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August 9, 2003
Volume 1, Number 3
ISSN 1554-6330
In this issue:
1. Carpenter Country Essay |
2. Top Drawer Article |
3. Top Drawer Tips |
4. Top Drawer Book Review |
5. Top Drawer Satire |
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CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human ExperienceWhere’s your tranquility? Do you have a private place to relax, a special sanctuary that shuts out the bustle of a busy world?
Maybe you retreat to a quiet brook, a shady glen, or a stone bench in a manicured park. Maybe you prefer to lounge on the couch with a glass of wine.
In Carpenter Country, tranquility rests in a garden, surrounded by fragrant flowers, a gurgling fountain and a swaying hammock. Butterflies sail, birds sing, and the breeze is cool and clear.
Well, maybe cool air is just wishful thinking. After all, we live in Florida where the air is hot and humid. And we forgot to mention the squirrels, snakes, ants, insects and the odd beetle or two that call our garden home.
We forgot to mention them because we were too busy trying to remember when last we embraced our tranquility and let our spirit soar and be renewed.
Hmmm. Think we’ll head out to the garden now.
How about you?
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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE
Read, Listen and Learn
byHL Carpenter
“Go ahead and huff and puff. You’re not getting in – not by the hairs of our chinny chin chin.”
Yes, it’s a take-off on a nursery rhyme. It’s also a company’s response to an analyst’s question, filed as part of Form 8-K, a report that publicly traded companies are required to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
This information should not be considered legal, investment or tax advice. Top Drawer
Ink Corp. does not provide legal, investment or tax advice. Always
consult your legal, investment and/or tax advisor regarding your
personal situation. |
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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits
Feel like you’re being watched?
In today’s electronic society, maybe it’s not paranoia –
maybe it’s your bank. Thanks to new technology, credit card bureaus
are now able to offer banks the ability to check up on your credit activity
on a daily basis. Want to know what they’re looking for? Check out
[Broken Link Removed].
If
it’s not your bank watching you, maybe it’s your car. You’ve
no doubt heard of airplane black boxes, the data recorders that investigators
use to determine what went wrong just prior to a crash. But perhaps
you’re not aware that your car may have a similar device located
in the airbag system. To find out if your vehicle is equipped with the
‘road recorder’, visit [Broken Link Removed].
Summer
safety tip: Lightning kills! Keep yourself safe by staying away from
aluminum patio doors, corded telephones and dirty dishes (water is an
electrical conductor). For more safety tips, visit the National Lightning
Safety Institute at http://www.lightningsafety.com/.
Next-to-last
call for the 8.5 million individual income tax return filers who requested
an extension! The due date for sending in your return – or another
extension request – is Friday, August 15.
If
you own or work for a business that uses an ‘off-the-shelf’
retirement plan document, take heed of the new Internal Revenue Service
rules. Plan documents need to be updated by September 15, 2003 to maintain
tax benefits.
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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW
byHL Carpenter
First, Break All The Rules
By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
271 pages; hardcover; $25.00
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999
Ranking on the Wall Street Journal’s Best Selling Book list the week the review was written: 15
The good news is we all have some talent. The bad news? We’re all
also a few ‘talent cards short of a full deck’.
Want to be a success anyway? Focus on what you do well, not on fixing what you perceive as your shortcomings, and realize there are things you may never achieve.
Breaking the rules never felt so right.
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TOP DRAWER SATIRE
An Accountant for Governor?
byHL Carpenter
Samuel ‘Squirrel’ Efile, a certified public accountant and head of the think tank ‘Accountants for Offshore Support’ today issued a press release announcing his candidacy in the California governor’s race.
“I waited in line right behind the other 4,792 gubernatorial hopefuls to pay my $3,500. I think I even caught a glimpse of Gary Coleman,” said Mr. Efile, when contacted by telephone.
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HL Carpenter, an experienced investor and a CPA, specializes in reader friendly financial and tax topics for individuals and small businesses, and publishes Top Drawer Ink, a newsletter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.
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