Passed all four CPA exams on the first try which only 14% of all people do. But the kicker is passing all four with scores above 90%, which only a few Asians do. I was only the third highest scorer in IL that year….darn.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Yes.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

You know I love you, right? Haha

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I know. I felt it on my leg.

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Are you in the Accounting Hall of Fame?

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Illinois CPA Honor Society. But that was my second act as I am a finance (not accounting guy). Passed all three CFA exams on the first try too, which those Wharton and Kellogg guys could only dream of. Damn NIU education…

I was an accounting Excel award winner that year.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

And it wasn’t much. But you are a great host.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I just edited the wiki for the Accounting Hall of Fame and put you in as an inductee. It was immediately re-edited.

How can that happen so quickly? Is there a dedicated bot? Curious Hair, what do you think?

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My name used to show up in a Google search….I do not know if it still does. But who cares, once you start making seven figures per year, hof stuff is meaningless.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

You are running out of interesting ones.

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Accounting and finance are dry subjects. Does being in Cleveland and in Progressive for game one of the 2016 World Series count?

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Watching others succeed is cool but not an accomplishment.

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Brick, the standard is mediocre. I would contend that two deviations from the mean, are well beyond that, so 95% percentile. Based on education level, certification accomplishments, wealth, income, and misc accomplishments alone, I am well beyond mediocre.

We have had our fun. Good night sir.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Agree to disagree.

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Yeah, I noticed they're only open from 5 to 10 most nights, which seems narrow. Not that I'm gonna get ribs at 11 in the morning but I can see where it might get snug.

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I know you're a mediocre libertarian.

You are so humble you have forgotten about your original claims to excellence, like a Pulte home.

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This is why I love denis.

The guy handles some stalker trying to insult him like a real gentleman. At the same time, he revels in decades old minutiae about himself that many would have forgotten. Both sides make a person interesting. The incredible Hulk loses his appeal if he is always Hulk or always Bruce Banner.

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That's strange because it is located in an area where I would think he could have a good business lunch crowd. But he knows what he is doing regarding restaurant operations, so I won't question.

I think the ribs are good if you like "fall off the bone". I have read that fall off the bone is actually a bad indication as it means they were boiled to the point of mushiness and then put on an open fire for a few minutes before serving. They taste fine to me but I don't really love ribs. They have other pretty good options and it is one of those places where you can have an upscale dinner while still being in the neighborhood.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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I second the Twin Anchors recommendation

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Deni$ is a good dude....and no, I don't think he's gonna blow me.

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There are at least a dozen reasons why denis is a good dude.

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you get to be close and things happen. no judgement. I think its partially due to the inadequacies of the English language in regards to love. It reduces us English speakers to ignorantly think claim that "love is love", where other languages much more precisely define the emotion a person is feeling.

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Smoked ribs are the best by far.

Going to try Franklins BBQ in Austin this week end. I'll report back.

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Ron Paul Republican, so definitely mediocre on that front. My only qualm is with his stance on abortion, which has always been a states rights issue to me.

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Be prepared to stand in line!

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Sure.

Gale Street and Twin Anchors aren't barbecue. It's a different thing.

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Sometimes I think as I've gotten older, I've kind of gotten over ribs. When I was a kid, our station had big trade packages with Boston Market, IHOP, and Damon's Ribs, so there was like a two-year span where it felt like my family pretty much subsisted on gift certificates from those places. I'm surprised I didn't become the world's first hypertensive 10-year-old. Anyway, I loved ribs (eventually from places better than Damon's), but I've never been that impressed with my own handiwork. I don't have a smoker, I just throw them in the crock pot and then finish them under the broiler, and it's like, they're never bad, there's just nothing magical about them. Dolphin is right, the other side of "fall off the bone" is that they're just kind of gummy, but I've had ribs that were the opposite of that and they were dense and overly cartilaginous. So I figured I needed to try an old-school RESTIRNT to kind of fall back in love with them again.

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Tom's Steak House on North Avenue in Melrose Park used to be a great old school experience. Oddly, they spruced the place up and changed the menu a little and it got worse. They used to serve the ribs unsauced with sauce on the side. The last time I went they were slathered with sweet mediocre barbecue sauce. Not great. Very disappointing. The carousel of salad dressings is still awesome though. My crew used to go there all the time but we've moved over to Donny G's.

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I've never been a rib guy. It's an inferior cut of meat slathered in sauce. There are just too many other choices that are better.