Ckwednesday
I know it is summertime and there isn't a bunch of stuff going on around the district besides outdoor movie fests, indoor movie fests, outdoor concerts, book readings, and so on.
It is Wednesday and I have just come back in from a little something I like to call "Ckwednesday". What is Ckwednesday, you might ask? Funny you should ask because I was just going to tell you all about it!
A long time ago, in an office in Silver Spring. A cake came to work. One of our illustrious staff thought it would make for a brighter day if she brought in a cake. You know the interesting thing about bringing a cake to work? It worked! It makes for a brighter day when you can open the fridge and see a happy little cake waiting for you. We ate the cake that first day and talked of bringing a cake every week. I think we called the concept "take your cake to work day".
Sometime later, a person thought it would be fun to bring a ball to work and at a specific time of day, anyone who wanted to could go outside and kick/throw said ball around. After a few minutes of running around and kicking a ball, the participants could go back inside and have a piece of the cake. Sort of like when we had recess in grade school. After the first ball-kicking day, everyone remarked that they were more focused, had more energy and could actually make it though the rest of the day doing work as opposed to surfing the Internet or drawing mustaches on the pictures in the new Entertainment Weekly.
The phenomenon has since evolved into Ckwednesday. Every Wednesday one member of staff brings in a cake of some sort and promptly at 3:00pm the usual players head outside to the park by our office and kick a ball around for 15 to 20 minutes. After some vigorous kicking, we meet back inside and dole out slices of cake and fresh coffee. We all stand around the staff room and chat about what is on our plates and what we have made progress on. It becomes a very informal staff meeting with cake!
Why am I telling you all about this? Because I want you to embrace the idea of Ckwednesday. I want you to take the idea of Ckwednesday to work with you next Wednesday. Be the first person to bring cake. Be the person to bring the ball to work. Be the person that recharges your dead office and puts the recess into recession! Don't let the mid-afternoon doldrums get you down! Fight them off with Cake and Kickball Wednesday! --Did you wonder when I was going to tell you what the "Ck" was for?--
Meanwhile, back in stately Event Land... Anybody out there enjoy politics? Have you heard of a nice young man named Senator Feingold? Senator Russ Feingold from Wisconsin? How do you feel about him? Curious? Angry? Indifferent? If you ever thought you might like to know a little bit more about Senator Feingold, I happen to know another nice young man who grew up in Wisconsin and wrote a book about Russ Feingold. This man is Sandy Horwitt and he now lives in Arlington Va. He is going to come across the river, just for you people, and tell you a little bit more about the only member of the U.S. Senate that had the--dare I say--cajones to vote against the USA Patriot act (Who ever thought that acronym up needs a kicking)
Anyway, Sandy is coming out to Lansburgh on the 2nd of Aug. (That is tonight, by the way) Maybe you want to come down to the District, get out of the heat, put your feet up and listen to Sandy extol the virtues of a Progressive Democrat. Maybe you are a gun-toting Republican who still mows your own lawn and are looking for a fight or you might just be a football fan and want to talk about the 'Packers chances against the 'Skins this year. (Sandy is a season ticket holder for the Pack) I don't know, maybe you just like Cheddar cheese, come on down to the district. All the cool kids will be there.
Editors note: If you didn't know before, it stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)"
Bring back recess! Bring back feildtrips! Grown-ups have lost sight of the good things in life!--Sorry, was I ranting again?
It is Wednesday and I have just come back in from a little something I like to call "Ckwednesday". What is Ckwednesday, you might ask? Funny you should ask because I was just going to tell you all about it!
A long time ago, in an office in Silver Spring. A cake came to work. One of our illustrious staff thought it would make for a brighter day if she brought in a cake. You know the interesting thing about bringing a cake to work? It worked! It makes for a brighter day when you can open the fridge and see a happy little cake waiting for you. We ate the cake that first day and talked of bringing a cake every week. I think we called the concept "take your cake to work day".
Sometime later, a person thought it would be fun to bring a ball to work and at a specific time of day, anyone who wanted to could go outside and kick/throw said ball around. After a few minutes of running around and kicking a ball, the participants could go back inside and have a piece of the cake. Sort of like when we had recess in grade school. After the first ball-kicking day, everyone remarked that they were more focused, had more energy and could actually make it though the rest of the day doing work as opposed to surfing the Internet or drawing mustaches on the pictures in the new Entertainment Weekly.
The phenomenon has since evolved into Ckwednesday. Every Wednesday one member of staff brings in a cake of some sort and promptly at 3:00pm the usual players head outside to the park by our office and kick a ball around for 15 to 20 minutes. After some vigorous kicking, we meet back inside and dole out slices of cake and fresh coffee. We all stand around the staff room and chat about what is on our plates and what we have made progress on. It becomes a very informal staff meeting with cake!
Why am I telling you all about this? Because I want you to embrace the idea of Ckwednesday. I want you to take the idea of Ckwednesday to work with you next Wednesday. Be the first person to bring cake. Be the person to bring the ball to work. Be the person that recharges your dead office and puts the recess into recession! Don't let the mid-afternoon doldrums get you down! Fight them off with Cake and Kickball Wednesday! --Did you wonder when I was going to tell you what the "Ck" was for?--
Meanwhile, back in stately Event Land... Anybody out there enjoy politics? Have you heard of a nice young man named Senator Feingold? Senator Russ Feingold from Wisconsin? How do you feel about him? Curious? Angry? Indifferent? If you ever thought you might like to know a little bit more about Senator Feingold, I happen to know another nice young man who grew up in Wisconsin and wrote a book about Russ Feingold. This man is Sandy Horwitt and he now lives in Arlington Va. He is going to come across the river, just for you people, and tell you a little bit more about the only member of the U.S. Senate that had the--dare I say--cajones to vote against the USA Patriot act (Who ever thought that acronym up needs a kicking)
Anyway, Sandy is coming out to Lansburgh on the 2nd of Aug. (That is tonight, by the way) Maybe you want to come down to the District, get out of the heat, put your feet up and listen to Sandy extol the virtues of a Progressive Democrat. Maybe you are a gun-toting Republican who still mows your own lawn and are looking for a fight or you might just be a football fan and want to talk about the 'Packers chances against the 'Skins this year. (Sandy is a season ticket holder for the Pack) I don't know, maybe you just like Cheddar cheese, come on down to the district. All the cool kids will be there.
Editors note: If you didn't know before, it stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)"
Bring back recess! Bring back feildtrips! Grown-ups have lost sight of the good things in life!--Sorry, was I ranting again?
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