say what?

In the “funny things from Germans” category: two times in the last two months, I have had colleagues mistakenly use the word “turkey” instead of “Turkish”.  I battle with my conscience about whether my personal entertainment is worth the cost of someone walking around telling people that his wife is a turkey.

Just this past weekend, I was at Tommy Hilfiger thinking how much more I like their clothes since moving to Europe and wondering if my tastes have changed.  But then I found it, it’s not me, it’s them.

It has come to my attention that I need to file a US tax return, despite not earning any money in the US this past year.  Actually, I’ve always known this, it’s just come to my attention that I have to do this now.  I roughly translated my Lohnsteuerbescheinigung and sent it off to my CPA (aka, DAD).  Is this sufficient?  I thought the US embassy had tax nights where they held your hand and helped you fill in the highlighted area, but I couldn’t find anything on their website.  Advice?  Although if Obama’s people are any measure to go by, it seems like this is an optional exercise, so maybe my concern is unfounded.