Reindeer Games

I've seen enough Christmas shows to know that Santa's elves are always studious and hard at work making toys in the workshop, but the reindeer?  They have nothing to do except for one night a year.

With all that time on their hands, they've got to do something to keep themselves entertained.

Holiday Season Productivity

Everyone knows that not much gets done around the office between Christmas Eve and New Years Day. Most people are on vacation anyway, and those that aren't wish they were.  Even if there's work to be done, no one's around to crack the whip and make sure it gets done.

Christmas 1999, our first Holiday Season as a company, we had about ten employees - all but one of whom were out of the office happily enjoying their vacation time.  The one person that remained could not work independently, so I had to come into the office each day during the Holidays to try to keep him busy.  I felt like we were the only two people working in the entire city.  The phones were dead.  It was a huge waste of time.  I vowed it would never happen again.  Every year since then we've closed between Christmas and New Years Day.

It's an ARRRRRRRchitect

Most of our clients are arrrrrchitects, and we're very grateful to work with some of the very best. 

As I was finishing my senior year at BYU, I had fleeting thoughts of getting an MS in architecture - until I discovered that it would take 3 more years compared to only one more year for an MS in engineering.  With 2 kids already and another on the way, it was easy to make the decision to stay in engineering - and I'm glad I did.  I love what I do, and I would hate to try to compete with the creativity I see from the architects we work with.

For another cartoon poking a little fun at architects, click here.

...Since Global Warming

Despite what many may think about global warming, I have a feeling Santa and his elves wouldn't be too upset.