While on our recent summer vacation, we decided to add an impromptu visit to Disneyland to the end of our trip. It had been several years since we’d been, and wanted to try out some of the new attractions: the revamped submarine ride converted to the Finding Nemo theme, the new Monster’s Inc. ride, and the Aladdin Musical Spectacular. Even though Aladdin is entertaining, a large chunk of the show’s time was eaten up by technical difficulties, allowing attendees a rare chance to bail out of the show before it completed.

As we wandered around, and, more specifically, stood in line for rides, we discussed the idea of what Walt Disney would think of the 2009 version of Disneyland. My opinion is that I’m sure he would have enjoyed the newer attractions, driven by technology that he could only have imagined in the sixties, although I’m not sure he could have gotten on board with the removal of the classic Disneyland features.
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In a simple and creative post, Mike Geipert tried spelling out words using his Mac OSX dock icons. Since today’s lunch hour was un-designated, I tried one of my own:

Thanks to Erik for the link.

Or, more accurately, fun at his expense.

The boss was on vacation this week, and in an effort to drive home the point that we’re still sitting in cubicles while he’s soaking up rays, he sent us the photo below, with a tongue-in-cheek note about unauthorized use of the company Blackberry.

Well, not to be out-done, we put a little twist on his photo before sending it around to everyone, and left him a big printout on his door.

That’ll teach him to send us any vacation photos while he’s out.

Sad but true.

Too soon?