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January 8, 2005
Volume 3, Number 1
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 Experience

New Year’s resolutions are made.

Then broken.

But 2005 is young and there’s still time to start over. So throw out the old, ring in the new – and for more help – call on a friend.

Here in Carpenter Country, throwing out and ringing in began when the major resolution breaker started lamenting about all the weight she’d gained from eating holiday goodies.

When she wondered aloud if a might diet help, her partner promptly did some research. Seems there are many ways to lose weight.

Eating popcorn and other filling foods sounded good. Writing down how many calories were gobbled in a day would make a person more conscious of how much she ate. Another tip suggested a change in life style. Pounds could melt away allowing a ‘new you’ to emerge. A plan called Square Your Shoulders promised a lean and willowy bod even if the numbers on the scale remained the same.

Hmmm … time to see which method might work.

Squaring the shoulders provided a slimmer look, but only when tucking in the tummy was remembered.

A life style change proved hard to achieve.

Eating popcorn and counting calories became a roller coaster ride of lose two pounds, gain three.

Obviously the major resolution breaker was also a backslider. What to do next?

The answer arrived in an email from a friend detailing her struggle with the very same ‘lose two, gain three’ problem.

The response, dispatched immediately, read: Maybe we can work together?

Thus was born the ‘Stand Tall, Think Thin,’ method of permanent weight reduction. The major resolution breaker (now renamed the great resolution keeper) and the wonderful friend call their plan the Buddy System. Which once again proves diets are a fad ...

... And friends are forever.

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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE

So You Want to be a CPA

by
HL Carpenter

Environmental accounting. International accounting. Forensic accounting.

It’s a good time to be a numbers person. There’s a wide array of interesting career choices and the job outlook is bright. In fact, a survey of employers by the National Association of Colleges and Employers ranks accounting as the most sought after degree for 2005.

Read the entire article here

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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits

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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW

by
HL Carpenter

The Radical Leap
by Steve Farber
183 pages; hardcover; $16.95
Dearborn Trade Publishing, Chicago, 2004

When a book has nearly as many perky endorsements as pages, the warning is clear: The marketing hype has gone into overdrive because the content is sparse.

Read the entire review here

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TOP DRAWER SATIRE

You're Fired

by
HL Carpenter

Consumer holiday spending was lackluster. Retailer profits are swooning. And Ronald McDonald is in danger of losing his job.

Read the rest here