cuts to Medicaid and a reduction of reimbursement rates for Medicare. Oh, and the global financial markets will all collapse, too (at least, if you can believe NPR and Cokie Roberts, who I was forced to suffer through on the drive in this morning).

So, hey, maybe that Mayan Calendar thing was right, after all. Just a couple of weeks off.