Good fun! We got to see Debbie's new red whaletail spoiler painted white and fitted to Ady's car :) We got to see Al's new SAAB 9-5 Aero wagon and it was great to see Theo and his superb SAAB 99.

No pictures, sorry ... just drink, curry and good company!

See you next time?

When you form an LLC (or Corporation), it is registered and created at the state level. You can choose to form an LLC in any state, regardless of your state of residency.

Nexus

When you have business activity that clearly occurs in a specific state, you are said to have "nexus" in that state. If your LLC has nexus in a state, it will probably need to register itself in that state and pay any applicable taxes for doing business there. An LLC is a pass-through entity, meaning it is designed to have zero taxation because income taxes are paid by the LLC owner(s) on their tax return. Unfortunately, some states have created franchise and/or excise taxes that can be costly.

Virtual Businesses

If you are starting an internet business (or any other business that doesn't create nexus in a specific state) you can choose to form your LLC in a state where registration is more favorable. You will need to name a registered agent - a person or corporation residing in that state who can be served papers on behalf of your LLC. There are plenty of companies who will provide a registered agent service for $100 to $150 per year.

Foreign business activities

If you form an LLC for the sole purpose of foreign activities (such as holding real estate outside of the U.S.) then you also may not have nexus in any specific state. This puts you in the same situation as having a virtual business - you can choose to form your LLC in any state.

Top 4 States for LLC filing

Oregon - Oregon does not have any LLC income, franchise, or excise taxes. Fees are low ($50 registration & $50 annual report). It offers electronic registration and electronic submission of annual report. Forming an Oregon LLC is fast, easy, inexpensive, and it doesn't subject the LLC to any special taxation.

Wyoming - Wyoming was the first state to create an LLC law. There are no income, franchise, or excise taxes applicable to an LLC in Wyoming. Fees are low ($100 registration and $50 annual renewal). The only thing I don't like about WY is that registration and annual renewal must be done through the mail, which is a hindrance if there is a transaction waiting on your LLC to be formed.

Delaware - Delaware has always been one of the favorites for forming Corporations and LLCs because of its pro-business laws and court rulings. Over 50% of publicly traded U.S. companies and over 60% of Fortune 500 companies are formed in Delaware. It does have an LLC tax of about $250, but I consider it to be more of a "fee" than a "tax" because it is a flat figure not based on assets or income. This "fee" can be paid annually online, and there are no other taxes as long as the LLC doesn't have business activities in Delaware. There is a low initial registration fee ($90), but the formation document does have to be mailed in.

Nevada - Nevada gets a lot of attention as one of the top states in which to form an LLC or Corporation. This is partly because it boasts about its unique privacy policies - that it won't share owners' information with anyone, including the IRS or creditors. I've heard that over the past few years this privacy claim has been unraveled as owners' information has been surrendered in court. This reputation for iron clad privacy has also attracted a lot of scam artists into using NV LLCs, and that can attach a negative stigma to your NV LLC. Nevada does have the benefit of no taxation on LLCs, and it accepts faxed formation documents which is almost as good as electronic registration in terms of quick filings. Unfortunately, NV fees and filing requirements have been increasing, and I honestly haven't been keeping up with them. I don't see any reason to register a new LLC in Nevada unless the other 3 states become less favorable by increasing fees, taxation, or filing requirements.

The information provided above is not a complete analysis, and you should always consult a competent attorney for legal matters.

In the second picture, I am wearing a cute sweater called "Maia" (part of a set with jeans) with an oversized collar which comes in different color options in a package -  it's almost only available like this with lots of colors to mix with, at Barerose Tokyo. My jeans are from =Dela*= and what you see here is only one of many choices for the autumn. The sassy hairstyle is "Danita" from Hair Solution - you will find it in 5 different colors per package. My skin is again Adriana from Glance, but in another makeup tone called "Sexy". The shoes are the fabulous Bitchy Boots from Stiletto Moody and the matching black striped opacity socks are from Sheer.

Months ago, I wrote a blog post on Addison Pemberton and his restored Boeing 40c.   Be sure to check it out for background.  Today Pemberton began a transcontinental flight in his plane that began at Republic Field in New York, and will end on Monday in San Francisco.  The flight plan retraces an old transcontinental mail route.  Here is the latest info I can find on the 40c Itinerary.

Transcontinental Air Mail Route Schedule, Sept. 10-15, 2008

Subject to Change Due to possible weather-related or other delays.

-- Wed., Sept. 10 -- Depart New York Republic Field 9:30 a.m. Arrive Bellefonte, PA late morning. Depart and arrive Cleveland, OH Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL) late afternoon/early evening. Overnight stop.

-- Thurs., Sept. 11 -- Depart Cleveland (BKL) 9:30 a.m. Arrive Bryan, OH (OG6) late morning. Depart and arrive Chicago, IL Lansing Airport (IGQ) late afternoon. Arrive Iowa City, IA (IOW) early evening. Overnight stop.

