I found another CA blog out there - the first French Canadian one I've come across . If you have trouble reading Julien's French, run it through Google Translate. The translation's not perfect, but it'll do. The newest posting caught my eye ; in the spirit of hyper-critical UFE prep,...

A quick piece of math to share with you all. Math? I know, for a blog run by a CA, there's really very little math, eh? Don't act so shocked - in my day job I'm really more of an auditor than an accountant, despite what the "A" stands for in CA. Yes, this photo's only tenuous...

Before getting into some commentary that won't appeal to most readers, I'll start by doing a super Q&A right now for those of you starting on your summer internships: I invite you to send me more questions about either getting into the CA program, what it's like when you're already...

It's been quiet on my end lately because I've been splitting my time between being busy with work, life, and studying for my exam next weekend. Unlike with UFE prep, I've been basically burrowing into a single book and then doing practice questions. This is just a multiple choice exam so...

A week after they sent me the e-mail making it official, my certificate finally showed up at the office, proudly proclaiming to the world that I'm a CA. Whee! The other 1157 pieces of 'mail' where spams that hit me - roughly as much as last month . Although the ICAO should probably be ashamed...

This was a disappointing April Fools, I must say. No one used the window washer's cart to leave rude messages on the anyone's windows and we didn't really do much in the office either, owing to most of my friends in the office being on vacation or at client sites - and even I was busy finishing...

Wow, I'm rather impressed, shocked, and maybe even a little confused. Spam fell down to 965 in February. With a grand total of 29 days, that's almost a full month, but it's less than a third of the 3097 from last month . Zach noted a drastic fall back then too. Interesting. I'm obviously...

Wow, the federal government is doing a budget "consultation" (which is "not a poll", they say). Interesting . Thanks to Nancy Z for the link. It's a 1-7 scale. I assume 1 means top priority. Interestingly the government insists on knowing your income level when you complete the...

3097 pieces of spam - it's a lot, and I think it's a new record. I'm on the road and don't have much spare time to discuss it though, so I'll just leave this statistic up and move on.

It's a new record, 2690 pieces of junk mail beat the previous record of 2541 set in August . Interestingly, before then, December 2005 was the record holder. Interpreting spam as a desperate attempt to make money in time for the Christmas holidays. That's an idea. Then what explains the increased...