This is Eric Smith.

Back in October, he was responsible for distributing the company newsletter and calender PDF files for my employer. As you can see, he used a photo of himself.

Like any good employee who prints out and uses company calenders, I used mine for the entire month. And then in November, when the next one didn’t arrive. And in December, and ever since, because frankly, the new person just didn’t have the same pleasant demeanor as Mr. Smith.

Sometime within the first week, I added a speech bubble with a sharpie, so that he would say “hi” to me. I found this to be very positive!

Fresh Potatoes described me as “the weirdest white person she knows.” My response was that she probably doesn’t know enough white people and that we all get this way as we age.