AWWA!!

My fellow ninjas bought me a CSI t-shirt, and then it went around the office and everyone signed it and marked it with their thumbprint.

How cute is that?

Also, we had a vendor lunch today with all the office ninjas. I was the first one in (since I'm not doing a whole lot today) and the vendor says "So how do you like working here."
and I reply "It's great! This office is awesome."
And he says "You can be honest with us."
and I said, "I am. It's my last day!"
He laughed until he realized I was being serious, as I gathered my free lunch and made myself comfortable for a presentation on stuff I will never ever use.

The best part though, was as all the other ninjas came in, the vendor lunch started morphing into a "Corbeau farewell party."

The vendors looked annoyed, but we calmed down eventually, and listened politely. Those first few minutes were a lot of fun though.

VA Vanity Plates

This doesn't suprise me at all.

Vanity plates are everywhere out here. Just this morning I was admiring the cleverness of a red volkswagon beetle called "Tomato" or the car that was "L8 AGIN"

I guess it gives you something to read while stuck in traffic and, of course, it's so helpful when you need to offer commentary about that specific car's driving skills.

Oh Man...

Some crazy man has taken over a bus (empty) and is in a standoff with SWAT on Rte. 1.

They've closed the roads in both directions. It's going to make the evening commute a living nightmare.

I'm sure it's a bad sign that my first reaction to this kind of news is to think of what it's going to do to traffic, but man, I don't want to spend hours trying to get home tonight.

Honestly, I was watching Heroes, and when Flyboy took Claire to the Hollywood sign, I thought "That's awesome. He doesn't have to worry about traffic."

Susan Cooper Goodness

I just got Susan Cooper's entire Dark is Rising series (5 books) for under 20 bucks.

Have I mentioned that this is the best random Friday ever?

Also, there was a guy dressed all in white, pacing back and forth in front of the White House. Every so often, he would blow on this enormous animal horn.

I don't know why he was doing this, but based on the sound of the horn, I think he's attempting to call the Rohirrim to battle.

Fiendish Fudge Robbery

Fudge Thief! This sounds like something from the pages of a Stephanie Plum novel.

Can't you just picture Lula walking off with the front window display of a fudge store?

On a side note: I discovered this story when four different co-workers emailed it to me, offering condolensces on the failure of my fudge-stealing minion.

Truly, my sweet-tooth is legendary.