Category Archives: A Day in the Life

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    Not All Benefits Are In the HR Handbook

    It’s been a wild couple of weeks out here in Blog Ride HQ. We are working feverishly on all manner of projects that we can only speak about in the vaguest of terms. That is partly because we are sworn …
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    Comicon Is Over; Time to Hibernate.

    Once again, Emerald City Comicon has come to an end, and those who attended or worked it are somewhere on the spectrum of pleasantly exhausted to don’t-expect-me-to-stand-up-anytime-soon. For those who missed it, I made sure to snap pictures of our …
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    Something to Warm You Up

    As you crawled out of bed this morning, still full from Thanksgiving, you may have realized: “Oh no, the holidays are coming!” It’s time for an all-out-mad-dash-scramble from parties to shopping malls to airports to parties to shopping malls! And …
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    Happy Thanksgiving*

    And now: a few Thanksgiving words of wisdom, from us to you. *Offer for a Happy Thanksgiving valid only in the U.S., just in case those in other countries are offended by our thankfulness and/or gluttony.


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    All Hallows’ Eve… Eve

    It’s not Halloween quite yet, sure, but for holidays the federal government has not seen fit to convert to a standardized day of the week, we learn to make compromises. If party holidays fail to fall on a Friday or …
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    Disco Zombie Hops the Pond to London

    Last week, I was overjoyed to visit London, the greatest city on Earth. How do I know it’s the greatest city on Earth? Two things: 1. Everything costs double there what it does at home, so it must be twice as …
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    Disco Zombie Does New Mexico

    You may have noticed that no one on the BlogRide team can take a trip for business or pleasure without finding a stowaway in their bags. I just returned from my favorite place in the world, the beautiful state of …
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    The Future of Gaming*

    Recently, the PopCap group in which the blog overlord and all her minions work (the minions are us that write the nice stuff here, but not the Zombie) had what office workers like to call an “offsite.” Basically, we went …
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    The Least Productive Day in PopCap History

    Otherwise known as Doggie Day! As you may know, our office is home to one proud canine, the lovely dachshund Noni, and typically she has the place to herself. Last Friday, however, was a rare treat for all of us who …
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    Disco Zombie Goes to Comic Con International

    San Diego Comic Con is a magical misty mountain funland where all your dreams come true. At least, that’s always been my experience, and so this year, when I found I had a stowaway, I let him accompany me around …
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