As a home owner I approach home repairs with a mixture of both dread and excitement. The excitement comes when my wife lets me call a qualified repairman to repair whatever needs to be repaired. The dread, when I call… Read More ›
Humor
The Great Ant Swallowing of 2013
Upon waking up this morning I took a big drink from a glass of water by my bed only to discover (much too late of course) that there were several (and by several I mean thousands) of ants in the… Read More ›
Great Moments in Accounting History: The Accounting Code
As I was browsing through the shelves of the local bookstore the other day I found myself staring in silent awe as I looked at the cover of a book entitled, “The Secret History of the World”. Words can’t describe… Read More ›
Great Moments in Accounting History: The Cubicle Strikes Back
I’ve spent most of my accounting career debiting and crediting in one cubicle or another (and, consequently, coming to identify with Dilbert and the guys from “Office Space” more and more) having never giving a second thought to how cubicles… Read More ›
Great Moments in Accounting History: My Name is Luca
It would be a major accounting faux pas if I were to neglect writing about the “Father of Accounting”, the “Sultan of Cash Flow Statements”, the “Gangster of Love” in my series of Great Moments in Accounting History posts. I,… Read More ›
Great Moments in Accounting History: Rise of the Bean Counter
In honor of all of the accountants who have sacrificed their (social) lives in the name of satisfying our country’s income tax laws, I will be presenting, over the next few days, several key moments in accounting history. For this, the inaugural… Read More ›
Dressing For (Tax) Success
With April 15th fast approaching I felt that it was my duty as an accountant to let all of you know that I don’t do taxes (except my own – and even then not very well). There is a reason… Read More ›
An Egging in Oregon
Recently my family and I were the victims of a hate crime. Well maybe not my family and I, but our house was. Okay, maybe it wasn’t a hate crime either, but it was certainly a waste crime and one… Read More ›
Dave Barry Unearthed
I recently read a couple of terrific books entitled Dave Barry Turns 40 and Dave Barry Turns 50 respectively. I don’t recall who wrote them but after reading Dave Barry Turns 50 I rushed to my local bookstore (meaning that… Read More ›
Less Water – Great Taste
A faithful reader sent me a link today (http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/02/27/beer-drinkers-make-case-that-anheuser-busch-waters-down-brews/) regarding an obvious abuse of our legal system in the form of a class-action lawsuit against the great American beer company Anheuser-Bush for allegedly watering down their beer. It is disturbing… Read More ›
Accounting 4 Life 