Better Late Than Never

January 18, 2010    Category: Albino Bowler    No Comments »

     So I was reviewing all the awesome trips that the Albino Bowler had been on during 2009 and it occurred to me that there were some pretty important things that transpired that did not get properly documented… and that ain’t cool!  I promptly started harassing people for material and I finally started getting some responses.  Here is what I’ve dug up so far.

    The month was May of 2009 and the Albino Bowler went on an epic journey to the top of Mt LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  This actually marks the first time the Albino Bowlers trip was fully documented in video (and set to John Denver music to boot!), so I’ll let the video tell the story.  Prepare yourself…

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Special thanks to Jason Graf for putting the video together and awesome pix! Great trip!

– Dan Thompson

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A Very Claris Christmas (Party)

December 24, 2009    Category: Albino Bowler    No Comments »

     Anyone who has ever been around our company or stopped by our offices knows that Claris Networks has a very unique culture and atmosphere.  We pride ourselves in being a light-hearted and fun place to work… and quite frankly our Christmas parties reflect that as well.  This year we did things slightly different and had the get together at our offices; oh, and we had a ping-pong (sorry Andy; “table tennis”) tournament and RockBand throw down.  Yeah… that’s how we roll.    Obviously the Albino Bowler wasn’t missing out on what was quite possibly the best Christmas Party ever.

    The ping-pong tournament turned out to be a wild success.  It was a single elimination tournament and then the final two played to the best of three games.  Much to Zac’s dismay, the tournament came down to a tale of two Daves… David Stilwill and Dave Sagraves, with Sagraves taking the top title and walking away with the prize money.  Make no mistake though, it was an intense battle all the way to the top; with Jay Norris even breaking out his table tennis alter-ego, Arlandro; complete with headband and sunglasses.

    If you weren’t playing ping-pong or out on the porch, chances are you were engaged in an epic game of RockBand.  This particular video game has been a part of our company’s culture for a while and this is actually the second appearance it has made at a Claris Christmas party.  It seemed that the second go around people were a lot less shy about grabbing the microphone and belting out some lyrics… which always makes the experience more entertaining.

    All in all I think everyone, including the Albino Bowler, had an awesome time at the get together.  The food was awesome, the entertainment was great, and best of all we all got the chance to hangout and goof around for several hours.  Good times indeed. 

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

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– Dan Thompson

Claris Networks and the Albino Bowler would like to say a special Thank You to our friends Jay Waggoner and Co. over at Veristor for sponsoring our Christmas party.  Thanks guys!

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