Letty joined our group a few days ago, and her official title is “Interactive Market Development Manager”. I snapped her photo for use in one of our upcoming (internal) newsletters, but got her permission to put this on the blog. Our little group is growing pretty fast these days, it seems. I wonder if, a year from now, we’ll even…
For the past two weeks, Kashif has been overseas travelling in Turkey and the surrounding area. He returned today, and brought with him a bunch of souveniers for everyone in the office. The image (above) is called a “Latu,” I think. It’s like a top, but with a bit of string attached to it. Check out Kashif’s demo below: And,…
Today was Rey’s birthday, and we all decided to get him birthday cake as a surprise. We hid the thing by Ben’s desk, and then crowded around pretending to be looking at some funny video on the web. The plan was, when Rey would come by to see what all the commotion was… we’d part, and reveal the cake. I…
A box arrived today at work, addressed to me. There was a company name as the sender, but nothing I recognized… Inside, there were several dozen bouncy balls, various pirate eye patches, and a nice pirate hat! Sweet! As soon as I saw what was inside, I figured it had to be Gretchen. Who else could have sent something this…
I don’t know what it is, but I’m just fascinated by the window washers who dangle from a rope to clean the windows. I take pictures everytime I see them while walking around downtown. I first saw the solo window washer guy (as opposed to the ones who work in pairs on a ledge) when I first started this job….
Remember this wonderful little bet we had, about a month ago? Well, I finally got around to re-editing the footage and made a new and improved video recap of the entire day. I posted up a QuickTime version (19 MB). But if you would rather view it on this page, you can load it up below (requires the Flash 8…
A few days ago, I posted a video that showed a magic trick that Bryan had taught everyone. Well, all of us have been sort of practicing it, off and on, since then. Lately, it’s become this thing where Jane and I have tried to make silly bets as to whether or not one of us can do the trick,…
Late in the morning, someone looked out the window and noticed the incredibly HUGE snowflakes coming down. Granted, it was snowing pretty hard, but I don’t know that I’ve ever really seen snow this big before. This had everyone out of their seats and up against the windows, looking out over downtown Chicago. I don’t know that these pictures (and…
Starting around 3PM, snow just kept on coming down. At several turns during the remainder of the work day, I found myself drawn to the window… just so I could watch the snow gradually accumulate.
This particular moment reminded me a great deal of when Justin and Ben played pancake frisbee. I remember laughing so much at that, I ended up swallowing my gum.
So a while ago, we heard stories from Jane about her old coworkers – and how they had an Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwich eating contest. The terms of the contest involved downing 10 Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwiches in an hour. As legend had it, one of her coworkers took up the challenge… but then called the bet off after sandwich…