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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 12/12/2025

And $1,200 for a family of three to round trip to Toronto

$1233 to book cheap round trip tickets from Ottawa to Toronto on Via

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 11/11/2025

Like it's hard for Bond to come back from the dead.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 07/11/2025

This is interesting framing. Whose bias is it? Mine or Axios?

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 01/11/2025

To spite the worst month on the calendar I made the best soup known to humanity. And dear readers, I nailed it.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 27/10/2025

Nailed the dumplings. More oil, hotter pan, cooked longer.

Chinese dumpling on a red plate. Shows a golden brown crispy bottom.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 27/10/2025

I regularly come back to this from John C. Bogle's commencement address for MBA graduates of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in May 2007.

Speech Transcript

Here’s how I recall the wonderful story that sets the theme for my remarks today:

At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, the author Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch 22 over its whole history.

Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have . . . Enough.”

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 12/10/2025

Tis but a trifle Happy Thanksgiving!

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 09/10/2025

My favourite desserts as breakfast: Apple crisp Cheesecake Any fruit pie (not blueberry) Cheesecake Dark chocolate torte with ginger cookie crust Cheesecake

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 04/10/2025

That is one hell of an after. Here's before.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 04/10/2025

The proof is in the pancake.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 24/09/2025

Yes, they were eaten right out of the pan.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 23/09/2025

Pretty sure Eggs Benny beats the rapture in all the ways that matter.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 13/09/2025

It's not the main reason we go to the Kingston Fall Fair, but a stop at Fine Balance Brewing for their Oats and Cream IPA is part of the calculus.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 06/09/2025

The traditional back to work roast for @hardinghlady.bsky.social It's the top and tail of the tenderloin tied together. Aka the small thin part at one end and the big thick part at the other. Pulled it at 135F

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 06/09/2025

Garlic sauce base, roasted garlic, basil, honey and prosciutto.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 05/09/2025

Hare today. Scone tomorrow. Ok, I couldn't wait for tomorrow. Dinner was three scones with raspberry jam and a cup of Red Rose tea. Apparently my Nana was haunting me.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 02/09/2025

As a CPA, I do not rely on AI for anything that could potentially result in the activation of my E&O insurance. Such as confirming when the three payroll months are. I also don't rely on AI to tell me what colour the sky is after I tell it that it's a clear sunny day on Earth and the sky is blue.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 01/09/2025

I would do anything for loaf.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 28/08/2025

Perfection. No toppings needed.

A slice of cheesecake, without toppings.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 26/08/2025

And now for something completely different. Well, not really. My annual cheesecake.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 17/08/2025

Correct. And yes. It is dinner, breakfast, and lunch.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 17/08/2025

Meat Lovers with extra pepperoni. This is the pizza I yearned for.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 11/08/2025

Tonight was a good night to prep the tenderloin ahead of my wife's grill-a-paloooza birthday. Also to be cooked, scallops, stuffed mushrooms, corn, salad (Ceasar and potato).

Beef tenderloin in cryovac. It was on sale.

Beef tenderloin ready to be broken down. Out of cryovac

12 tenderloin steaks, 1 tenderloin tail tied up to make a steak, one large tenderloin roast and some scraps to cook up as samples.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 06/08/2025

Curried tuna sandwich with all the fixings.

Curried tuna sandwich on white bread with potato chips.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 04/08/2025

Belated Shrove Tuesday Pancakes.

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 02/08/2025

Yes I'm wearing business casual as I sherpa the kid around the bouncy castles. I'm such an accountant

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Brian K. Hlady, CPA @bkhpc.ca · 27/07/2025

Belated birthday steak dinner. It's been a while. Ribeye, baked potato, and stuffed mushrooms. I cooked the birthday steaks a while ago, but I get to eat this one.