Frank's knowledge about breakfast foods is admirable and anyone with this type of knowledge about breakfast burritos deserves to be today's Zapponian of the day!

Graham Weston is the CEO and co-founder of Rackspace.com, as well as a really cool guy. We even heard he hands over his car keys to top performers on his staff! Graham took a few minutes to hang out with the Blog Team and we asked him a few questions about Texas Weather, Rackspace and his passion to deliver fanatical customer support. We hope to see our Texas friends again soon, and welcome everyone to schedule their very own tour by going here:
http://www.zappos.com/tours

Our awesome Facilities team has hooked the office up with a super sweet Industrial grade Toaster! It can toast 2 pieces of bread in less than 1 minute, as well as tell you about proper toasting procedures while it's working. We all enjoy it's delicious toast, but sometimes its a little full of itself.

Shannon from the Z.E.U.S. Team shows us how they do more with less and spread Zappos Culture at the same time. They also recently made an appearance on the CBS's "The Early Show". Here's just a little sample of what you could expect if you come to Zappos.com for a Tour.

We have visitors all the time, and today was no different. Our friends at Monster stopped by the office to give us a little morning boost by handing out free Java Monsters to over 200 employees. Check out the video below to see what happened when we put a little "Monster Java' in our day.

We would like to take this time to wish Steve a Happy Birthday, but we can't seem to find him anywhere. Just Kidding, Steve's team actually remembered his Birthday, but forgot that he would be spending it with his family in San Francisco instead of his family at Zappos.com. The cake was delicious and the decorations were beautiful, maybe next year, Steve?

The Michigan AIDS Coalition asked 100 people to decorate a denim jacket that would be auctioned to raise money for their cause. In the last blog, "Denim Jackets Can Help Save Lives" we covered the main points behind this project, but here's a bit more behind the scenes information on Project Denim Jacket.

Zappos is trying to be more creative in the ways we give back and we thought this was a perfect project. Creative Services was the first to answer this call and they decided that instead of ruining the jacket they would donate it to a homeless shelter so someone in need could use it.

Like most things done within Zappos, they Executed this project with the Ten Core Values in mind. Core value #10, Be Humble. Instead of bedazzling the jacket with Zappos accessories they decided to put the coat to good use. Also, the team didn't just walk into the shelter with a denim jacket in hand, they all brought some of their own clothing to donate to the shelter - which is core value #7, Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit. Then, to represent Zappos in the challenge John F. made a replica of the denim jacket out of Zappos boxes - core value #8 Do More With Less.

The CS Team took the photos you see here and attached them to the inside of the cardboard jacket. So hopefully they will be able to auction it for a lot o' money to go towards fighting AIDS. And I guess that would be core value #1 Deliver WOW Through Service.

If you or your department have any interest in helping with future projects, please let Jamie N. or Melissa R. know.

And a very special thanks to John F. and Sean C. for their help!

It's that time of year! All of the Peeps are out and about, and what better way to celebrate the Season of the Peeps than a Diorama style peep show? This Year there were 23 entries, all of which were very detailed and extremely creative. It was hard to Choose just one winner, but our very own Loren Becker picked "Peeps of Love" by the Peeparazzis! The Peeparazzis were led to victory by team captain Amy V.

Congratulations Content - Fashion team on your awesome Peep Show Entry!

Check out all the dioramas and the judging process in the video below.

Melissa L. wasn't always a Blogger, she actually started as a member of the Zappos Help Desk. She wasn't necessarily "Cut out" for her original position, and some say it had something to do with her excessive caffeine intake. We are very happy that things didn't work out for Melissa at the Help Desk, because we wouldn't know what to do without her!!

Andrew works on the Content Team for Zappos.com, but if he was a Chicken Sandwich, he would be Spicy and Breaded. He is also very knowledgeable on Electronic Dog Food instructions. We also touched on Andrew's ability to start working for Zappos.com before he was even born. You Gotta check this out!!

Eric, our HR Generalist is always there to help out his fellow Zapponians. From interviewing new hires to offering his shoulder to cry on, to motivational interpretive dances, Eric does it all. And that, my friends, is why Eric V. is today's Zapponian of the Day.

The development director for the Michigan AIDS Coalition in Metro Detroit is hosting a new event at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit on April 25, 2009 called Design for Life: Denim.

One of the sponsors for the event, Carhartt, donated 100 denim jackets and gave them to 100 different companies from a variety of trades (architects, auto workers, hair stylists, chefs, national artists, politicians, etc.) in order to create a piece of art out of these jackets.

The rules are, there are no rules, no guidelines, the end result can be wearable or non wearable - anything goes.

So, with that in mind, there was an infinite amount of things that we could have done with the jacket - and after we turned down the idea of bedazzling and beading it - John F. and Jamie N. came up with the brilliant idea of giving the jacket to charity and making a denim jacket replica out of Zappos boxes that we had lying around the office.

John, your talent and creativity never ceases to amaze all of us. I'm sure someone will be happy to bid on this piece of art at the silent auction.

Today we stop by Alan's desk and see what he has to show us in this installment of Things on my Desk. His desk displays a little Mardi Gras flavor, as well as some cool Art and Native American Culture as well.

At Zappos.com, we try to continuously find ways of doing more with less. This week we take a look at the signs above everyone's desk and our way of utilizing what we have available – it also shows off a little of our quirky personality.Take a look !

Congratulations to Clarence R. for Being a New Father, as well as Zapponian of the Day!!! Clarence tells us about Foosball, How to get keys out of a locked car and what he likes about working at Zappos.com, of course. Please join us on this incredible journey into the Cranium of a CLT team Member!