July 22, 2001
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It has been just over three months since I decided to leave EyeWire by my own accord, smiling and nodding as my previous employer rolled out its new employee retention program. In all the excitement to vacate my corner of the office, I never managed to get around to canceling my corporate American Express card. Seeing as both the card and the billing statement were in my name and were my responsibility, I saw no hurry in terminating the account. That, and the fact that I had racked up nearly 94,000 membership rewards points over the past several years through a consistent schedule of hardware upgrades, department software purchases, late night work session pizza orders, and sundry conference expenses. I couldn’t possibly cancel the card without redeeming at least some of those ethereal ducats. It’d be a bloody shame, wouldn’t it? So what did I end up getting in return for those tens of thousands of points? Nothing as mundane as travel or accommodation. How about a handful of double movie passes, two folding aluminum scooters, and a Canadian-made six-foot wooden toboggan? Yeah! Nothing says American Express like a Canadian sled.
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