The Super Bowl is an exciting day here at Cryptozoic. The kitchen is filled with the delightful smells of assorted chili concocted by friends and family, the Dragon?s Den proudly shows the game on our big projection screen, and the offices are filled with people playing games all throughout the day. It?s a party of epic proportions.
Our chili cook off is no laughing matter. Six different kinds of chili were entered into our yearly contest: Vegetarian, meat, bean, pressure cooked, chorizo and beanless all had their place at this friendly competition.? Sampling them all is no easy feat. In the end, our very own John Nee was voted the winner with his outstanding pressure cooked chili recipe. I may have talked a little too much smack in John?s general direction about my own home-cooked chili recipe and then didn?t show up to the party with any food ? so if there isn?t a Community Blog next week, you?ll know why. It will be the first ever firing citing chili as a reason.
So while the employees of Cryptozoic play hard, work hard and cook hard, we also wager hard. I learned a valuable lesson this week: Never place a bet with Patrick Sullivan, and never be within earshot when the bet?s details are being hashed out.
R&D?s Patrick Sullivan and Drew Walker made a friendly bet over the big game. Some people bet money, others may get a bit more creative and wager shaving their head or perhaps even wearing the other team?s jersey for a week. Not these two. When a bet is made between Drew and Patrick, everyone loses.
The bet began innocently enough. If Patrick?s beloved Giants lost, he would have to shave his head for three months. If Drew?s Patriots lost, Drew would have to grow out his hair for three months. Neither of them wanted to do these things, so it was entertaining enough for those people not directly involved. Bald Patrick? Curly-haired Drew? Both hilarious. However, when our hobby store specialist Drew Korfe mentioned a certain someone?s ability to make costumes, and that certain someone just happened to be around while this bet was happening ? needless to say, the bet flew into a downward spiral very quickly.
?Make the loser wear your Alexstrasza costume!?
Ok, no. Let?s think very carefully about this. There are laws of physics involved in such a feat that I can?t even wrap my head around. Neither of these grown men would even remotely fit into that leather bikini, and I had no interest in destroying said costume for one day of amusement. There had to be another way.
For some unknown reason, I reluctantly suggested that I could make a very ramshackle costume for the loser to wear for a day. It wouldn?t be pretty or durable, but it would get the point across. One of these men was going to be a Dragonqueen for a day at the office. Although the exact specifications of this costume weren?t agreed on, the general idea was there and shook on. The deed was done. How did I get wrapped up in this bet again? ?
So there?s that. Drew lost the bet and our work conversations consist of questions like, ?Do they make red bras in your size?? and the exact details of the ?alterations? I?m going to have to make to various pieces of men?s clothing.?
So how was YOUR week??
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