A Chafing Economy Bears Fruit Afterall

I almost forgot to mention some good news from the staff meeting the other day. Some of you may not care about any of this, but then, why are you here if you don't care?

In case you've been under a rock, it's been a tough year..and the economy has a great effect on advertising budgets, thus affecting advertising agencys who do their business. Our CEO said that a year such as this "chafes" and doesn't fit well on a company like ours. Anyway, it was rumored that Christmas bonuses would not be given this year. There was also speculation that year-end profit sharing bonuses might be withheld.

Well, we found out at the meeting that we will be getting our Christmas bonuses, but no profit sharing. The profit sharing isn't a big deal to me because I'm not enrolled in that program. The 401K and profit sharing are two seperate systems, for those of you scratching your heads right now. I also found out that some companies have decided to temporarily discontinue their matching in their 401K programs. That would really suck if they did that. Anyways, so I'm really happy that I'll be receiving an extra $xxx (you didn't really think I was gonna put a $ amount on here, did you?)that i wasn't planning on having. Now maybe if I don't get that sunroof for Christmas I'll just buy one myself. :)

Congrats to my cyber-truck-buddy Randy on his new baby. No, no, it's not a human. It's a Taco. A 2002 Double-Cab PreRunner. I can't wait to see pictures of it. It's shame that he's decided to get rid of his truck, but I'm glad he stayed in the Tacoma family.

And finally, I forgot to mention (uhh, last week?) that my friend and coincodental down-the-road neighbor, Eric, has decided to start a blog. Actually, it's a website for his entire family that includes a Greymatter blog. Very cool. So, when you have time, make sure you check out The Hurd Family website.