Tomorrow my boss, the Chief Operating Officer of iRobot, turns 50. Today we paused from our work to surprise him with a brief celebration which included cake (of course) and the reading of a top ten list (Dave Letterman style) of “Jeff-isms” which was really quite funny.

In other over-50 news, my indoor soccer team competed in our winter league playoffs to determine a divisional champion last night. We made it to the finals and were losing 0-1 with 3 minutes left to play. I received a pass at midfield and dribbled up the middle for a few yards and then unleashed a long-range strike which was shielded by the defender (the goalie could not see it coming until there was no time to react) which tied the score and sent us into Golden Goal overtime (first goal wins). With 90 seconds remaining before the end of overtime (and a penalty kick shoot-out) I scored the game/championship winner. It was a powerful strike into the upper left corner from distance. No better cure for growing old than playing young.