John Lennon 25 years gone

December 8 marked the 25th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. I grew up with the music of the Beatles, though I was just a little too young to be appreciating them as they were happening, and so I've taken advantage of the "new wave" of Beatlemania and I've read a couple of new books - one about John and one about the Beatles - and caught up on a few things I missed.


John Lennon: All I Want Is The Truth by Elizabeth Partridge is a photobiography that goes into some detail about the other Beatles as well.

The Beatles by Bob Spitz is a biography of the group, in which I learned a lot of interesting facts I didn't know - for instance, when the Beatles played their stadium shows in the U.S., nobody could hear them play because of all the screaming. This book is a monster - over 900 pages!

Finding tax forms

Tax time approacheth! The Internal Revenue Service changed its Web site home page, but you can still print out forms for your taxes. The Web page is www.irs.gov .

On the left side of the page there are several links. If you click on More Forms and Publications, you'll go to a page that gives you options for finding forms, including a Topical Index link. If you know the form number, just click on the link that says Form and Instruction Number. If you want an older form, click on the link that says Previous Years.

At the top of the Form and Instruction number page, you'll find instructions. At the bottom is a big scroll-down box with IRS forms in alphabetical and then numerical order. Click on the form listing you want. (You can click on multiple listings if you use the control key.) Next, click on the button below the box; it says Review Selected Files. That step will create links to the forms you have chosen.