Wildly Wonderful Wii !

Mmmmm...Wii.

Well...it took us getting up at 6:30am, arriving at Target by 7:05, and waiting in line for 10 minutes in frigid temperatures. But we've got a Wii now (and several games) - the only thing we're short on right now is controllers since apparently controllers are almost more rare than the systems (Target had 24 systems, but Wii Finder for the tip-off that today was the big Wii-day!

The first guy in line arrived at 10pm last night and slept in sub-freezing temperatures (he was wearing his sleeping bag). The woman who was second arrived at 3am. We picked up systems 19 and 20 with mine going to Steve's brother's younger brothers-in-law.

Steve is ... really amusingly hooked on tennis and saying his life is "over" now that he has the Wii to consume his time.

Though I'm not as hooked yet as he is, I have to agree, this is going to be sweet! Nintendo totally outdid themselves with this system.

Klingons!

Yes that's right, according to one of Oregon's Congressman, the White House is populated with "faux Klingons".

How I talk...

So I guess I should be on TV...

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
Boston
The Inland North
The Northeast
Philadelphia
North Central
The South
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Fortune article on my CEO

I thought you might be interested in
this article about athena's CEO.

So I won the department baking contest...

Thanks go to my cousin Jill for sending the recipe for her Cherry Chocolate cake to my mom more than three years ago. It was a big hit, however my "victory" was somewhat controversal because I technically had two entries (I'd made a Chocolate Fudge mix version and a Milk Chocolate mix version). The milk chocolate version was for Mikell's Ohio State football party last night, but the other food items were in higher demand ("buckeye" desserts are really good by the way), so the cake sat untouched and unloved...I decided to bring it into work today since I knew that someone at athena would be all too happy to consume it.

So I "won" with two entries causing a minor controversy and apparently a rematch sometime next month as a result of the controversy - anyone have any suggestions for a good dessert :-)? They also liked the cheesecake that I made for our holiday potluck. My prize was a ~2 foot high trophy with a chef on top that is now being displayed in the trophy case near the development area with a sticky-note on it that has my name...

It's eval time at athena, so I'm writing my "self-assessment" which is somewhat like pulling teeth - it doesn't help that I insist on being rather verbose, but it's a draining process. The self-assessment is basically a reflection of how I feel that I performed compared to three different groups of criteria: foundational skills that everyone in the company is evaled on, some skills that are specific to my level within the company, and my contribution to a set of business results. I've worked through the foundational set and have a rough roadmap for the rest and no meetings on my calendar tommorrow - so it's full-speed ahead to get this done by the time I leave tomorrow night.

I went home for Christmas/New Years and had a lot of fun, though I'm realizing more and more how much I miss having 2 months at home each year.

I saw Children of Men with Christie and Jon last Sunday - it's a good movie though a little long. I think we're going to try to see Happily N'ever After sometime this week. Good times.

I think I might attempt to start writing in this more frequently since it's always frustrating when I sit down and have so much to say that I don't really want to spend the time or even get started. We'll see how I do :-).

I hope that your New Years are all starting off bright...