Adventures in charity fund raising in the IT department.

The paw flags read: Help us help them.

Here at “The Automotive Supplier™” where I work there are several charity events put on by various departments throughout the year. The next one takes place on February 29th and is being set up and run by the IT department in my building (a whole whopping three people including myself). My pseudo-boss — in that . . . → Read More: Adventures in charity fund raising in the IT department.

No, really. I’m still awake! (#Blogathon)

And I can prove it:

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See? Wide awake. No problem. I could do this for days.

Retro Flashback to the 80’s! (#Blogathon)

Well that flashback to the 70’s was so popular that I thought I’d do one for the 80’s. This pic is from a Christmas morning circa 1985 or ‘86. I was probably 17 at the time.

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Looking at me now it’s hard to believe I used to be that skinny. And . . . → Read More: Retro Flashback to the 80’s! (#Blogathon)

Retro Flashback to the 70’s! (#Blogathon)

Somehow we got around to discussing the 70’s on the live video feed and I felt compelled to dig out and post the following picture of me, my mother, and sister from some time in the 70’s. Fear the plaid pants:

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I’m not sure how old I am in . . . → Read More: Retro Flashback to the 70’s! (#Blogathon)

When I’m rich and famous… (#Blogathon)

… I’m going to build house where all the door handles will be like this one:

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Just to watch people get creeped out about them.

Via Crunch Gear.

Gee, I wonder what this button does? (#Blogathon)

If you’re not sure what a button does sometimes you’re better off just leaving it a mystery:

The Boeing 767-300 was undergoing a heavy maintenance check at the company’s Alliance Airport hangar, when the nose gear suddenly folded up, as it would if the plane was in the air.

[...] At the time, mechanics were . . . → Read More: Gee, I wonder what this button does? (#Blogathon)

Blogger Challenge: Post your workspace! (#Blogathon)

The Blogathon folks have put forth a challenge to us participants to post a picture of our workspace to their Flicker group and then blog about it. So here’s mine:

As you can see, this is the desk of someone who is very ADHD. Which makes sense because I’m such a person. We could almost . . . → Read More: Blogger Challenge: Post your workspace! (#Blogathon)

It’s funny ‘cause it’s true…

… and also kind of sad.

*Cue the Imperial March Theme*

Granted this picture is of the previous Pope, but it amused me nonetheless. Click it for a bigger version.

Meet Beanie Jenkins.

Alas my Canon Powershot A40 camera is on the fritz so I had to rely on my RCA Small Wonder EZ205 for the snapshots. Being that for all intents and purposes it’s a pocket webcam the quality isn’t the greatest, but here she is laying on Courtney’s unmade bed:

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As you can . . . → Read More: Meet Beanie Jenkins.