[ THE OFFICE TRI ]

We put together two office triathlon teams for the local "Share a Smile" triathlon a few weeks ago. We participated in the sprint-distance team relay division. Team 16 ended up taking third place in our division, and our office won a multi-purpose bike tool as part of an after-race. Not too bad for a couple hours of office-bonding on a saturday morning.

TEAM 139:

Nephi (swim)

McKinley (bike)

Scott (run)

TEAM 16:

Nicki (swim)

Matt (bike)

Eric (run)

Nephi killing it in the swim. NOTE: The organizers had us line up in order of fastness to do the swim, and Nephi was the FIRST, very first, participant in into the water. Translation: Nephi is freaking fast.

McKinley may have suffered two flat tires during his section of the race (don't worry, he still killed it too), but he definitely still made it to his son's soccer game on time.

Scott rockin' it through the finish.

Handoff between Nicki and Matt betweek team 16's swim and bike.

Matt finishing off the bike ride.

Biggest upset (the good kind) was discovering the day before the race that Eric was a HS cross country runner. He had thought it would be fun to fool us all into thinking he wasn't a good runner, but in my book, averaging 6.25-minute miles definitely isn't in the "not a good runner" category.

Eric "the bullet" Waddoups finishing off the race.

[ DON WE NOW ]

This is how Roberts rocks the womens apparel at the conventions we sell product at. Pen,

purse, hat and scarf. H.O.T.

[ NEWSIES IN THE OFFICE ]

Mike's socks made a visit to the office today. And then they started singing and dancing. OK...maybe that last part wasnt true; but they wanted to.

[ MOMMY WARS ]

We have two mommies in the office: Natalie and Tami (respectively pictured above). 

You may not be aware, but when you get two mommies together in an office full of willing eaters, competition begins.

Our Mommy Wars started when Tami brought in delicious peanut butter bars. One of our male office members, Spencer, raved at their goodness so much it attracted the attention of our other mommy, Natalie. The competition was on. Not only did Natalie bring in peanut butter bars today, but also a potato, cheese and sausage dish, and a pudding cake. On top of that, Tami decided to bring in cookies today as well. Talk about some serious foodage. 

I'm not sure about you, but I would say that two office moms is definitely better than one. Especially since it incites baking and cooking competitions. I'm excited to see what's next.

Here is Natalie's rendition of the treats that started it all:

And here's some of the other foodage of the day. I can personally attest that is was all delicious.

Special note: those are not the cheese filled smokies. They are the regular smokies - have no fear.

[ THE GREAT ARM WRESTLE ]

In other competitive news, for no apparent reason yesterday, Spencer and Nate arm wrestled. The scuffle took place on the floor in the main area of the office. I'm not even sure if anything was at stake besides pride. Jason, one of the owners, was referee.

About the competitors:

Spencer

Alias: The Incredible Stick

Title: Web Manager

Height: 6'2

Weight: 175 lb.

Arm-wrestle competition goal: To hold Nate off for at least 5 seconds.

Nate

Alias: Fatty

Title: Account Sales Manager

Height: 5'0

Weight: 234 lb.

Arm-wrestle competition goal: Chicks.

 The beginning.

 The middle.

 The end. Spencer held Nate in this position for at least 10 seconds. Goal accomplished.

 And the aftermath. Tough Nate - Exhausted Spencer.

[ GOOD SPORT ]

Looks like the thievery wasn't too angering. Drew passed out candy as the Candyman later on that day. See -- stealing among coworkers really is conducive to cohesiveness. Going strong. Thanks, Drew.

[ THE CANDYMAN ]

Drew....the victim.

A couple weeks ago, Drew started a tradition of being the office candyman which entails Jon playing the "The Candyman Can" song from the old-school Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie, and Drew skipping about, candy bag in hand, placing candy on peoples desks while singing along to the song. It's kind of funny.

Even funnier, however, is when we steal candy from Drew when he is not in the office and we have a hancoring for Tootsie Roll products. It started with Scott taking candy from Drew's drawer. Then Jon. Then Nicki. Natalie. And Mike.

Scott snagged some pictures of the thievers yesterday and sent them to Drew via an e-mail with the title "I'm not the only thief!" I guess Drew found out about Scott's clepto habits first and got upset; so, now we can take the heat as a team! The office that steals from coworkers together, stays together.


Thief #1 - Scott


Thief #2- Jon


Thief #3- Nicki


Thief #4- Natalie

(Thief #5 -- Mike -- not pictured. He was too sneaky to get caught)

[ WE'RE BACK! IN STYLE ]

We're Back! Sorry for the ridiculously long hiatus. But, some exciting things have been happening at the office, and we collectively (as an office family) decided some blogging was in order.

First news first. It's kind of really sad in hind site, but was more just shocking at the time of occurrence.

Yesterday, we had a visit from a woman who drunkenly walked into our office (which we later came to find out she thought was her hotel), asked to use our restroom, couldn't effectively use the toilet so she used her pants instead, wandered around our first floor a bit, then was escorted, by the police, away from the building. As she was being arrested for drunk driving on a suspended license (and for having two warrants out for her arrest), she was talking about having two kids that she needed to pick up from school later in the afternoon. sad.

When I first got back from lunch and asked what was up when I saw the cop cars, Scott tried to convince me that Valarie, our receptionist, had tackled a woman who tried to pull a knife on her when she was buying some of our products.

"She had her in a choke hold like this!" he told the office as he animatedly roped his arm around the throat of an air-robber and whipped his body around. How awesome would that have been? Way cooler. Maybe we can hope for the for tomorrow...(start practicing Val).

Now to the more fun news. A couple weeks ago, Scott (the account manager who was just mentioned above) found a pair of protective eye-wear glasses in his desk. After the manner of standard protocol in any situation where funny eye wear is discovered, everyone in the office has had their picture taken in them. Well...everyone except for Mac, our most venerable owner; but I will post that as soon as we get it. Here are the shots for your viewing pleasure (in Alphabetical order):


Adam Roberts (inappropriate comic relief and lover of fine music)


Al (Bolivian karate master and warehouse manager)


Alex (web maintenance)


Andrew (warehouse order filler)


Ashli (call centerer)


Buh-Juh (call center trumpet player)


Brycen (video production)


Chris (the shoeless, web-programming wonder)


Colby (owner)


Cord (writer)


Drew (Ping Pong champion)


Eric (warehouser)


Hillary (warehouser)


JJ (owner)


James (P.I.M.P)


Jason (owner)


Jayli (call center)


Jon (dry humor specialist)


Justin (call center)


Kara (newly married call centerer)


Matt (engaged warehouser)


McKinley (owner)


MikeD (nuff said)


Natalie Hick. (Habits ex-attendee)


Natalie B. (graphic design)


Nate (the skateboarding account exec who takes care of the office plants)


Nephi (the fashionable Web programmer)


Nicki (graphic design)


Orlando (warehouser)


Paul (account exec)


Scott (account manager who kills it)


Skippy (Purchasing. really named Nathaniel, but we call him Skippy)


Spencer (Chocolate conoseiur)


Tammy (call centerer)


Val (receptionist candy buyer)