A friend of a friend called the other day after learning that I work for Bourke Accounting. She wanted to know why she only received $1,200 as her stimulus payment and not $2,400. As a single mother of a 25-year-old son (with a family of his own), Facebook told her that she’s entitled to double… Read More
At Bourke Accounting, we have a few transplants from the North: I’m from NYC, Bill is from NYC, Phil is from Jersey. I thought we were the upmost in hardcore. And then, this weekend, I watched the television show Outsiders on the WGN channel. It must be said – New Yawk ain’t got nuthin’ on… Read More
Although Bourke Accounting has suspended Bill’s Bourke Book Club, we still hold a weekly staff meeting (the conference table is huge, there aren’t that many of us and we seat stagger). After business is satisfied, we sit around the table and chat. Last week, we got into the subject of relationships and I recounted my… Read More
Life has gotten very odd. At Bourke Accounting, people can’t stop to chat when dropping off their paperwork. Smiles are hidden behind masks and there are no more handshakes; everyone seems to be sizing each other up as potential harbingers of plague. However, there is a certain – albeit physically distant – solidarity because we… Read More
Look, I know I said I wasn’t going to talk about corona anymore, but please bear with me one more time. I had just gotten home from a productive day of work at Bourke when my pal back home in Bensonhurst, NYC called me with a harrowing tale – he was the victim of a… Read More
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, did you?” ― Stephen King, The Body Friendships are weird because there are just so many different variations when you get right down to it. For example, I like seeing my Bourke Accounting co-workers; I’m curious about what they did… Read More
Years ago, I wanted to visit a pal in Philadelphia. Living in NYC, I didn’t have a car. My friend suggested that I take a Greyhound bus (except he called it “The Dirty Dog”). The fare was unbelievably cheap and the station was conveniently located. Finally, it was only about 2 hours to Philly. I… Read More
Between pedestrian-killing, self-driving Ubers, weird things that Amazon’s Alexa is known to say and robot cops that tell people to go away when a crime is reported (and then sing a little song), there are still a few kinks to work out with automation. For example, the New York City subway once employed booth… Read More
This is my first tax season with Bourke Accounting, but it isn’t my first year working for accountants. I’ve done this before back in good ol’ NYC and I can only hope Kentuckians are more patient than New Yorkers regarding their tax refunds. Literally, one day after filing, the calls poured in: Where is my… Read More
Being a New York City transplant, I was a bit skeptical about what sort of dining experiences could be had in Louisville, Kentucky. Without knowing much about the place, I (with my snarky NYC attitude) decided that I would probably starve without sympathetic pals sending me palatable supplies from home. I can admit when I’m… Read More