The following article is close to my heart... it is by a Texas web site called Don't Mess With Taxes and as a fellow Texan, I just had to highlight it! With classic, hard-hitting Texas directness, Kay Bell does a good job here explaining why the IRS is not a big fan of "frivolity" in our deductions... who knew? :)

http://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/dont_mess_with_taxes/2007/03/40_tickets_to_t.html