• Remembering Jeff

    In Loving Memory of Jeffery Leon Hurst 1974-2018 This post is to preserve and celebrate the memory of a great man, and one of my best friends, Jeffery Hurst.  I will always remember your infectious laugh, sense of humor, natural curiosity, musical passion, your big heart, and all the great times we had together. *This…

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  • ACFE Exam Update

    Boom! #Made it! Special thanks to Dr. Nugent – my capstone professor – who put the idea of becoming ACFE certified into my brain five years ago. Also my first supervisor with the Federal government, J. Polledo. Both of these Gentlemen said the same thing, “if you study everyday for a month, you will pass…

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    Examity Blues

    05/18/2020 – 5:48:49 PM My update. I have passed all of the ACFE practice exams consistently with a minimum of 83 percent, and a high of 93 percent respectively. I feel these are comfortably above the pass fail threshold of 75 percent.  Last Saturday I kept my calendar open to take at least two of…

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    1,000,000 views

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGilUWLAy0&t=19s Almost eight years ago, I decided to bring a newly purchased camera along with me as I made my landscaping run. Little did I know that the resulting  video it would one day reach 1 million views… I remember a long time ago my friend Jason R. told me that I would look back…

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  • So long, old friend…

    Yesterday I lost my watch somewhere in the forests of Hackney Marsh in London, or during the walk from there to my home in Leytonstone. This watch was a self given prize piece for successfully changing out the ball joints and tie-tods on an F-150 truck I had about five or six years ago. It…

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  • Preparing for the ACFE Exam

    For the past month I have been preparing for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) exam in hopes of adding a non-academic credential to my name. For example, my sisters no longer have to put MBA (a graduate school title) after their names, as they have sharpened their credentials into Certified Public Accountant status…

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