TUNE UP YOUR BUSINESS - COME IN FOR AN AUDIT CHECK

You are a small business owner and you have someone doing your books.  So far so good.

One day you are out buying some supplies, when your company credit card is denied.  That must be a mistake, right? 

You get a call from the Canada Revenue Agency.  They would like to know when you will pay your GST,
because you are 6 months in arrears...that couldn't be, could it?

You asked your bookkeeper to see if they could put together a list of your suppliers' purchases for the last year.  You got the list.  6 months late.  Having asked 4 times.  But you think that's OK, of course.....

So what't the point you ask?  What if we told you that for the price of dinner for two, at a good restaurant, with wine, you could get a tune up for your business record keeping? 

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THE MOLLY MAID ACCOUNTANT

The more I work in this industry the more ineffective and just plain bad providers I run across. I spend more of my time cleaning up behind these so called bookkeepers and accountants than ever. When looking for someone to take care of your business records,try doing some due diligence, not just asking your family and friends if they know someone. Ask for references, and if you do hire someone and if you are not satisfied, get someone else before the damage is done.

TRUMP APPRENTICE HITS AN ALL TIME LOW

THE APPRENTICE! IVANKA - PREGNANT AND A TERRIBLE WARDROBE? Please never wear any of the clothes you wore in the show tonight. Ever again. I missed the entire first segment trying to find out what you were wearing, and then why you were wearing it. The blue top that makes you look like you are stuffed into it, and the bottom of which looks at first horified glance, like an oversize pair of jodopurs or plus fours. Very ugly and vey unflattering. Unless of course you want to be the focus of attention and the fore runner of the 'worst dressed' category 2010... Also, your hair in the boardroom, looked flat, oily, unkempt. It was a tough decision which was worse, the dress or the hair. I promise you, that I could dress you off the rack in a recycle for charity thrift store, than whoever if chosing your wardrobe and doing your hair. And you could donate the difference to charity. Now there's a reality show for you. Wow.

ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD DOES NOT BUY CLASS MR. TRUMP

THE APPRENTICE! DONALD (TRUMP) SINKS TO A NEW ALL TIME LOW... I admit I watch the Apprentice. I have no excuses. What's that popular expression,'like watching a car wreck, you can't look away'... Now though it is true, I have not seen every episode of every season, but I have watched most of them. It appears that we have sunk to a new all time low. Is America so bereft of smart, educated, go getting, MANNERED people? I may finally have seen my last episode. Do you really think that you would keep, a loud mouthed, disrespectful, insubordinate, without class,egotist and did I mention, disrespectful? So this must be television I guess. I keep hoping that one day, someone will get some integrity and make something that does not glorify rudeness, and selfish, childish behaviour. But then, silly me, I forgot - Donald runs the show...

TRY THIS ON NFL

There are several ways the NFL could improve the game. 

Here's my rant on some.

No kneel down to end the game and running out the clock.  I know there's a lot of gambling on points spreads, but really.  Play the game for 60 minutes, make it exciting.  Watch some of the CFL games, you might get the idea. 

Equal opportunity for both teams, first play of overtime.  Why is this not implemented? Are you people crazy?  How much excitement do you think there is in awarding a significant advantage on the toss of a coin.  Come on. Really.

Get rid of the cheer leaders.  The idea that 80,000 people care about seeing some scantily clad girl whose IQ equals her bra size, jiggling about to loud music in between plays seems to me, to be just a wee bit out of touch.   I think you have missed the boat.  It sailed awhile ago.  You might raise some interest if you dressed up some chimpanzees.

Don't make the season longer, don't be so greedy that you finally embark upon the slippery slope to consumerism!  Keep your millions, who needs billions anyway. 

Stop messing about trying to stop the guys playing football.  It is a tough game.  All you have to do is watch the Pro Bowl, something I still have not been able to accomplish.  Last Sunday I think I saw a total of 3.6 minutes.  If anyone saw 3.6 minutes of the Pro Bowl they will know what I mean.  That's what the game wouldl look like and noone would watch.

Football is a tough game, next best thing to modern day Gladiators.  Stop girlying up the rules. 

Enough!

Go Packers!

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

Every year I go through the same turmoil, can't wait for September and the season, then the count down starts in my head, only x many more weeks, only y many more weeks, only z many games.....then playoffs, tradionally better than a lot of SuperBowls.  The clock is really ticking now.  And now, here I am again, a few days away from the 'big game', routing for a Packers win, still loathing the Steelers for being handed the SuperBowl against 'home' town Seahwaks.  Hoping for a good game, wondering if Favre will ever give up the game.  And can Seattlle get a really good RB?  and a new QB?

Go Packers!

Canada - Your Future is in Education

Wake up Canada. Lets think about educating our investments well, yes, our investments, the children. Lets, oh I don't know, like say, think about free university education. Books and supplies can still be paid for by students. But the education, that must be free. Why cant we do this? What is stopping us? I know we are debating the hugely imporlong form census, but, here's a concept, lets debate something radical, like education? Our future! I dont think importing people and insisting they bring their abhorrent behaviour with them, is the answer. Time to have an identity perhaps. Time to say, we live this way in Canada, and if you would like to join us and become Canadian, and make this your new home in your new country, and you would like to share our identity, come on in!!! But I digress. Back to the first radical idea - educating our own to such a high standard that eventually we will rally have the best country to live in, the best in the world. Do the math. Please. Cost of student loans. Cost of trying to collect student loans. Cost of staff chasing down student loans...write offs, legal fees, time wasted on administration...lets put it this way, best educated citizenry...priceless! Make education affordable to those who otherwise may never have a chance. Charge foreign students a lot for our precious spaces - everyone will want to come here, we will be the best.... I think our National moto should be 'the possibilities are endless' and I think Canada, the land of opportunity, should finally be, all it can be.

Here's another radical thought Canada! Let's stop killing our childrens education by throttling it in bureaucracy. Lets go, one curriculum in every school at every level. Lets get rid of every school board and board and go to federal control with provincial delivery. Lets get our arts and sports education back into schools and lets not tax the parents any more for our shortcomings. Any child in the country should be able to walk out of his/her 3rd grade classroom in Lethbridge and into his/her new classroom in Barrie and be confident that they will at no disadvantage. School hours should be extended and holidays shortened. School should start at 5 years with kindergarden at 4 years. Just another wild and wacky idea on how to remove the weeds choking our parents and children...