Today my package from Alaska arrived. The only reason I didn't immediately annihilate the box was so I could take a picture of it first. Three words for you regarding the packing. GIANT. BUBBLE. WRAP. My employees wasted no time trying to snag some to get their pops off. My shout of "for every bubble you pop, I'll dock you a day's pay" did the trick. (Don't tell anyone, but if all I got was a box of giant bubble wrap, I would have been happy. Seriously...I'm mental for that stuff.)

Lovingly protected by those air-filled hemispheres of joy were two (YES 2!) presents. First was a Bontrager Air Support pump. I just got a new bike and needed a pump quite badly. This one is awesome. Small and light-weight, but still capable of hitting 100 PSI. The second present was a book that I've never read; Endwar. Check the first sentence on the back of the book. "In a devastating nuclear exchange, Saudi Arabia and Iran have destroyed each other." Like any reasonable person would be, I'm hooked.

Thank you very much Alaskan Secret Santa. You killed it on this gift exchange. Killed it!