Literally....I made him.
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This past month's team building activity was bowling night at AMF with unlimited pizza and drinks. It was a fun night with lots of strikes, spares and even some gutter balls.Everyone put their bowling shoes on and brought their "A" game, but experience with Wii bowling wasn't going to cut it! You had to have the right techniques to win the game. There were a few people showing off amazing skills and hitting a strikes in a row. Unfortunately, I wasn't one of them. If I had my way, I probably would have requested bumpers. But, I tried and didn't do too horrible. Overall, everyone played a great game and it was an enjoyable experience for all! But till the next Mindcomet bowling outing, I’ll stick with Wii bowling. Any challengers?


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We have a new favorite restaurant for lunch, Emiliano'z. It's a 2 minute drive from the office and on any given day you'll run into other MindCometeers.

Last week we had a ladies luncheon and decided to order a sweet treat to finish the meal. The only 2 desserts we could understand were Fried Ice Cream and Flan. We opted for the fried goodiness - see picture below:



I think we should start going there for happy hour, too!
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Colleen, Sarah & Tara show the Philadelphia spirit of love for the Phillies!!!



Let's go Phanatics!!!!
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Last night, we had a rockin' co-ed get together after work where our inner rockers came out, while indulging in Jenn's amazing beef stew. The atmosphere was electric as we shouted, drummed and strummed our ways to Rock Band glory. As a first time rocker, I found myself slowly feeling the music and head banging to the blazing beats. But, it wasn't long until the music took control and brought out my inner rocker. Even today, I'm still rocking and the music that filled the Breakout Room from Nirvana to Bon Jovi can still be heard, but maybe because MindCometeers are rocking their hearts out today during the lunch hour. As a first time "rocker," it was a pretty incredible experience and I look forward to rocking more in the future.



But, one of the greatest experiences with the game is seeing first-timers like me get into the groove and feel of Rock Band. Last night, we had Jamie Woglom and Laura Lear from NCM Fathom come and join us at the agency. So, we were excited to have more band members show their rocker potential! It was a time of excitement, laughter and fun seeing everyone rock to victory!


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We have a company wide meeting every Weds. afternoon where we catch up on launches, shout outs, company announcements, etc.

This is also our first opportunity to completely embarrass/indoctrinate our new hires and interns. They have to stand up in front of the whole company and tell us their name and what they do - and then the fun starts. We pose 3 crazy questions and they have to answer 1... or if they can answer the insane trivia question, then they don't have to answer 1 of the 3 original questions.

Here's how today went down:

We had two new peeps in - Jason, a new designer from our Charlotte office and Redner, our new marketing intern.

The crazy questions were as follows:
1. Demonstrate your favorite slip & slide move (the water slide from childhood.)
2. Make up a tune for phone hold music.
3. Name as many states as you can in 30 seconds, in alphabetical order.

The insane trivia questions was:
Name all of the games Parker Brothers has ever made.

Jason went first and picked question #1. He proceeded to get on the conference room table and demonstrated the rock star slide. Hilarious!

Redner went next and performed a small musical ditty for question #2, which left some laughing and some crying. I was doing both as I left today. It was practically indescribable with words.

All I can say, is that meetings like this don't happen in corporate America - only in agencies!
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I grew up in a town where the beach was just a short bike ride away. Since moving off of the coast a few years back, it's always been a little weird to have to "plan a trip" just to go to the beach. That and the concept of paying to go to the beach just seems a little screwy.

Last week, we reviewed our beach options for a new one to explore. A friend recommended a name that I'd saw, but had never had an excuse to visit - Wilbur By The Sea. Quite an odd name for a beach town, and especially interesting to me since it carries my own. I found that we had something in common beyond our names - we're both cheap (no beach fee) - so that settled it as our destination.

It has a real historic feel to it, with houses (not high-rise hotel buildings) right on the beach. However, a glance down the coast shows that developers are just waiting to strike. Most of the beach has sand that is red and packed hard like concrete. It wasn't the most comfortable, but fairly tidy - that was nice.

I wasn't able to find any information on the history of the little town, but I'll continue to wonder. Did my great-great-great-great grandpa and ma settle down on the beach front to catch some rays and decide not to leave? Or did he catch a fish in Wilbur Bay large enough to cause the townsfolk to give it his name? It might be more fun not to really find out...
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This past month's team building activity was Go-Karting. Faces lit up when we arrived at the track and we started to eye which kart we wanted to claim. With such a large group we had to divide into two groups so as the first team set off the second team got to plan their strategies on which kart to choose and how not to spin out on the slick track. There was a whole lot of spin outs, bumping and swerving going on, but it was all in good fun and the team sure had a blast. We dominated the course until the sun went down and the karts couldn't take on another MindCometeer behind the wheel. I just had to remind myself driving home afterwards that there was no bumping allowed!

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