…and compared our industry issues to Formula 1 racing. That was a great presentation, but the analogy might have been a bit of a stretch. Accounting talent, generative A.I., Inspector Gadget, Microsoft 365 Teams, and optimizing virtual offices. Quote of the day: A.I. is not coming to take your job. The person who understands A.I. is.
Continuing Education
That’s what this week is. A conference in Las Vegas. It’s not about debits and credits. It’s more about firm management and tech possibilities than the nuts and bolts of accounting. When I was fully engulfed in work, it was my escape for a week every year; a chance to stop doing what I was doing long enough to think about how I was doing what I was doing. It remains a favorite thing. We don’t go to Las Vegas for it anymore. Now we can participate virtually from the comfort of our own home. And it goes a long way toward the 40 hours of continuing education I need to get every year to remain a CPA.
Judy got her new hearing aids today. They are a big improvement.
Sunday
It’s still hot. Hotter than average. The thunderstorms are gone though. No real hail damage for us while they were here, just some really loud rain. Judy is getting new hearing aids tomorrow. They’ve been a long time coming. I’ve been raising my voice to her lately, but not in a bad way. She rode the last pair of hearing aids out for five years. That’s a long time in hearing aid years. They were high tech then. The new ones will be high tech now. Counting down to the van delivery. We don’t know how many days it will be, but each day passed is one less. Learning things in the Ford Transit group online. Buying a few goodies that will be helpful for our first trip. Not buying much though. We don’t want to start out on our first trip with the van overfull. We can buy sunscreens/privacy shades for the inside of the windshield and the driver and passenger windows. We know we’ll need them. Instead of carrying an ice chest, we’ll carry a small 12 volt refrigerator. It looks like an ice chest, but it plugs in. It won’t have to be very big because we only need a few things cold and we don’t have to leave room for ice. When my phone rings and Judy is right there in the room with me, I know it’s a bogus call. I always check voicemail for messages, but for incoming calls my phone is mostly just a plaything for others. I let them play by themselves.
Does the online wisdom below resonate with anybody out there? (Or wives about their husbands?)
What’s this?
A common gallinule.
Previously known as moorhen. It’s a constant process updating names. Years ago, we were in Arizona at the Colorado River and I saw some common nighthawks circling in the evening light. I commented on them and the local person with me said “Those are called Riverhawks.” Same bird. Two different names. It’s a process.
Henry
Just being Henry.
The charming little guy likes to kick all the pillows off the couch. In fact he swims from one end of the couch to the other to make it happen.
Sometimes he loses focus and falls asleep.
It’s a process.
But it always ends with Henry on the couch and the pillows on the floor.