<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><br><div> About 12 years ago I read a press release on Slashdot about a software company founder in Minnesota (or Wisconsin?) who was chosen as Employee of the Month for 48 straight months. </div><br><div> It's one of the funniest things I've ever read, especially the part about where the company's CFO would be taking him out to McDonald's as a way for the company to express</div><div>their appreciation. </div><br><div> I've searched to try and uncover that press release -- but I haven't be able to find it. If anyone here happens to recall it, I'm up for having a second belly-laugh reading it.</div><br><div> phil</div><br><div>And if you happen to be a fan of the Beagle Bros software for Apple II (circa 1980's), here's a fairly recent photo of their founder, Bert Kersey, sitting in a store's demonstration</div><div>hot tub -- fully dressed. He's my kinda guy. "Can I try out this hot tub? Yes? Great! Of course, I'm not going to take my clothes off in public." (clambering into the filled-with-water hot tub, fully</div><div>clothed.) </div><br><div><a href="https://usesthis.com/interviews/bert.kersey/" target="_blank">https://usesthis.com/interviews/bert.kersey/</a><br></div><br><br><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br>http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>