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So Silly (Putty)!

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Darshan and I both started working at Microsoft on August 6, 2007.  We quickly realized that people always bring in candy or treats in the number of pounds equal to the number of years at Microsoft (i.e. 5 years = 5 lbs of M&M’s).  Of course, we couldn’t settle for the same old M&M’s deal, so we ordered 2 pounds of Silly Putty (a pound for each of us) – who wouldn’t love that?!  It folds, it squishes, it bounces, and it even peels off a mirror image of comic strips!  And, of course, what would a 1-year anniversary be without a little cake?

 Silly Putty Cake

Mom helped make this delicious Cherry Chip cake, so the frosting turned out much better than my previous attempts.  I free-handed the comic from yesterday’s paper – I hope Bil Keane doesn’t mind too much!  There is one problem with the design, but I’m hoping only a true Family Circus fan would catch it!

U scream, I scream…

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…we all scream for cupcakes!

Mom helped make these delicious orange flavored cupcakes which were themed with various mouse cursors and phrases related to User Interface Automation, the topic of my Brown Bag presentation earlier today.

UI Cupcakes

Oh, Canada!

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Happy Canada Day! This was supposed to be a belated “Happy 1-Year at Microsoft” for Paul… but he and Celeste made a much cooler Canadian Flag Cake than mine.

Canadian Flag Cake

Red Light, Green Light!

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Megan made these delicious Stoplight Cupcakes for my feature demo at work, which was “traffic” themed.

Stoplight Cupcakes

Sole Food

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Today one of our Program Managers, Jonathan, turned 25.  In celebration of his Birthday, his keen sense of style, and his apparent love of brightly-colored shoes

Shoe Cake

Special thanks to my sister for all her help with this one!