Welcome to the first edition of “By the Numbers”, a series of interviews that I will post whenever I can find real writers willing (and by willing I mean succumbing to an ever-increasing barrage of e-mails from me asking/begging them to participate) to answer a… Read More ›
Humor
Relation-ships
Some 15 years ago something happened that changed my life forever. Some of you who are in the process of doing some quick calculations in your head may have already realized that it’s hard to make quick calculations in your head and… Read More ›
Ask the Accountant: Public vs Private Accounting
For many accountants the big question after getting their accounting degree is; why didn’t I choose a different major? Additionally, they may wonder whether they should go into public or private accounting upon graduating from college. This, coincidentally, is the subject of this… Read More ›
NFL Draft Review: 2014
With the 2014 NFL draft set to be completed sometime, allegedly, before the 2015 draft starts I thought I would add my two-cents into the menagerie of draft analysis that is currently proliferating throughout the web these day. As evidenced in… Read More ›
Ask the Accountant: Income Taxes
Now that the tax deadline has passed I would like to offer a few helpful tax tips in a Q & A format. Bear in mind that these questions were submitted to me from absolutely no one and, therefore, I have… Read More ›
Bees Are Still Jerks: A Sequel
Some of you may remember that I wrote a post about overcoming my fear of bees so as not to pass on this fear to my kids titled Teaching My Kids a Lesson I’ll Never Forget: Part One. You may also… Read More ›
The 50th Post
The 50th post. Quite an accomplishment don’t you think? I’m not referring to me of course, but instead you, my faithful readers. I’m impressed by the fact that you have read the 49 previous posts and continue to come back… Read More ›
Dave Barry’s “You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty”: A Review
The subject of this book review is Dave Barry’s new book of essays entitled, “You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About”. This is a moving collection of essays in which Mr. Barry… Read More ›
Instructions: Or How to Move a Trash Can in Three Steps or More
The other day, as I was performing the weekly ritual of moving various bins (garbage, recycling, glass, yard waste, last-year’s-leftovers, Neighbor’s-dog-who-won’t-quit-barking-at-night, Neighbor’s-whose-dogs-won’t-quit-barking-at-night, etc) out to the curb for pick-up I noticed, for the first time, that the dog’s barking is just… Read More ›
Shutdown Corners
A lot of people are talking about Richard “Don’t-talk-about-me-unless-you-want-me-to-make-every-guy’s-favorite-sports-personality-Erin-Andrews-really-uncomfortable” Sherman due to his somewhat animated post-NFC Championship interview when he not only claimed to be the greatest cornerback in the NFL but also claimed to know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried…. Read More ›