Go to the park, without leaving your desk

Are you tired of the boring view from your desk? Why not visit one of the numerous webcams put up by the government?
Watch Mount St. Helens, the volcano has been slowly releasing lava for the past year: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
Avoid the snow on the divide and check out the Black Canyon of the Gunnison online: http://www.nps.gov/blca/webvc/weather.htm
See the air pollution covering downtown Denver: http://apcd.state.co.us/psi/chpark.html
If your desk doesn't have a window, check out the weather outside in Boulder at: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/Boulder/webcams/
And finally, if you want to explore webcams around the U.S. check out the National Park Service list at: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/webcams/ or the Department of Interior list at: http://www.doi.gov/webcam.html.

Tax Forms

Want to find tax forms online? We have set up a tax forms guide, which links to federal and state tax forms available electronically. We also have paper tax forms available on the third floor in the southwest corner of Norlin Library. The following is a list of the forms, instructions, and publications we have received in paper. While we attempt to keep this list up-to-date, due to high demand, some forms may be temporarily out of stock.

Forms

• W-3
• 1040
• 1040A
• 1040ES
• 1040EZ
• 1040X
• 1040A Schedule 1
• 1040A Schedule 3
• 1040 Schedule A
• 1040 Schedule B
• 1040 Schedule C
• 1040 Schedule D
• 1040 Schedule EIC
• 1040 Schedule F
• 1040 Schedule R
• 1040 Schedule SE
• 1096
• 1098
• 1099 Miscellaneous
• 2106
• 2441
• 3903
• 4562
• 4868
• 8283
• 8829
• 8863

Instructions

• 1040
• 1040A
• 1040EZ
• 1040NR
• 1040NR-EZ
• 1040X
• 1040A Schedule 2
• 1040A Schedule 3
• 1040 Schedule R
• 1940X
• 2106
• 2441
• 4562
• 8283
• 8829
• 8863
• W-2/W-3

Publications

• 17
• 225
• 334
• 505
• 535
• 3201

Colorado State Tax Forms and Instructions

Mail your Mom a letter

This Sunday, the U.S. Postal Service will be increasing the cost of mailing letters, postcards, and packages. So if you have 37 cents stamps left at home use them by Saturday to avoid having to go buy the 2 cent Navaho jewelry stamps. This might be the perfect opportunity to send out all those thank-you notes.

Sago Mine explosion

The Mine Health and Safety Administration ("MHSA") has put together a web page on the Sago Mine Explosion. To read reports on accidents, inspections, violations and other reports from the MHSA, go to http://www.msha.gov/drs/drshome.htm and enter the Mine ID of 4608791.

Humorists at the Supreme Court

Who knew the justices at the Supreme Court were funny? Jay Wexler, a law professor at Boston University, wrote in "Laugh Track" in the Green Bag law journal that Justice Scalia was the funniest in the 2004-2004 term, with 77 laughing episodes and a LEIPPA (Laughter Episodes Instigated Per Argument Average) of 1.027. The New York Times followed up on this study in "So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says..." (link may require free registration) stating that in the current term Justice Breyer is edging out Justice Scalia with a 28-25 lead. (Ok, what passes as justice humor might not bring down the house at your average get together, but there are some good ones like, this one from Justice Kennedy: "Recently I lost my luggage. I had to go to the lost and found at the airline, and the lady said has my plane landed yet.")