It's a well known tidbit that Great Thinkers from the past to present have kept journals, diaries, notebooks and more to collect and reflect.

"Thomas Edison kept a personal notebook which included poetry and personal observations amongst his engineering and scientific notes. In fact he kept 3500 of them."¹

To help you make the dive into journal keeping, we're giving away this totally fun & quizzical journal from Barnes & Noble. There's a question for each day of the year, and a space for a one sentence answer. Best of all it's a 5 year cycle, so you can see what your answers were during a 5 year span to the same question.

We've posted one of our favorite questions from the journal on our Facebook wall. Simply answer the question on our Facebook Post (make something up if you don't want to share personal details) and you'll be entered to win the Q&A a Day, 5 Year Journal. Contest will close Tuesday, June 5th at 5:00 p.m. CST, so make sure to get your answers in before then! We'll draw for a winner first thing on Wednesday, June 6th and announce the winner on Facebook.

For a Q & A quickie take a look at some of the questions included!

1. When was the last time you went swimming?²
2. What can't you forget?²
3. Today were you a wallflower or a social butterfly?²

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¹  http://www.goalsgonesocial.com/ggs2/forms/notetoself.php
² Q&A a Day, 5 Year Journal; Potter Style, Crown Publishing Group

One of our lead developers, Josh Fonseca, has some big news. He's trying out to play in the International Racquetball Federation World Championships.

Josh is originally from Bombay, India, and will try out for the Indian team on May 18th. The top 4 performers will go onto represent India in the IRF World Championships that will take place this August in the Dominican Republic.

Last December the Indian team held preliminary tryouts for the tournament, and Josh placed 4th. It was essentially a practice run, but if Josh performs at the same level he will seal a spot on Team India and will represent his home nation at this prestigious world tournament.

Josh first came to Cape Girardeau from India to study computer science at Southeast MO University in 1999. He got into Racquetball with a few of his buddies, and discovered he was pretty dang good! He loves the competitive edge the game offers, and says it's a great cardio workout.

We are beyond leaps & bounds proud of Josh (who's been with E74 for 8 years now - woot!), and we wish him the best of luck in the official tryouts on May 18th. We've always thought of our people as world class, and we may soon have the proof!

LET'S GO JOSH!!!