My Very Cool Company

I took the day off from work Tuesday because I didn't want to watch Barack Obama's inauguration as a news highlight that night. I intend to be parked in front of my television with my bottle of Dom Perignon so I can watch it live, as it happens.

At a quarter to five on Friday, we got an Employee Communication from Corporate that they are going to suspend our Websense company-wide (for those of you who don't know, Websense is firewall software that keeps you from looking at cute kitten videos on YouTube all day long instead of doing your work). In addition, they are setting up viewing screens in our common areas and conference rooms so we can gather together to watch this historic event. (On election day we had permission to come in late or leave early to make sure we could vote.)

You know you got lucky in the jobs department when the corporation recognizes that some days aren't just "business as usual."

Thank you, Mr. Major American Designer whose name does not rhyme with a famous Italian movie star but with a famous American movie star who was the wife of Humphrey Bogart.

Oh, and thanks for the job.