This past Thursday, the fine folks at POP threw me a 10 year anniversary surprise party at Black Bottle in Belltown, and I thought I was going to an ordinary after work get together. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I walked into the back room and got hit with a resounding "SURPRISE!"

Bill presented me with a framed version of the Usenet ad I had answered way back in 1996 along with a very generous gift. Aaron showed a film he'd made of my "life" (we were laughing so hard we were crying) and gave me a copy on DVD. The image above is from Joel's excellent DVD packaging. On top of all of that, I was given a membership to the Bacon Of The Month Club, thanks to a bunch of my best work buddies.

At the risk of sounding mushy, I am greatly appreciative to POP, and especially Bill, for the past ten years. POP has always been an amazing place to work and I am proud to have played a part in its growth and development.