Engineers rarely hula hoop

Today a co-worker of mine took the title of Recipient of Strange and/or Amusing mail from Pancho. Pancho's strange letter has nothing on the hula hoop my co-worker received mysteriously in the mail at work this afternoon. The return address wasn't legible, except for the fact that it came from the LA area (which doesnt narrow down the list of possible senders as there are some 13 million residents in the metro area). The best part was that the sender wrapped it in brown paper and packing tape, which didnt do much to disguise it.

Kelly once mailed our friend Amanda a banana. She wrote Amanda's address on the peel and stuck a stamp on it and when the mail man finally (and begrudgingly) delivered it to Amanda, it was all mushed up and in a ziploc bag.

While I am definitely fond of email and the instant gratification it provides, these are reminders that nothing can ever replace the magic and excitement of good 'ole snail mail.