Dear Readers,

Don’s off on a short trip to Lake George, NY, today with our co-worker Tony “Puddin’” Amenta.

Tony is our new Sales Manager for Hammerhead and Chill Pill Audio products. We started calling him “Puddin’” when we found out that it was his nickname in grade school. He was the kid in the cafeteria who always ate the other kids’ pudding if they couldn’t finish it. Well, give us a nickname and we run with it.

Here’s a list of other popular nicknames around the dog pound:

Dawn = Etta
Artie = Spreader (for being the guy to bring cow manure and spread on Don’s garden)
Hapy = Haploid, Tinky Winky, Tiny, Biff
Rob = Jester
Don = DP (Donnie Pop)
Kerry = Carol
Jaime = J Rico
Jon – The Farmer
Jason W = Wu man
Jamie Mason (our original intern) = Chimpy Nuts
Grace = Grace
Nick = Little Nicky

(Feel free to chime in with a nickname for Kali or Mike.)

Since I’m filling in for Don today, I made a joke before writing this that I was just going to use the first piece of spam that came into my inbox, so here’s what might have been:

“My Dear beloved Friend, Greetings in the name of God, Please let this not sound strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died.”

You just can’t make stuff like that up! Spam can be so much fun! Neil Forsyth has written several books about his hilarious email responses to spam. You can read some excerpts here for a darn good chuckle!

We are deep into June and that means our eWaste Recycling Events are right around the corner. Come say “Hi” and drop your old electronics off to be safely recycled. On June 16th, we will be at the Mall of NH (and will be giving away two NASCAR tickets), and on June 30th, we will be at Rutland High School in Rutland, Vermont.

Enjoy this week’s Kibbles!