Greetings, friends and faithful readers! I've been longing to get in here for another post, and am happy to return among the land of web pages where I feel most at home. Other than at
home, anyway. It has been a while since I've answered that oft-asked question: "What the hell are you doing these days?" So here we go.
First of all, I sincerely apologize to those of you that I have not e-mailed in a while. With the exception of Michele, it's far from personal. I'm not sure if you realize it or not, but now that I work on the international side of our business, most of the people I converse with are not in our office. This means...well, that I send about a hundred thousand e-mails a day (yes, I type fast) and that it completely drains me from sending e-mails at home as well. So in essence I've been forced to switch e-mail recipients from many of you to our always-friendly team in Mexico. I suppose I should have thought of that when I left my development position with the U.S., but one cannot think of everything. Especially when you're a man and constantly told you're supposed to think of sex every six seconds.
Anyway, to continue onward, the job is still going well. I'm still on track to be CEO in...well, let's see...7.2 years now. I suppose that's not so long to wait for the silver-lined toilet and capable man servants. Kevin Popoli, a great man and even better friend here in Greensboro, has just gotten promoted to a management position and is racing for CEO himself. It's a tremendous achievement and I will hereby sing his praises for the world to hear.
Random fun fact about the blog--it now has readers from quite a variety of places: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, West Virginia, Colorado, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, British Columbia, Pennsylvania, California, and almost surely others that are eluding my mind at the moment. Rather fun to consider!
In other life news, our joyous company basketball team has now fired up again, resuming its "winning" ways. For the first time I am coaching the team this season, however, and I'm determined to get a record-breaking two wins under our belts. I do love a challenge, and judging by the first two practices I have a great one on my hands. Our company softball team, however, brought home our league championship trophy in October! We went 2-9 in the regular season but completely came through at clutch time, winning three consecutive games to take home first place. And now I have a little wooden plaque in my cubicle to prove it. Life has its moments. No, really, it does.
The house is coming along extremely well, now complete with border collie and basketball goal. We obtained Chase, our new best friend, back in September and he's worked out very well. Like every dog (or spouse), he has his quirks, but we're now a three-pet household. This will continue to be the case until: 1) one pet dies, or 2) three years pass and we're staring the terribly-frightening prospect of children in the face. Prayers and donations will be accepted at any time. It is not recommended that you wait until it's too late.
Since you asked what I've been up to (and I know you really care), I'm currently typing this post while half-observing a phenomenon happening in another browser window: a Woot Off. For those of you that have never seen the life-changing site
Woot.com, you're in for a treat. Most of the time they simply offer one deal on one item per day--you never know what the item is until they launch it at midnight (CT). Currently, however, they're getting rid of excess stock and are selling one item after another. It's like Oprah's Favorite things, but more mysterious and far, far cheaper. And there are no screams and bouncing Oprah parts to sell the whole thing.
At any rate, I will close this by wishing all of you a fantastic Friday, in spite of the traffic snarls and office memos. And best of luck as you prepare for Thanksgiving, the holiday on which we all gorge ourselves in the name of Pilgrims, who came to this country starving of everything but hope. Now it is our turn to do just the opposite.
