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For about the past month, this sign has graced a revolving door in the lobby of the building I work in.
This leaves me wondering: how does something with only one moving part become "out of order", and stay out of order for so long?
Shouldn't be that hard to narrow down where the problem might be. :)
We got a nature show at the office today...
Unfortunately we have been left with am empty carcass, a head, a gizzard, a loop of intestine, and a pool of blood and feathers that we have no way to knock down.
My boss got a surprise visitor on the window ledge in her office...
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For the past few years, for some reason as a result of working with them so much, I've developed a knack for being able to see or think of a color and tell you pretty close to spot-on what the hex code is for that color, or conversely take a hex code and visualize what color it represents.
This "skill" has been the subject of both amazement and mockery around the workplace for a while.
Today during a meeting this ability somehow came up and I was jokingly asked, "Ok, so what's the hex code for the color of the edge of this table?"
I took a quick glance and said, "Looks like a #987422."
One of the guys jotted it down and after the meeting checked it out in PhotoShop.
The background color for this post is what came up, a near perfect match for the edge of our conference room table.
Yeah, I'm a big fat nerd! :)
At the company I work for we have a thing called Kitchen Duty. Everyone gets assigned 1 to 2 days a month that they are responsible for making sure the kitchen gets cleaned up and the dishes get washed and put away.
I have a bet with one of my co-workers over which of us can have a beer at the most bars in 2007 that we've never been to before. The loser has to do the winner's kitchen duty for all of 2008.
Now, in 2006 I had a beer at 180 new bars, so common sense says I'm going to be tough to beat. But his rationale is that because I have been to so many, it's harder for me to find new ones I haven't been to before. In fact as of last week he was up on me 6 to 1 -- with two of his new bars being ones I had taken him to.
However since last Friday I have been to 12 more new places for me, putting the score at 13 to 6 in my favor:
So it's on now!
If he agrees to go to karaoke this Thursday, then beforehand I'll treat him to #7 for his list. I'm a good sport.
Still...
VICTORY WILL BE MINE!
I try to avoid blogging about things that happen at work but this is just too funny to not share.
Several of us got new computers, and one of my co-workers called us over because she couldn't get her computer to turn on.
We pushed the button and it started right up.
"Oh,that's the button?" she asked. "I thought it was the one recessed back in that slot. My fingernail wasn't long enough to reach it so I stuck my letter opener in there to try to push it."
Yes, that's right, she had jammed her stainless steel letter opener into her USB port.
Here's what I get for making the mistake of leaving my cubicle during lunch today...
Did you know that you can blow your co-workers out of the sky as a team-building exercise or the build morale?
A member of my staff forwarded me a link to "Air Combat USA", a service that lets you fly real combat aircraft, put yopur co-workers in your gun sights, and shoot them down. They operate all over the country, including here in the KC area. No pilot license is needed and they handle take-off and landing, but during the dogfight you are at the control.
Unfortunately the kills are simulated with sound effects and smoke machines, so you'll still have to face everyone back at the office the next day. (Unless of course you or they crash.)
The last several days at work we've been treated to three falcons hunting pigeons for food. We've seen the falcons swoop after pigeons and even collide with them in flight. We've also seen the pigeons fight back, dive-bombing the falcons several times.
Unfortunately we have yet to see an actual kill. :(
Enjoy tonight's sunset, as seen in this indirect view from my office.
