Have you seen that Pompeii special on the Discovery channel? I was watching this thing on TV about Pompeii; you know the volcano that erupted and all the people in the village were killed instantly? Apparently, from what they say, everyone died in less time than it takes to blink an eye from a boiling gas cloud. So, they were frozen in their spots, then covered with volcanic ash, and then when the city was uncovered some 1500 years later, scientists were able to preserve the 'spaces' where the bodies were by pouring in Plaster of Paris and letting it harden. So they get these statues of the Pompeii residents doing whatever they were doing during that millisecond when they died. So they have people talking, stretching, yawning, etc. Ok, so here is my thought.. If I were alive back then, and I was a villager of Pompeii, my luck would be that I would have been doing something embarrassing or humiliating at that unfortunate moment; like squatting while going to the bathroom, or 'flogging the dolphin'... and then they would have turned my last embarrassing moment into a statue to be on public display for all time...

Contest, Part 2: Well, the day of the judging finally came; and the member of our team that was forbidden to participate in building the house because she was going to be one of the judges got some unsettling news... HR decided to not use employees as judges, they were instead, going to bring in people from other firms to come in and judge. They thought this would be fairer. But what wasn't fair was that the person who couldn't help build, and who now couldn't help judge, would also now not be able to partake of any winnings that we got. Fast-forward to when the judges came; they looked around and said "I thought we were just judging door decorations"... well, they made their decision and we ended up with second place. So we all got a day off with pay. But not the girl who was going to be a judge but wasn't.