Fun at Work

This doesn't have much to do with dieting. Nothing at all in fact. But, I just wanted to call your attention to something my work friends and I have decided to share with the world. Over the last few weeks, we've recycled our old latex gloves (we go through dozens a day) and used them to make a ball. Gloveball is our mascot here - and you should check out gloveballs myspace page. All he wants is to be your friend.

Check out the pics section - we have several pics up there of gloveball and some of our coworkers. For those of you who wondered what my job as an optical technician entails, well, gloveballs page won't help too much.

I work at Tinsley Laboratories. We makes precision optics for many different applications.

We made the optics that were installed in the Hubble telescope to fix its "vision", and we're currently manufacturing the optics that are going in the next big space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope. We do other .types of optics - for instance, I work in the department that is refining optics that are making their way to the LLNL Ignition Facility.

I started at Lenscrafters, and worked there for a few years. When I moved out to Cali, I was lucky enough to find my way to Tinsley.

For those who are wondering, gloveball plays no part in manufacturing of our lenses; that's up to the pros.