This is my new Bling from Go Daddy.

                                                     

This was part of my reward for staying at Go Daddy for five years (yeah, they give me interesting work, a great boss and bright, hard working co-workers, pay me very well, let me telecommute from Colorado, and they also feel compelled to give me this nice bling and some other nice stuff to go along with it. And guess what? We're hiring : ) - even though I wasn't there for the awards luncheon, they FedExed it to me up in Colorado.

I really like my bling - I'm not a "bling" sort of person, I suppose, but this Troy ounce of silver has my name on it, and my five-year anniversary date. The only problem that I have is that this is the sort of thing that I can lose very easily, in between sleeping, running, lifting, showering, going to the office, etc...

So, given that sort of problem, my natural tendency is simply to wear it all the time, because losing only happens when it comes off.

So I was wearing this necklace during the last few weeks of my Imogene training, and I've been wearing it since I got home, and I'm starting to wonder if maybe - just maybe - this piece of jewelry wasn't forged in Mordor by the Dark Lord Himself.

For instance, while wearing this bling, I seem to be hidden from sight.  Ethel hasn't noticed me in weeks. I move through the house completely unseen. Heck, she can't even hear me - and Silas hasn't heard a word that I've said. So this necklace has given me invisibilty and the ability to move unheard through enemy territory.

But the most blatant sign that this bling was wrought by Sauron's hand is the fact that, the longer I wear it, the more of a burden it is. I keep moving slower and slower, and feeling weaker and weaker - just like the effect that the One Ring had on Frodo as he was on his quest.

(I'm assuming that my slowing down and getting weaker is because of the One Bling - the other theory is that it's because I'm getting older. One hypothesis at a time, please).

I haven't seen any Blingwraiths hanging around - but, in New River, how would you know? Our neighbors have had demon statues out front, everybody is on horseback, and with all of the Gothic stuff that folks are wearing these days, you could bump into the Witch King of Angmar at the Circle K and never know it.

I could find out very easily if this is the One Bling of Power, simply by throwing it away, but....but....well, I just don't want to do that. It's just so....precious to me....

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