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  • The String

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    The string gets pulled in all directions. Each tugging it. Each trying to get a certain part of it. None of them want to give up. They could all let go but they don’t. They grasp harder. They try different… Read More ›

  • Will Run (more or less) for Beer!

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    I just ran part of a mile. It was epic. It was horrible. It was a literal pub crawl. I realize that running part of a mile isn’t overly impressive but, for me, it’s a major accomplishment. I’m out of… Read More ›

  • Independent Audit: A Disaster Film

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    I’ve always wanted to write a screenplay. I’ve had a lot of ideas but none have come to fruition thus far. With the Memorial Day weekend having just past I’ve been inspired, yet again, to write a screenplay but I need… Read More ›

  • Ask the Accountant: Audits

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    The only phrase that scares accountants more than the phrase “social hour” is “annual audit”. It’s not that accountants aren’t social, it’s just that they aren’t social. In terms of the annual audit, this is a cruel and unusual punishment… Read More ›

  • Just Desserts?

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    I typically do the grocery shopping in my family. I like it. It’s cathartic. It’s peaceful. It’s because I’m lazy. I don’t like to make lists of what I want because I don’t want to think about what I want…. Read More ›

  • Megan O’Russell: In the Accountant’s Realm

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    Today is May the 4th, a day recognized by Star Wars fans the world-over as Quatro de Mayo and a day that I have the pleasure of sharing the third in my trilogy of interviews with one, Megan O’Russell. Megan’s second novel,… Read More ›

  • Ask the Accountant: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

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    With the fight of the century between Floyd “ME-ME-ME-ME” Mayweather and Manny “I-hope-that-I-box-better-than-I-sing” Pacquiao less than a week away I have decided to answer some pressing questions about the fight that will provide you, the reader, with in-depth analysis that can’t… Read More ›

  • Self-Diagnosed

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    I read an article the other day that I shouldn’t have; I know better than to click on stories about new medical discoveries. It never ends well. Yet, despite my carpel tunnel, I managed to click on the link like… Read More ›

  • Daddy Ate a Little Lamb

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    My wife is a vegetarian. My two sons are chicken nugget-tarians. Me? I eat dead animals. I don’t like to think of it that way but I’ve had to have a number of conversations with my kids lately about what… Read More ›

  • Rapping up the Month: March

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    2Pac. Tupac. Toopac. Regardless of how you spell the late great 2Pac’s name it’s hard to say anything bad about his music. It was raw. It was full of emotion. It continues to be released despite that fact that he died nearly 20… Read More ›