Many moons ago when I was a student at Lee University I used to go for a walk to Deer Park each day. The main path between my dorm at the park took me past an abandoned house with a four feet tall cement cactus on the porch. After thinking of the cactus for a few months I decided that it would be mine.

I don’t know how many of you have ever tried to move a solid cement object before but I can tell you they are rarely light. Cactus was no diffrent. Though the original plan called for me carrying him all the way back to campus I ended up going to get my car and driving him back.

School ended and I went home and cactus went with me. When I moved back to Cleveland cactus once again came along and stood proudly on my front porch. This is where the story really starts. One morning I stepped outside and noticed that Cactus was gone!

A few months later things got interesting. Strange letters started appearing in my mailbox stuffed with photos of cactus all over the place. The letter sometimes had details as to what Cactus had been up to others were just letters. I’ve posted the photos below along with some details as to what’s what.

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The last few Fridays there have been some pretty big storms coming through the area surrounding my little town. We’ve been lucky and they’ve missed us for the most part, but some areas to the west have had tornados.

Today I saw some damage just two blocks from my place. There’s a little park in Jackson Square, between the art shops and the Playhouse. There was just one tree. It is no more.

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I arrived at work early, wanting to be inside the building when Jill arrived at work to see her newly decorated office. She’s a dedicated little worker bee though, and she beat me.

So when I arrived this morning she met me at the door with a broad smile. She thought it was great. I went to her office and showed her a few of my favorites and warned her that there were many, many more than those she could actually see.

I went by her office just as she was trying to get a pen and found they all had post-its - this annoyed her. Apparently she’s pretty obsessive about her pens.

By three o’clock most of them were down. The leaf post-its are down to just one, all of the visible one are gone from her desk. The ceiling tiles are mostly still in place but are slowly coming down on their own.

There are many, many post its that she’ll not find for a long, long time. Its the gift that keeps on giving.

When I was out for a few days once, my friend Jill put a cardboard door up on my cubical at work. No big deal but just to keep the fun going I vowed revenge.On Monday I told her that the next time she went out of town I’d have my revenge. Later that day she announced that she’d be taking the next two days off.

I talked to another of the ladies up front and pitched my idea. She agreed to give me full access to not only Jill’s office, but the supply cabinet as well.We spent a few hours after work each night labling nearly everything in her office with post-it notes. Seguir leyendo »