I'm not really in the mood to argue. I mean, I've had some excellent food lately, which should really put anyone in a good mood. But I'm still shocked and appalled. And I really should've replied to the news that photography is banned from the station with a chilly, "what for?"...

Here's a better question - do you pay your interns a decent wage? Accounting firms are decent in that their interns actually earn money . Contrast with newspapers and magazines like the Walrus which, from what I hear, don't. How. Dreadfully. Awful. With that in mind, I link to this handy little...

Unfortunately you won't learn how to pass most exams with this knowledge, but applying the rules or tips in Dave Pollard's "When not to use e-mail" posting will make you a much better communicator. This list applies to all people, but there are specific insights for auditors. Especially...

Some thoughts on flex-time popped up after seeing a this clip on Videosift with a bunch of American politicians walking out after a grandstanding speech making some spurious claims of support for disgraced Bush administration officials. What amused me about the video was thinking, well, actually, I can...

Easy answer. This one. My first response to his associated related "Recruit Genie" site was "BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA" coupled with, "was this designed by a 12 year old with too much time on his hands?" "Strange as it may seem, employees don't have many free speech rights...

Neil has a fun little conversation going on the topic of the 2007 UFE . The discussion branched off into the question of why Ontario did worse than the national average and what could be done to improve matters. Could forcing candidates into a 2-year program improve matters? Paul says no, " Low...

The ones supplied with the iPod Nano I scored this year survived a surprise visit to the laundry . The sound is also much cleaner now.

I'm about to learn something the infamous ‘fun way’. It all started when I wondered where my arbutus were. I couldn’t find them on my desk, so perhaps they were in my bag at work. I went to the office, looked inside the pockets, and still couldn’t find them. I was puzzled but resigned to the fact...

The team behind Bioshock caught a lot of flack for releasing a sub-par disc masquerading as a soundtrack for buyers of the game's Limited Edition in the UK. It was a mere three tracks, all remixes by Moby. What a disappointment if you paid extra for that. Fortunately, I never did. In a doubly awesome...

You can count on Francine's site to yield some interesting stories about audit work, and the latest post concerning the audit woes at Boeing is without a doubt the wildest epic of chaos and confusion wrought by a poor SOX job I've really ever seen. The amount of money blown testing controls that...