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F'in Homers. All they do is talk about how the Sox get screwed every single year... I was going to say this earlier when I simply decided to paste ... if y'all cannot see this or agree with it you've got to take the Black and White glasses off.

ahhh... the CPA... Can't Pass Again or Certified Pain (in the) Ass. I'm glad I have that damn thing behind me.

350 people in Chicago and 58 people in the Dallas office. They want to expand the Dallas office to 110 by July 1, 2005.

Yea, more info... there's only going to be three of us interview. If the company is a fit I think I will be pretty hard pressed to get beat out. Now I need you CBOE people to get me some scoopage that I can use in the interview!

I wish that were the case at my old job. I loved it, I loved the people that I worked with and for. Those people were awesome, but the ones who had the financing coming out of bankruptcy basically did not allow anyone to be paid except the executives coming out of bankruptcy. I was at a place where I had very little upside (I reported to CFO-COO split and made half of what some of the others did that did very little) so I left to go into health care - a small company that should have a lot of potential. If it weren't for DICKtatorship, this company would make a mint, I can see it and I can even tell you how to get there, but the guy who runs this place is a total control freak. It's too bad, because otherwise this is a great place. Aw, hell, I may end up here anyway because there is that much potential. I just wish we could be left alone to do our jobs.

I have done that with a company about the same revenue stream (until it was bankrupt... airplanes cost a hell of a lot of money to fly) but the reason I was kept is because I can really focus people on what needs to be focused on (except at this POS company where dictators rule or should that be DICKtators). I feel as though I was one of the key reasons why the company I worked for made it out of bankruptcy. I had many a fights with the COO, CEO, and CFO about why certain things needed to be looked at a certain way. My advice was taken for the most part, and it's damn hard to get an airline out of bankruptcy court. We did it. I think that's a testament. Anyway, yea, I think I can do a lot of things, if left to my own devices. Our CEO here thinks he knows it all, including CPA s***.

ok guys. I will know in the next day or so if I at least get the interview - I would think I have a decent shot (which means I am one of 5 - the director is flying down here Monday and only doing 5 interviews) - but they want a Big 4 experience person (Big 4 for you nonaccounting people would be the 4 biggest CPA firms in the world), so that would be my only limitation. If y'all can keep digging up some info, that would be awesome because the more background I have to talk about in this the better shot I have, obviously.

No. He's working on a "plan A", and a "plan B", neither of them is in the minor leagues. If he goes to the minors, he would have to clear waivers whenever the NHL started again, and I'll tell you now that one GM Mike Keenan LOVES Hordi. So that ain't gonna happen. I will be talking to Hordi most likely tonight or definitely tomorrow - we got lots to catch up on because I have not talked to him since May! I'll let you all know the scoop after I talk to him.

You never know that ********* would come in handy, did you?

that would be a ways down the road - at the very least a couple of years... maybe longer. I wouldn't mind being king of dallas with the occasional road trip to chicago.

And I forgot to say that they intend to bring on more staff - and since i manage the dept where i am now i think that would lead to me having a good shot at my own dept in dallas with the co. problem is - if i want to move up in the company i would have to go to chicago.

It's the same as what I am doing now, except - being that there is only one acct. on staff and my boss is in Chicago... the acct. dept would be ME... I like the sound of that.

See what y'all can dig up in the next hour or two... unfortunately I have to get an answer back by tomorrow morning. I think, from what I see, that this might be a really good thing. By the way, dude, I get this, I will definitely worm my way around to try to get you there. How ya like me now?

Yea, that would be my home for 10 days a month ... for the next five months ... if I were to get this. You like having Kap around?

Pay all medical and dental for employee and dependants allow $10K for tuition reimbursement 401K match of 50 cents on dollar up to 6% Stock Options Bonus of 6.5% of salary 3 weeks vacation

They are currently looking for ********* for their IRVING office. This person will be the ONLY accounting representative in the Dallas office - 58 people in this office total (will expand to 100+ w/in a year), 350 in chicago office

Are they a reputable company? Are they a decent place to work for? Do they have a lion's share of the marketplace? Are they going to get bought by someone, anyone? I need the skinny - because I may have a lead on a job with them.

Y'all are too much.

What do you know about Options Clearing Corporation? This is what I have on them. Options Clearing Corporation (located in Chicago)is the largest clearing organization in the world for options and was the first clearing house to receive a 'AAA' credit rating from Standard & Poor's Corporation. Answer me quick... please.

Well, t minus 24 hours and counting. A press conference has been set up at 2:30 EST to announce the results of the board of governors meeting to be held in Toronto tomorrow morning. Gee. I wonder what will be said... It's getting crazy. I talked to a player and an agent this morning, they are working to get signed up in Europe. I also know a major corporate sponsor for the Dallas Stars, the Stars President was personally calling the "big accounts" today to give them a status update ... Buckle in folks. It's gonna be a long one. An aside - it also seems like they are hoping for a mid-December settlement.

It's an oldie, but a goodie... How many forum posters does it take to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 53 to flame the spell checkers 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp" 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy" 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three" 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ 44 to ask what is a "FAQ" 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs" 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

Um pa, before you go agreeing with Tex you better read all of SLaP. This would be Tex, who should now only post in green until he's back to his old self. I miss that old Tex.

YAS, that's a good point. I hope it doesn't work that way - it seems like the players here like him. But - you do have a point for the history of Bucky...

Well, I always wanted to see NO before it got wiped out. Maybe I won't get to.