I was sitting here the other day and had a strange thought. Major accounting firms are similar to paramilitary operations. In my youth, I spent about 10 years in these types of firms, so I feel qualified to make this strange observation. Why do I think this, you may ask? Rigid chain of command Staff receive [...]
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Why Accounting Firms are Like Paramilitary Operations
Posted in Humour, Social commentary, tagged big 4 accounting firms, commandos, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, major accounting firms, office humour, paid overtime, paramilitary, PricewaterhouseCoopers on August 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Canadian Driving Tips
Posted in Social commentary, Uncategorized, tagged Canada, careless driving, defensive driving, driving, driving experience, drunk driving, road rage, unsafe driving, winter driving on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Having driven in major cities within Canada for several decades now, I’d like to share some thoughts with others that I share the road with, since some fellow drivers seem to be lacking in a few areas. I see these driving behaviours at least once a week. DO NOT BACK UP ON ON-RAMPS This has [...]
Remove Police Forces’ Ability to Use Tasers with Impunity
Posted in Social commentary, tagged abuse, Canada, conduct, cops, death, how to deal with police, human rights, misuse, police, RCMP, tase, taser, taze, tazer, torture, Western Canada, zapped on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I couldn’t stop shaking my head as I read the latest in Canadian cops and their use of tasers. So not only are we the country that tasers non-English speaking tourists to death in airports, apparently we also tase 17 year old boys to death, and use repetitive taser shots to subdue an 82 year old man who [...]
Animals Left in Cars in the Heat – Check if the Air Conditioning Is On!!
Posted in Birds, Bees and Dogs, Social commentary, tagged air conditioning, animal rights, animals, cats, dangerous, dog, good citizens, heat wave, intervention, left in car, windows rolled up on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are animal rights people. Not those goofy people that go running around spraying people wearing fur with paint, but rather, we believe that if you own an animal it should be integrated into your life. If you own a dog, it should live in the house so that it can be with its pack [...]
Does Forced Community Service Do Any Good?
Posted in Social commentary, tagged mandatory community service, obligation, Ontario, youth on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m very curious about how its going with the Ontario Government’s test project that has high school students perform 40 hours of mandatory community service prior to graduating. As in, are the kids taking part more or less likely to be adult volunteers? Mandatory service is not volunteering as the choice has been removed from the individual. [...]
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5th Anniversary of the Big 2003 Black Out – and where were you?
Posted in Social commentary, tagged 2003 black out, big black out, environmental, fire hazards, fire marshal, fire risk, fluorescent bulbs, low energy light blubs, recycling, warnings on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was the 5th anniversary of the ‘great’ Ontario/US blackout yesterday, when 50 million people in Ontario the Eastern US went without power for several days. “Five years ago Thursday, some 50 million North Americans suddenly lost their power and briefly learned to live without light, television and all the other energy-sucking conveniences that have [...]
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