-- Fri., Sept. 12 -- Depart Iowa City 9:30 a.m. Arrive Omaha, NE (OMA) late morning. Depart and arrive North Platte, NE, (LBF) late afternoon. Overnight stop.

-- Sat., Sept. 13 -- Depart North Platte 9:30 a.m. Arrive Cheyenne, WY (CYS), late morning. Depart and arrive mid-afternoon Rawlins, WY (RWL). Depart and arrive Rock Springs, WY (RKS) early evening. Overnight stop.

-- Sun., Sept. 14 -- Depart Rock Springs 9:30 a.m. Arrive Salt Lake City, UT (U42) late morning. Depart and arrive Elko, NV (EKO) late afternoon. Depart and arrive Reno, NV (RNO) early evening. Overnight stop.

-- Mon., Sept. 15 -- Depart Reno 9:30 a.m. Arrive Hayward, CA (HWD) late morning. Depart Hayward mid-day for San Francisco (SFO or Chrissy Field). Return to Hayward. Overnight stop.

Be sure to check local airports for details on public views and access.  Also, you can follow the flight on a daily basis via the following link:  Smithsonian Airmail Odyssey.

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This is from the official rules and F.A.Q.s........   What is the Promotional Offer?

Visit any participating Chick-fil-A restaurant wearing your favorite football team’s attire or logo on Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2008, from 10:30 a.m. until close and get one free order of our new Chick-n-Strips (3-count). Limit one order per person while supplies last.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: To receive one (1) free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips (“Chick-n-Strips”) while supplies last, eligible participants should visit participating Chick-fil-A locations from 10:30 AM until close on September 1, 2008 wearing at least one visible article of clothing that contains any football team logo or collegiate logo and mention this Promotion. Hours of operation may vary by location.

ELIGIBILITY: Offer available only to legal U.S. residents of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY. Limit one free three-count order of Chick-n-Strips per person, regardless of location and/or number of visits, while supplies last. http://www.cheerforchicken.com/home/rules

Just the three of us this time - me (Orca on the SAAB forums), Simon (Bonzo Dog) and Andy (Murray). A couple of drinks, good chat and a curry, or curries for the hungry ones, after a noisy burn into Manningham.

What with UKSAABs being mostly down, or inaccessible, for the last month I missed the news about founder member Al's (BigBadAl) new car - he's traded his excellent, but rusting Odorado Grey Classic 900 T16S for a new(ish) 9-5 Aero HOT! We're all looking forward to seeing that at the next gathering.

See you next time?

Sunset at Lewis Lake

Views from our drive from Yellowstone.  Grand Tetons.

The night after Yellowstone we camped in Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, which was beautiful and provided us with a windy little rainstorm.  I haven't seen much rain lately, so it was nice for me.  In the evening I lost a game of Scrabble to Heather and in the morning I took a walk with the dogs.  I thought the colorful grasses were gorgeous.  You can see them in this picture of Heather walking Angus.

Heather and Angus on an evening stroll

These grasses had very soft tops

These were long driving days for me and the dogs, but short ones for Heather.  I write to you from Leadville, CO, where I will be staying for a few days, and will post some pictures from our last campsite later on and fill you in on Leadville.

I was reminiscing about Sturgis and while sitting behind the ‘ol MacBook I was looking for some Rally news, photos, videos...something from Sturgis to connect while I wait until our 105^th Anniversary departure.

What luck?!  Last year I remember clicking on webcams for road reports and realized I can be there..."virtually"!

As a photo hobbyist, the best site is the webcam on Sturgis Bike Week site.  There is also Web wolf, Rally Daily, Deadwood from the SD Public TV, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and all the associated Wyoming highway cams HERE.

The Sturgis Bike Week site offers hi-resolution cameras in multiple locations.  And when I say hi-resolution, it is most impressive with a zoom feature.  I did a "page scrap" of a random hi-resolution webcam photo and you'll notice that in the close up of the gal on the sidewalk you can nearly make out the face of the guy who is a reflection in her sunglasses.  Wow!  It's stunning that webcams are capturing this kind of detail.  It would be easy to run license plates while sitting in an air conditioned room...in another state

I updated the camera and captured this photographer walking across the Sturgis main street.  When zooming in a person could nearly make out the type and size of lens he has on the camera.

This is pretty good image quality for a webcam.  Makes me wonder how many people know there picture is on the internet...whether they like it or not?

Photos courtesy of Sturgis Bike Week Webcam.

We stopped for lunch in Sheridan, WY, getting off at the first of three exits for the small town.  We were a little worried at first, as we only saw a Super Kmart, a couple gas stations, etc., but continuing down Main Street, it turned into this adorable small town!  We loved it, and had lunch at a totally "country-hip" lunch spot that you'd easily find in San Francisco, called Java Moon.  It was attached to this very chic boutique, selling David Kahn jeans, adorable beaded earrings and necklaces, and other cute finds.  I couldn't believe all the great places to shop and eat!  

