Dan Zitting

Thought this would take years… it didn’t. Definitely a verb.

Two partners and I co-founded an accounting firm that specializes in audit and consulting services for mid-size to large corporations. I also started our IT consulting subsidiary.

Linford & Company LLP – http://www.linfordco.com
Trimtab Business Technology – http://www.trimtab.com

CPA Exam fully passed! Just paperwork to go and I will be certified. I must sign a CPA-required as well and this one will be complete!

Visited South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in the Spring of 2008. Saw Victoria Falls, went buffalo hunting (got one!), and saw all of the big 5 except leopard in the wild.

Visited Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, May of 2008. Totally awesome!

Here’s a start on this one…

1.Serengeti Migration Kenya/Tanzania
2.Galapagos Islands Ecuador
3.Grand Canyon USA
4.Iguazu Falls Argentina/Brazil
5.Bali Indonesia
6.Amazon Rain Forest Brazil/Peru
7.Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania
8.Great Barrier Reef Australia
9.Victoria Falls Zambia & Zimbabwe
10.Bora Bora French Polynesia
11.Nile River Cruise Egypt
12.Cappadocia Turkey
13.Fjords of Norway
14.Carlsbad Caverns USA
15.Kathmandu Valley Nepal
16.Mt. Everest China & Nepal
17.Antarctic Cruise Multinational
18.Kashmir Valley India
19.Amalfi Coast & Drive Italy
20.Rio Panoramic Views Brazil
21.Varanasi & the Ganges India
22.Li River Cruise China
23.Sahara Desert Multinational
24.Angel Falls Venezuela
25.Yellowstone USA
26.Matterhorn Switzerland
27.Niagara Falls Canada & USA
28.Yangtze River Cruise China
29.Yosemite USA
30.Ayers Rock Australia
31.Banff National Park Canada

Wow, nowhere near 20, but we’ll see what happens I guess…

1. Pyramids of Egypt
2. Great Wall of China
3. Taj Mahal India
4. Machu Picchu Peru
5. Angkor Wat Cambodia
6. Forbidden City China
7. Bagan Myanmar
8. Karnak Temple Egypt
9. Teotihuacan Mexico
10. Banaue Rice Terraces Philippines
11. Acropolis & its Parthenon Greece
12. Potala Palace at Lhasa China
13. Jerusalem Old City Israel
14. Qin Terra Cotta Warriors China
15. Chichen Itza Mexico
16. Petra Jordan
17. Easter Island Chile
18. Colosseum of Rome Italy
19. St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City
20. Borobudur Indonesia
21. Sistine Chapel Vatican City
22. Valley of the Kings Egypt
23. Mecca Saudi Arabia
24. Temple Emerald Buddha Thailand
25. Hagia Sofia Turkey
26. Pompeii Italy
27. Prague Old Town Czech Republic
28. Golden Temple India
29. Meenakshi India
30. Chartres Cathedral France
31. Mezquita of Cordoba Spain
32. Damascus Old City / Umayyad Syria
33. Delphi Greece
34. Abu Simbel Egypt
35. St. Basil’s Cathedral Russia
36. St. Mark’s Basilica/Campanile Italy
37. Shwedagon Stupa Myanmar
38. Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy
39. Baalbek Lebanon
40. Mont-St-Michel France
41. Topkapi Palace Turkey
42. Stonehenge England
43. Santorini Greece
44. Marrakesh Morocco
45. Ladakh India
46. Neuschwanstein Castle Germany

Here is the list of modern wonders, its still a work in progress…

Here is my first shot at a list of 20, obviously missed by a few.

1.Egyptian Museum Egypt
2.Hong Kong Harborscape China
3.Alhambra Spain
4.Louvre Museum France
5.Canals of Venice Italy
6.Versailles France
7.Metropolitan Museum of Art USA
8.Dubrovnik Croatia
9.Uffizi Gallery Italy
10.Golden Pavilion Japan
11.Florence Cityscape Italy
12.Kremlin Russia
13.Carnival in Rio Brazil
14.Petronas Twin Towers Malaysia
15.New York Skyline USA
16.Eiffel Tower France
17.British Museum England
18.Burj Al Arab Dubai, UAE
19.Hermitage Museum Russia
20.Chambord Chateau France
21.Lijiang / Shangri-La China
22.San Francisco USA
23.Portofino Italy

I am about to do it I think… starting out in small business management consulting and seeing where we go from there! I have some serious ideas, just got work hard to finance them.

Even though I have already read several of these, they are so good that I am startigin over. First up… Critical Path.

1. Songkran Festival – Chaing Mai, Thailand
2. IBIZA Closing Parties – Ibiza, Spain
3. Midsummer Night – Norway/Sweden
4. Holi – New Delhi, India
5. Oktoberfest – Munich, Germany
6. Las Fallas – Valencia, Spain
7. Carnaval/Rio Carnaval – Salvador/Rio de Janiero, Brazil
8. Fiesta of San Fermin – Pamplona, Spain
9. Calgary Stampede – Calgary, Canada
10. Daytona 500 – Daytona Beach, Florida
11. New Year’s Eve – New York, NY
12. Full Moon Party – Kho Pha Ngan, Thailand
13. Glastonbury Festival – Glastonbury, England
14. Hogmanay – Edinburgh Scottland
15. Mardi Gras – New Orleans, Louisiana
16. St. Patricks Day – Dublin, Ireland
17. Burning Man – Black Rock, Nevada

OK, so you’re right… that is a few more than 10!

I know the topic and own the domain name… just need to get on making it happen!!

I already did this one once… Thailand in college. But I want to do it again!

This could be the most physically and mentally challenging goal on the list but you can always scale back right? Need to do some research to see if I have a shot!

I could never do pull-ups as a kid. I barely got two which kept me from qualifying from the good fitness award in Jr. High that a bunch of my friends could get! Well if someday I could do 25, that would double what they could ever do then! More importantly, I think this is an aggressive fitness goal for a guy like me.

And we have one… www.zittiblog.com

Shot even par 8 times

Starting down this road now by supporting the grass roots effort to get Ron Paul elected president

So far I have visited four continents: North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia as well as 24 countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, Germany, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Japan, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, South Africa, and Namibia.

This is getting closer… I have passed three sections of the exam, on section and some paperwork to go!