August 28th, 2009

My Taxes Were Reassessed, Finally

Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 22:39

Since I’m performing my job whilst outside of Canada for part of two taxation years there are some complications with respect to taxes. To mitigate this complication there the International Executive Services team at KPMG takes care of my taxes. I’m sure that I my taxes are among the simplest that they handle.

They, [...]

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August 8th, 2009

E-mail at Work

Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 16:57

Do you get a lot of e-mail at work? I have some tips to make it a little better to deal with.

1. remove the priority column from your e-mail client. Some people like to send e-mail marked with a high priority. The majority of these people are assholes. My experience is [...]

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June 28th, 2009

Registered

Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:21

I am now registered for three classes for the next school year.

In the fall I will be taking Social Context of Business (ADM1301); Adam J. is also signed up for this class. “The course situates business within its changing socio-economic, political and technological environments. Managers must learn to both distinguish between and properly utilize [...]

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June 18th, 2009

The Final Showdown

Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 20:01

If I may take a few moments of your day to get your opinion on the following two songs: Our Song by Yes, and the Final Countdown by Europe. (I have linked to a Live version of TFC because the original recording is not available in my country.) They are both fantastic and [...]

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June 14th, 2009

Choices

Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 15:46

Life is full of choices. I think someone said that, but I don’t think there is a famous example to go with it. Here is one such example.

Imminently, I will leave for a “grillparty” (barbecue). I was asked to bring the Internationally acclaimed Feta Pate. On Friday I went to the [...]

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March 30th, 2009

Führerscheinstelle

Filed under: Germany, Motorcycle, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 12:15

For the past three weeks I have been without a driver’s license.

Three weeks ago I ventured to the Führerscheinstelle to exchange my Ontario driver’s license for a German one. After entering Germany you are allowed to drive using your home country driver’s license for up to six months. A Canadian license to drive [...]

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