My awesome brother gave me one of these for Christmas. It is from thinkgeek.com and is called, appropriately, The Annoy-A-Tron. It emits 1 of 2 sounds, either a beep or a series of short beeps, at random times from 1-8 minutes apart. It has a magnet imbedded so it can be stuck in any number of places. I have chosen a secret place in my office. I will not disclose the location in case one of my co-workers finds this blog.

I put it into service on 12/24/07. I was off work on 12/25 and did not return until 12/31. When I returned, I was thrilled to see an e-mail from a co-worker trying to find out what the beeping was. She offered to buy a coke for whoever located it. It is still beeping.

I hear it go off while I'm sitting at my desk and I just have to giggle to myself like a little school girl at a slumber party.

This is THE greatest gift (other than my salvation, of course) that I have ever received. I am usually not mean-spirited and a prankster...wait, yes I am. Scratch that. Anyway, it really makes me happy to report that the device has not been found. Though, interest in finding the source has waned somewhat. I plan to move it from it's current location to a location that I had it before so it will be much, much louder and hopefully more annoying.

The best part about the annoy-a-tron is that the sound is so hard to locate. Sometimes it sounds like it's right here in my cubicle, and sometimes it sounds like it's on the other side of the office.

There will be more to come.