My coworker, Manuel, is trying to get healthy, and as such has made the excellent decision to go on a fruit and veggie fast. Having done this type of thing before, I know it’s not easy, so I wasn’t surprised to hear him exclaim “Goddamn donuts!” from the Very Hip Software Company kitchen.
Things can get [...]

Erm, in addition to my Water Transfer Procedure, I guess I should write the How-To-Embarrass-Yourself-At-Work-With-The-Flagrant-Misuse-of-IM protocol. Apparently, I am an expert at this sort of thing. Obeserve:

I am the only writer at A Very Hip Software Company, and as such, I am tasked to create a broad myriad of documentation. I create copy for our Web site, packaging materials, customer service, product development and quality assurance departments. I’ve written e-mail, manuals, flyers and help files. You name it, [...]

One very nice perk of working where I do, is that on Fridays, if you’d like, you get a free 15-minute massage. The Masseuse is a shortish, protein-bar chomping, magic-working saint. I’ve been taking advantage of the Masseuse’s services since January, and may I say my back is like buttah - it’s all [...]

A Very Hip Software Company is comprised of a real cornucopia of multiethnic techie employees. Small and diverse, in our office you?ll find someone from just about anywhere you can think of - from Britain to South America, Canada, Asia and everywhere in between. I even heard there was a girl from Alaska [...]

It would be remiss to write about the peeps at A Very Hip Software Company and not include my cubicle mate, Kristoff.
Kristoff, like myself, is a protege of Pepe and his frenchie mustache. All day we tinker and toil and fuss and muss. Every little detail must be glorious. Each product produced [...]

My cubicle neighbor told me that I reminded him of someone. And no, he didn’t say Sandra Bullock or Katie Holmes, or some other foxy brunette. He said, with great enthusiasm, You look just like a fraggle - the purple one!
For the record, I *do not* think I look like a cave-dwelling puppet, but [...]

I think it was hassle the writer day at A Very Hip Software Company. It seems that every 20 seconds someone from some random department needed some form of copy and they needed it STAT.
And of course, because I had to see so many different people today, my hair decided to go all wonky.
I [...]

I was IMing a coworker the other day and I guess my relentless nonsensical rantings kind of got to him. At one point, in response to something about my love of creamed asparagus, he typed back in exasperation, gheesh!
And I furiously responded with, Don’t you mean “sheesh!”
A defensive fellow, he hurriedly typed back something [...]

Part of the perks at my new job is that we get to use IM. Not only do we get to use it, we are encouraged to use it, so much so that at A Very Hip Software Company, as soon as a newbie is hired, they are instructed to create an account [...]