Out of nowhere I was surprised by a colleague yesterday with a gift bag – one of those gifts that I feel will continue to keep on giving. It was all clearly newly store-bought, bright and shiny, and a reward for some proofreading I did as a favor. While I do play ping pong fairly regularly during breaks at work I’d be the last person to tell the difference between a good racket and a bad one, or whether a ball is good quality or not though I have the impression this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill set. Whether or not this improves my game – I’m quite confident I’ll stay in recreational amateur level for a long time – it was a really unexpectedly nice gesture to come to work to.