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For those of you concerned at home, we have been fighting the good fight, and continue to hold our ground against the torrid squirrel attacks that besiege our fine corporate headquarters. They’ve got the numbers, but we’ve got the height…and a used paintball gun. Troy may have fallen, but Maestro will not (although ironically, a tooth-baring attempt was made on Greg’s achilles by a vicious squirrel warrior during a recent skirmish)! Their tactics are ruthless, and we have called for aid from our internet providers.

Weeks into the standoff, and we have just received word that our internet provider has been hard at work amassing a legion of cable layers, and other necessary workers for finalization of the big fix. Spirits are high upon receipt of the news, several early 90’s sports arena pump-up songs have been blasted from office speakers, and we expect to break our merciless adversaries soon.

Addition: It’s official! Viiccctoryyy!! New cables have been laid, and our internet is running better then ever. Tonight we celebrate, and toast our fallen comrades lost to the Great Squirrel War of 2008. A warning for those of you out there, who don’t believe this fate could happen to you….well, it could! Be wary.

Final Score: Maestro 1, Squirrels 0.

So, what have you accomplished today? Oh, not much, since apparently a pack of ravenous squirrels has chewed away at our nearby cable internet lines, and knocked us back into the days before internet. How did people do this!? How did they accomplish anything? Surely, there were things more important to do today than type up a blog entry, offline mind you, to be placed on the web at a later date, for a bit of reader enjoyment at our expense?  But alas, here we stand.

You know, they say startup life can be difficult, but they never mention the potential damage control required to combat nearby wildlife. Our CTO, who happens to be a major proponent of Murphy’s Law existing here at Maestro HQ, is visibly shaken, and one has to wonder if a band of wild chipmunks could take down our operation entirely.

And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got underground springs pouring water into the center of our office. Trust us, we couldn’t make this up if we tried. This freshwater miracle managed to pop up literally underneath a giant power strip that has about 20 cords coming out of it. Dangerous? Um, perhaps…perhaps. At least the squirrels will have something to drink when they’re done.

If YOU happen to have the internet, hope you’re enjoying it. Seriously, it must be nice, so go ahead and enjoy. Hope you’re using Maestro while you’re surfing away on there, good thing our servers are hosted elsewhere. We’re off to buy some oversized mouse traps…wish us luck.