Continuing onward, Kurt later decided we had to pull off the freeway to get this great shot, right at the Wyoming/South Dakota border:

Pulling into Sturgis, SD for gas, we realized that tomorrow begins Sturgis Bike Week, where bikers from all around meet for a "biker Woodstock" of sorts (cool new term coined by Kurt).  You would not believe how many bikers we've seen today alone.  On our way to Mount Rushmore, this is one of the views:

So we made our way to Mount Rushmore, and basically saw the whole thing as we were driving up -- we took a few photos, and thought, "eh, we've seen it, do we really want to pay the $10 to park?".  We decided we were satisfied with our photos from outside the parking lot:

Next destination: Crazy Horse.  As we started to drive that direction, there was a car pull-out, and this great profile view of President Washington:

Ok, so now we were really on our way to Crazy Horse, which we fully intended to actually go into.  However, when we got there, it was $20 to park and go in, and again, we'd seen it all from the road!  Call us cheap, call us lazy, or just call us what we were (hungry), but we were quite satisfied. 

After our freeloader sightseeing, we headed into Rapid City and checked into our hotel, and then drove into "town" to find some dinner.  I didn't realize just how awesome this place was going to be!  We found a great wine bar and restaurant, Wine Cellar Restaurant, and had fantastic wine, and excellent tapas.  Thursday nights are a buzz of activity in Rapid City apparently (they block off a road and have live music), and given all the excitement with Sturgis Bike Week, it was even more so.  We had an outdoor table at the restaurant, and everyone that walked by knew everyone else sitting outside with us  We ended up getting to know another couple sitting next to us.  It was great to meet some locals our age -- he's a cardiologist (he's looking to hire an ACNP!), and his wife is a stay-at-home mom for their three kids.  We ended up a pub with them for an after-dinner drink, so we had a really wonderful time tonight.  We talked to them a lot about how great we think the town is, and their only complaint was how isolated it was from everything else (the closest major town is Denver, which is 6 hours away).  At any rate, I was pleasantly surprised once again, with both food, wine and people!  Here's a street near where our restaurant was, at night:

Finally, this photo says it all:
 

Alright friends, I'd love to write more, but it's already after midnight and we intended to get an early start tomorrow.  We're driving all the way from Rapid City to Des Moines (Google map that one if you're curious!), so I better hit the sack!

[ sinDecade Auri T2 skins | W&Y - Yuki 37 hair ]

[ sinDecade Auri T1 skins | Maitreya - Aimee hair ]

Close-ups of each skin can be found @ my sinDecade Flickr set.

I loooooove variety from skin makers when it comes to makeup colors. The more the better, please!

If I were a superhero, I might look something like this...

[ Kin - Blossom hair | i-Candy - ButtCape (black/pinkleopard) | Schadenfreude - Hot Pink Batwing Tank | Classic Type Goggles by Luann Hicks ]

[ J's Goth Ribbon Laceup Boots ] Sexayyyyyy!

TP to sinDecade's main store to demo the latest Auri Skins and more!

Slightly out of step with our usual "last Tuesday of the month" given the popular holiday period at the end of July, but what a fantastic evening! The usual gang turned up and it was nice to see Ade & Debbie's new new Classic 900 Aero LPT:

We were joined by Al (Fliptop, as he's known on the SAAB forums) who arrived in his Stage 3 Maptun SAAB 95 Aero - quite a car indeed!

Drinks ... chat ... and then "one of those runs" into Manningham for some food at the curry house of curry houses: K2 Restaurant. If you want the world's best Chicken Madras, that's the place to go :)

We discussed putting together a summer event, namely a trip to the Yorkshire Motor Museum in Batley and another ‘Day of Culture’ at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I hope to have something arranged for sometime in August. Stay tuned ...

Again ... much enjoyed ... see you next time?

Below I'm wearing the Sweetest Goodbye Breeze outfit in White & Pink. This outfit comes with a sculpted skirt, sleeves, and collar in White & Pink or Black see through fabric, so you can wear it two slightly different ways.

[W&Y - Yuki 37 hair | *FTL* Cobochon - Ajisai Eyes (FREE! click on store subscribo; a great tip from Beanie Canning!) | Sylva's Animation Factory - Kimono AO]

[Back View]

[W&Y - Yuki 38 hair (omg? Cutest hat ever!! This is like hair from Argrace but only 30L!!! and it's modifable!!) | ICoN - Gold&Red Bangle]

[Sweetest Goodbye - Monocrom Black Suit]

This suit is so cute, I love the sculpted pant legs and the jacket comes with a shirt or without shirt option for a sexier look. The Monocrom suit also has a men's version!! I like that Sweetest Goodbye is branching out into menswear now because guys on the grid have NOTHING TO WEAR (compared to us girls anyway).

All the hair in this entry is from W&Y. In my opinion, W&Y is the best hair bargain on the grid because each style is only $30L (and comes in several colors or bangs options). Tp to W&Y now for a cute hair fix!

On location photos were taken at the beautiful Gion sim.