blackened is the end

Finally Friday. Employee review season finished today, for another six months at least, and now we can get back to the job of shipping games. Our company meeting had four new people to introduce -- would have been five if anyone had told the newest guy about the meeting. That just boggles the mind when you're working at a small company. We just hit 80, and were 25 when I started, which will be four years ago next week.

It's funny that Epic still feels like a startup sometimes, even though it's been running strong for 14 years now.

Had dinner at my favorite eating-at-bar in town, Harrison's in Cary. Huge burgers to order, with a great range of options. Philly style, or blackened with jalapenos, you name it. But nature intended burgers to be made Carolina style -- chili, slaw, cheddar, onions, mustard. Massive onion rings, cute waitresses, lots of sports options, good selection of microbrews and international beers to wash down the food. I'd call that the whole package...

The wierd thing about Harrison's is that it's in the basement of a multipurpose building, where the top floor is shared by a gas station and a low-quality strip joint. My sister is visiting and I took her there, and it was a little awkward navigating around the drunken businessman traffic. Probably not a good date spot, but hell of a burger joint.