Archive for March 5th, 2009

Warm and Fuzzy

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

If you get warm and fuzzy after reconciling a statement of cash flow with the income statement, you know you are destined to be an accounting professor.

My accounting professor has taught statement of cash flows problems for almost 40 years.  He still gets warm feelings when the net cash flow works out.

Other goodies from class:

1. CIMITYM—cash is more important than your mom.  This is what he teaches corporate executives that pay more than $60k for a crash course in business at Stanford.

2. When you throw away the doughnut, you throw away the hole.  When you sell something, you lose the depreciation.

3. There is only one joke in accounting.  It is the answer to the question what are the only numbers on a balance sheet that have no uncertainty?

被面书了

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

半年前那一晚上就想到这一刻迟早会过来的。

就不说该躲、不该躲了,反正是躲不过的。用古老先生最喜欢的比喻,不管多么害羞、与世隔绝的闺房中的少女,总有一天都还会出嫁的。人生有有些东西就是必然的。

这天终于来了。

当在面书上看到她的邀请时,马上看了她的生日。

天啊!怎么是天蝎座的!

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面书最大的作用是可以提醒你某某某生日要到了,给你个借口和女生、老板说两句话。一周前我好奇地发现有一个衔接可以看所有人的生日。我从头到尾看了一遍,发现星座还是很妙的。和双子、狮子普遍很有缘份是自然的。奇怪的在于处女和天蝎也不错。人数相比不多,但真的不错。莫非和我上升是巨蟹有关吗?

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过两周要去韩国了。商会的日本朋友说在韩国扔h-bomb很有效。说的我们一老一小会心大笑。这炸弹果然是一个很好的聊天主题。还有什么简单的主题能关联到学校、旅行、酒水和女人呢?

Missed Opportunities: Part 2

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

爱若斯对我之前的小冒险不以为然。依她所见,这种情况总没有好结局的。或者被拒绝,或者成功但从此不能安生。毕竟做坏事一次比一次容易。我觉得其实不然。如果我们生下来就和活佛一样有智慧,她是对的,能抢过来的只是花天酒地佛。但我们不是。人在变化,人也终有长大的时候。有些人终有一天会变老实的。