The biggest check

I just wrote the biggest check of my life ever to the IRS. (I converted an IRA from standard to Roth this past year. Now watch as the tax code gets replaced with a national consumption tax the year I decide to retire...)

This is the largest check I've ever written that didn't result in my driving off in a new car. (And this is the second-biggest check I've ever written, period).

It's actually kind of painful to think about. I have a feeling I'm going to have a few weeks of beans and rice for dinner in my future...