The Crazies I Work With

George

So this li'l dood sits on the end of my radio antennae at work. As with all of the other novelties that we Support Staff have at our desks, everybody in the department participates in evolving these items to the next level of their existence.

This particular li'l guy (I've decided to name him George) started out his term as my desk mascot a few weeks ago. George came as a freebie with a Christmas present I ordered online (a toy aquarium for Pop since his latest real aquarium leaked all over the basement a few months ago, and Mom banned all aquariums from her home because this is the third time he's had one leak in the last 20 years) at a site called PerpetualKid.com.

So yeah... with a name like that, it makes sense that they'd throw in a silly li'l rubber finger puppet as a freebie. And, since I get all packages at work, George immediately became a part of my work environment. He's definately an attention grabber... everybody has to play with him when they pass by. One of the PM's once decided to tie his hands behind his back, in further interpretation that he reminds her of how she feels at work sometimes. Mom decided that wouldn't do at all, and proceeded to have him cross his arms in front of his chest.

But really... there's only so much one can do with this silly li'l thing, right? Well, as you can see, another of the PM's (I wouldn't quite call him the practical joker, but he certainly is a card) decided to add one of the ever-present M&M's with a decorative flair. *snicker* That face has been in George's mouth for about a week now, and morbid as it is, he cracks me up every time I pass by him. *grin*

LARGE Feathered Visitor

And just as a side note, I thought I'd mention that we had a rather large avian visitor this morning at work. An impressively sized hawk was perched on the handrail to the stairs just outside the side door at work. Close enough we could look him in the eye... from the window of my Boss' office, of course.

It was pretty cool. When he flew up into the branches of a nearby tree, a few of us ventured outside (more than one with a camera phone) to peek at him. I think he was camera shy, though, cuz every time somebody got a good shot lined up, he moved and eventually flew away. We're not sure what attracted him to the area... we looked around but didn't see any potential prey. Mebbe he just wanted a relatively quiet place to rest. He was all fluffed up to keep himself warm... in fact, he may have really only been half the size he seemed without all that fluff.

So amway, we were sufficiently mesmerized for about 10 minutes, getting absolutely no work done at all until he left. :)