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My First Position in a Scotiabank Branch

Posted on July 4, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Assistant Accountant, Midland, Ontario (1974) I’ve lived in Midland, now, for 10 years. While passing the Scotiabank yesterday afternoon, I reminded myself that I hadn’t yet photographed the front of this branch. So here it is. The final image of … Continue reading →

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Am I Failing Yet Another Test?

Posted on December 3, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Dreams as Metaphor Most dreams come and go, without any need for introspection. But then, one (or two) come in the night and you wake up feeling perplexed because the message seems to be one of missing the mark. I … Continue reading →

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Vulnerable: There Was No Plan B

Posted on July 9, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Rogers’ Outage (July 8, 2022) You may or may not have noticed my absence yesterday. We had no internet, no TV and no mobile phone service. In other words, I was completely cut off from the rest of the world. … Continue reading →

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Questra C: Inner Guide, Angel or Holy Spirit?

Posted on October 21, 2021 by cdsmiller17

A Pawn Piece (1978 play): Act IV (Page 23) (The curtain raises on only one character in the woods. QUESTRA is reclining near a tree. She is tall and sleek, dressed in a long white gown, made from diaphanous fabric. … Continue reading →

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One Mustn’t Mock the Afflicted Even in (a) Play

Posted on May 29, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Bankrupture (1978) A bit ahead of the curve, I chose this title for my play about banking and being bankrupt. Now, the word is fair game for everyone, 43 years later. In the play, I discuss what working in a … Continue reading →

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IMF: Impossible Missions Force?

Posted on October 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

International Monetary Fund (est. 1945) Imagine if you will that there is a way to control foreign governments and effect regime change, without ever having to use military might, or even special ops. Hard to believe no one realizes this … Continue reading →

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Banking Return: Not Sufficient Funds

Posted on September 6, 2020 by cdsmiller17

In my dreams last night, I assisted my friend, David, and his wife, Jenny, with their business sideline, banking. My guess is that David had too much on his plate, so I took over the returning of unpaid cheques for … Continue reading →

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Gringotts’ Warning

Posted on January 24, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Marine Building, Vancouver, BC Enter stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn, So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure … Continue reading →

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Last Night’s Dream: Bank Security

Posted on November 14, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Safe Two weeks ago, I had a similar dream for two nights in a row. The clock read 6:50 pm and I was concerned that we had gone into overtime. My initial thought was that it presaged returning to Standard … Continue reading →

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ACUIA: the Foreign Exchange Caper

Posted on July 12, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors When I was the Internal Auditor/Accounting Supervisor of the North Shore Credit Union, I was a member of a group of Internal Auditors. This was in the first half of the 1980’s . We … Continue reading →

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