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Speed Date with All Terrain!

Inspired by the Facebook’s “25 Random Facts” craze, we recently took a “speed dating” approach to introducing our company to a potential client.  We thought we might as well share our nuggets with the rest of the world:

• Every spring, at least half our HQ staff is repeatedly attacked by a territorial red winged blackbird while biking to & from work.  Our story became a human interest story that circled the globe last year.
• When Brook and Sarah met they were driving matching Saturn SC-2’s and carrying pagers.  We have since upgraded to cell phones … lots and lots of cell phones.
• We host a private Yoga session every Wednesday morning.  We figure if we can all master the Flying Crow, anything is possible … and maybe the red winged blackbird will have to respect our author-i-tie.
• One of All Terrain’s first events featured a midget in armor and a “strong man” that hung things from his nipples.  We’ve come a long way in 11 years, but like to think that we haven’t lost our edge.
• Clare used to be an Irish Step Dancer AND a Hip Hop lyricist.  We think her stage name should have been Oh Danny Souja Boy.
• To keep fit and “try to be cool” Tara and Meghan take weekly Hip Hop dance lessons with a bunch of 14 year olds.  What’s with all the Hip Hop?
• Our PR Director’s mom is occasionally called upon to spot-check promotional teams in Salt Lake City area malls.
• The office secretly collects “Jeff-isms” – frequent, unexpected nuggets that an Account Director uses to punctuate a situation.  We are not sure when or how we’ll use them, but it’s a practical joke several years in the making.
• The story about the San Jose office that was evacuated due to the condition of the refrigerator/freezer struck a little too close to home.
• It would take both an origamist and a code-breaker to re-create one of Tom’s to-do lists.
• We host office-wide “all terrainks-giving” potlucks where everyone offers up what they consider to be their specialty … the competition runs high.
• We are a viral office. Sarah volunteered at PAWS, so Tara started fostering pets and so did Eric and Holly and Kristin and Tom, who adopted his!