Lena wrote recently about the distance between the publishing world we see in movies and TV and what goes on in our office at Hammock Inc. on a daily basis. Some days, we come across an amusing reminder of how unglamorous real life can be.

Today was one of those days. I've stopped saying, "Things are really busy right now," because now, things are always in high gear. We're not workaholics at Hammock, but sometimes, we find the need to -- ahem -- power through our lunch to get it all done. When I walked back in the office at lunchtime with my brown bag from Panera, the cafe down the street, I discovered I wasn't alone in my plans to eat and type.

See us eating on the go today in this slideshow.

Today, in almost half the states in the U.S., citizens get the chance to take matters into their own hands. You get to vote. At Hammock, we help our clients tell their stories more effectively. We think the candidates have done an effective job explaining why you should vote for them.

If you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary or caucus states, today you get the chance to tell your story. Don't pass up that chance. Vote.

You can find coverage of Super Tuesday on any news site today. Here are a few ways to hear the stories voters have to share:

Follow Super Tuesday on Flickr: Public photos tagged "SuperTuesday"

Follow Super Tuesday on Twitter: Politweets.com, Google Maps/Twitter Mashup (very cool)

Follow Super Tuesday on blogs: Blog posts tagged "supertuesday" on Technorati

Don't know where to vote? Here's help. For over a decade, we've been helping our client NFIB integrate such voter-assistance tools into their website.

On this day the U.S. has set aside to recall and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his vision and leadership of the civil rights movement, our weekly staff meeting included watching Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech" from August 28, 1963. No matter how many times I've seen this speech, it never fails to inspire me. It never fails to remind me how far we've come as a nation -- yet how long the journey is before us.

"When we let (freedom) ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

We don’t like to think of ourselves as terribly traditional around Hammock, but we have to admit to a few standbys. One of the constants is our Monday morning meeting. The very idea of a meeting can lull most people right to sleep, but we Hammockites actually look forward to this 30-minute ritual (yes, really). Like our other Monday tradition of Star bagels and cream cheese, the meeting is not a habit we want to break.

A. Discussions of hot projects and status updates
B. Demonstrations of the latest technology and/or Rex’s toys
C. Celebrations and rants
D. Movie reviews and weekend sports’ results
E. All of the above

Answer: E. Although the meeting’s focus is to make sure that everyone is up-to-date on all publications and digital projects, we do take a few minutes to catch up on fun stuff, too. How else would we know which scary movies to avoid, which new restaurants to book and which coffee shops have the most Nashville celebrity sightings?