on celebrating diversity in the workplace

Snopes.com just posted this funny e-mail joke about political correctness around Christmas that's been making the rounds. It's written from the perspective of the HR Director at a big company. I've never received it in my inbox, but it's pretty funny. An excerpt:

Meanwhile, I've arranged for members of Overeaters Anonymous to sit farthest from the dessert buffet and pregnant women will get the table closest to the restrooms. Gays are allowed to sit with each other. Lesbians do not have to sit with Gay men, each will have their own table. Yes, there will be flower arrangement for the Gay men's table. To the person asking permission to cross dress, no cross dressing allowed though. We will have booster seats for short people. Low-fat food will be available for those on a diet. We cannot control the salt used in the food we suggest for those people with high blood problems to taste first. There will be fresh fruits as dessert for Diabetics, the restaurant cannot supply "No Sugar" desserts. Sorry!

Smack the Penguin

Thanks to fickleasever, I think it was, I've just reacquainted myself with this most excellent, ridiculously addictive winter game called Smack The Penguin. The position at which the penguin is situated in his cliff dive in the following picture corresponds roughly to the point at which I click the mouse to make the Abominable Snowman swing his bat.

Smack the Penguin

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my best recorded distance: 319.3

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my best recorded popfly distance: 204.2

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I swear I'm not taking the game too seriously, though. Honest. I've only played it for like 20 minutes tonight.

Really.