Sarah and I are getting a head start to the weekend by doing a road trip down to Seattle. We’ve been invited to the annual Microsoft company picnic at Mountain Meadows Farm.
This yearly shindig is held for all the employees and family members of the big software firm. Microsoft employs over 30,000 people in the Seattle area so you can imagine how big this picnic is. If you can’t, don’t worry, I’ll have pictures!
In addition to attending the picnic, we’ll be meeting up with friends in the Seattle area. Sarah lived in Seattle for nine years so she has a lot of friends there. We will be back home on Monday. This will be a good chance to break in the new TL. Since buying the car almost a month ago, I’ve barely driven it. The car is still on its first tank of gas.
While I’m at Microsoft, I think I’ll head down to the company store and pick up some copies of MS Vista Ultimate. It’s only $45 at the company store. I’m not allowed to resell it but there’s no rules on me giving it away. 
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Have fun at the picnic. Was Sarah a Microsoft employee?
Sounds like a fun time
One Man. One Year. $100,000 online. Almost enough to buy a retail copy of Vista.
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yeah, i was wondering as well, how come you’re invited?
because you’re as evil as microsoft
Yeah, why are you invited?
Because his name is now a brand by itself. He’s mentionned all over the Internet. He’s famous. He has accomplished the MOMENTUM thing. That’s why.
I’m dreaming of that momentum too.
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Greetings from France John.
I was invited because I’m John Chow!
well, that’s a good enough answer for me
maybe they want some free press, and they got it.
evil….
Funny reply
Take some pics
look forward to the pictures
Take some photos from the space needle.
Ya…..Post it out here…..
Have fun in the Seattle area.
yeah, enjoy the food
I was in Seattle a couple of years ago and have good memories of a dinner at the restaurant in the Edgewater hotel…great food and nice to be on the water front. Have fun.
Here’s the web site for that restaurant. Let me know what you think if you make it.
http://www.edgewaterhotel.com/edgewater_diningPhotos.aspx
john would be interested
Nice place
From one side of North America to the other. Good luck!
it’s not far, is it?
Seattle is about a 3 hour drive from Richmond. If John had a Veyron, it would be a little bit faster.
Don’t run out of gas in those brutal border lineups!
it’s a possibility
I found that the fastest way to get through a border crossing is to pay for the commercial crossing. The last time I did that cost me $5 USD.
that’s cheap
Have fun at the Picnic John! How are you connected to Microsoft? Have either you or Sarah worked there before?
Redmond is a great place. The company store kicks ass!
Dev
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apparently neither. he was just invited because of his status in the blogging world
Or are you crashing the party? That would be pretty evil.
he’s invited
Yeah, but that doesn’t mean, that he couldn’t crash the party, does it?
well, he could
it’s john chow we’re talking about, nothing is impossible….nothing!
I shall keep a review ready for Vista…
Btw Who was in MS that you got an invite for the Picnic or you again showed something evil that they invited you??
maybe they want john to join their advertising scheme
Yup cuz ms just launch their advertising scheme
“It’s only $45 at the company store. I’m not allowed to resell it but there’s no rules on me giving it away.”
Hahaha
That’s right 
I’m waiting for the Vista contest 
Enjoy your picnic.
Who wants Vista, if he can have Linux? Or even better MacOS X?
You can also try ReactOS if you want a free Windows. I’m not sure how well it runs the typical apps though.
I want to go! How cool! I want to meet my hero, Mr. Bill Gates. (well, almost my hero).
i’d like to go too, not because of mr gates though. i just want to feel the atmsphere
Too far for me…..I am in Malaysia
very nice … enjoy the trip … and I wanna know how the TL Ran!
Darin
oohh . . Vista . . . such a great operating system . . wish i had something like it . . oh oh . . what is dis - I DO have something like this and it’s a lot better . . it’s called OSX!!!! if you’re such a rebel john . . make the switch and stop being such a 90%er !!!!!
OS X is great until you try installing PostScript drivers. We’ve had nothing but problems with this at work.
Woo HOoo…I want VISTA!!!!
get a new pc, and you’ll get a free copy of vista
Are you talking about Dell?
Wow only $45 that is insane, but MSDN price is better.
you can getting cheaper ones too
I expect to see good pictures of foods to come …
i think john will take a lot of pictures of beautiful ms girls too
I have a feeling he will as well
MS employs beautiful girls? This is a picnic, not a trade show. LOL
There has to be a few out of the 30,000 employees who work there.
Sounds like alot of fun John! I can’t wait to see pics of what you’ll be “dining” on..
table? grass?
It probably won’t be Alberta beef. I think Americans are still paranoid about mad cow beef from Canada. I don’t blame them though … not much is done here to test the animals.
vista so Expensive,firefox is free,i like it.