Did you know that my husband, Mark is a super nerd? You probably did know that but in case you didn't, he is. Besides being insanely smart, he is very talented when it comes to games. So much so, that he has been on the Comcast Jeopardy team for the past three years. Comcast Jeopardy, you ask? It's like it sounds only with questions about cable, electricity, physics...other crap that my mind tends to glaze over. It's a big deal at Comcast. It's a way to get technicians excited about their job and to weed out the gifted and talented. The extremely gifted and talented get to go to Charleston and play in the final competition. The Richmond team has been to finals two out of the three years my husband was on the team. They were jeopardy champions in 2008. It's like the Superbowl...for nerds.
Every year each team that gets to the finals, picks a MVP to go to the SCTE Conference as a way of showing appreciation for being awesome. Mark was voted MVP for 2010 and thus we received an all-expenses-paid trip to Atlanta for the conference.
This year, one of the vendors rented the Atlanta Aquarium for dinner and drinks. If you ever have a chance to go to the Atlanta Aquarium, go. It's the best aquarium I have ever ever ever seen.
This room involved a moving walkway under an arch that allowed giant fish to swim over you. It was an incredible experience.
Just as you thought you were just going to see fish, this giant whale shark swims above you and all you can do is gasp.
90 lb grouper anyone? Insert plenty of drunken fishing jokes here....
They had three or four touch pools where you could feel just about anything.
Anyone get the "Finding Nemo" reference below?
The expo was definitely for the tech minded. I swayed from being incredibly bored to overstimulated. There were plenty of freebies to be had and this photo just made me giggle. Do they have RodoRepel for the pumpkins on my front porch?
Thank you Mark, for being the awesome nerd/husband that you are. It has taken us so far. The trip was fantastic.
You had such great pictures from this!! :) Glad you all had a good time!
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