Thanks, boss.
When you observe the safe haven of our evenings and weekends by scheduling company events during company hours, we’re loving you lots. Because come on, we all have lots going on after work — clothes need washing, family needs visiting, and the kids have a sports tournament out of town.
So throw that company picnic on a sunny Friday afternoon. We’ll get the Frisbee going with the assistant manager and gather around the wobbly buffet table to try the secretary’s homemade potato-and-egg salad or the vice-president’s expensive, store-brought brownies. Get those team-building exercises motoring on Monday morning, when we all need coffee jolts and trust falls to perk us up for the week. And toss your recognition lunches in the middle of the week, when a chilled-out Wednesday barbecue helps get us through to the other side.
When company events are scheduled on company time, we get a magical little moment where the photocopier stops, lines slow down, and we all relax for a couple chilled out hours of
AWESOME!
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— Announcement —
Hi everyone,
After thinking about it for a long time, weighing it this way and that, I have decided to close comments on new blog posts.
Despite the highest quality spam software built into WordPress, I continue to get buried in terrible spammy comments every day. It’s gotten too much for me to review and delete each one and I hate the thought of kids coming to this G-rated website and bumping into all kinds of horrible links.
I have decided to leave comments open on every single one of the original 1000 Awesome Things posted from 2008 t0 2012. I can’t bear to delete the hilarious conversations between Bekah, lovethebadguy, Freddo, jdurley, Laura, and the great cast of characters appearing and disappearing over the years.
Just click The Top 1000, click your favorite post, and read and participate in the conversation. I still revisit many of these comment strings and laugh at the great chats we’ve had. (Also, can I just say there’s something slightly bizarre about what happened in the Really, really old Tupperware comments?)
I love the community this tiny blog has helped foster and grow so much and you’ve got my commitment to always keeping this site up and open and free. I will also continue to post news and announcements here. (I’ve got two new books in the works as well as a few other surprises.)
It’s just amazing when you put something out into the world how you get the exact thing back that you need.
Thank you all so much and let’s keep trucking,
Neil