#5 Best Place to Work and Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

#5 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government
This week the United States Patent and Trademark Office received special recognition as one of the best places to work in the United States federal government. The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings draw on responses from nearly 700,000 civil servants to produce a detailed view of employee satisfaction and commitment across 362 federal agencies and subcomponents. With a score of 80.3, the USPTO ranked #5 out of 290 in the agency subcomponent category.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
Some of my coworkers and I attended an ugly sweater party at an apartment in Alexandria.  The theme of this party dictates everyone who comes must wear an ugly Christmas sweater.  Since I do not have any such sweaters because of the good taste of people who buy my clothes including myself, I went to Christ's House Thrift store in Alexandria.  They had the perfect sweater for the party.  It was red with houses, trails, trees, "For Sale" signs, and the best part keys for the buttons.  When I wore the sweater half-way unbuttoned with a tie, dress pants, and dress shoes, I looked just like a dad in the 1950's.  All I was missing was a pipe.  During the party, I won the award for the ugliest ugly Christmas sweater.  I was proud of all of the work (10 minutes asking people where to buy the sweater and 5 minutes actually buying the sweater) that was put into winning the award.

Example of an Ugly Christmas Sweater