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Friends, fans, and fins of FPD: It’s ba-a-ck…. To our Esteemed Colleagues and Friends, You are most cordially invited to
attend Fish Products Day 2025,
a grand and festive gathering in celebration of all things finned
and flavorful! Let it be known that on the tenth
morn of December, in the year Two Thousand and
Twenty-Five, we shall convene upon the Fifth Floor of Building
54D, in the illustrious Hall of HSE 5, to partake in
merriment, fellowship, and the sharing of our ocean’s finest bounty. Festive attire and a joyful spirit are
encouraged, for the halls shall shimmer with yuletide cheer, the scent of the
sea, and perhaps a hint of adventure. May your compass guide you true, yet should
you find yourself adrift in the corridors of 54D, remember these wise words
of Gandalf the Grey: “If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your
nose.” With all due regard and seasonal warmth, The Committee of Fish Products Day 2025 Here’s an actual photo from 2025 FPD showing
Landon Blackburn (a.k.a. lantern fish )and Debbie
Barr (a.k.a. Nemo)
Here’s a blast from FPD 2005, as documented
in the FPD Annals (a.k.a. The Dead Sea Scrolls, Part II): Kevin Heindselman
likewise displays a flair for the creative, as he brings in a one-gallon
aquarium filled with blue Jell-O, with several gummy sharks swimming around
in the “water”, and with jelly beans lining the
bottom as rocks. (It is pointed out that this is actually
the second time that Jell-O has been prominently featured in an
FPD product/decoration; see Brenda Barnicki’s
similarly creative Jell-O mold from FPD 1995.) --Jeff Smith Classic FPD Reunion, Dec. 6th, 2019
at Riverfront Seafood
Left to Right:
Eleanor Cwirko, Joe Parker, Marty Neal, Tim Nolen, Hector
Galicia, Joe Bays, Rob Schisla, Jeff Smith, Patrice Riesenberg, Steve
Janulis, Brad Killen. And thanks to alumnus Ryan Schad, who sent this photo from the
2019 FPD at Lilly:
Read the updated history
to see what happened at the 2010 event. New for this year: Fittingly moved to “The Swamp” (B-54D,
conf. room 215), for added ambiance. (Think we can catch any fish products in the surrounding filter
basins?) Please see the new
poetry from Joe Bays for FPD 2010. Fish
Products Day started as a protest movement.
Starting in 2009, however, a protest movement to the FPD protest
movement was begun: Something called
“Good Products Day.” Odd, this new generation choosing conventional over
original? I guess that’s why we have
so many remakes of old songs and movies as America’s creative life seems to
be confined to the last century. Here’s
the “Good Products Day” announcement!
Merry Christmas!
--------------------------------------- FPD 2009 was held on Friday, December 11th in B-54D,
CR7072! Where is this? Put this in
Google Maps to find out: 36.521911,-82.541726 We also appreciate the counter-movement
(rebellion of the rebellion) called “Good Products Day” Read about the historic GPD debut here!
When: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:00
AM-12:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Where: TED - B54D - 7072 - seats 20 - Computer-Teleconf-OH-Easel; TED - B54D - 7072 - seats 20 -
Computer-Teleconf-OH-Easel *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* To friends of Process Engineering’s world-famous Fish Products
Day: The Supreme
Executive Committee Proudly Announces the Thirteenth Annual
Competition for... THE
OFFICIAL FISH PRODUCTS DAY TRAVELING
TROPHIES Five awards for Fish Products Day participants to
"angle" for at the Twenty-Second Annual Fish Products
Day celebration on Friday, December 11, 2009 (starting at about 7
a.m.): 1.) The "Sardines in
Louisiana Hot Sauce" Award for Most Fit-to-Eat Fish Product. By this award, we are encouraging excellence in fish
product preparation. 2.) The Agreda/Lichtenstein
Goldfish Award for Most Memorable Performance. The reasons why someone
might win this award are as far-flung as your imagination will take you. 3.) The
Steve Janulis Fish Paste Award for Best Performance by a
Newcomer. This award is designed to encourage FPD participation by our
newer employees - not limited to first-year employees, necessarily, but aimed
more at high-quality FPD participation early in one's career. 4.) The Bass-o-Matic Award for
Most Disgusting, Most Unique, or Most Uniquely Disgusting Fish Product. 'Nuff said. 5.) The "Wild-Card"
Award. This award is designed to recognize FPD participation which is
deserving of recognition but which doesn’t quite fit
into any of the other award categories. NOTICE: "Fish
Products Day" and "FPD" might be registered trademarks of The
Supreme Executive Committee. FPD was held on In B-54D, CR7072 but also satellite FPDs were held in Click here for 2008 pictures!
See below for some of the fun from last year and be sure to visit
the links on the left for the best of a quarter century of FPD. Satellite FPD Held in Rob Schisla, long-time FPD
supporter and celebrator, woke up to his second FPD in a row in southern California this morning, sadly separated from
the beloved fish-product goodies that he knew would be awaiting those who
were lucky enough to be attending the main FPD celebration back in
Kingsport. But lo and behold, when he walked into the Fluor offices in From the Mailbag, December 2008: From
From From John Calvert: “May you all have an enjoyable and
stinky day. From Steve Janulis: “Just a few thoughts on fare for FPD
this year. I'm not saying I want to venture into any truly
"gross" waters this year, but I think we need a bit of a return to
some of the "tinned" tastings. At least we should Chris Garrett:
“Where can I find the Fish Products Day webpage. At the bottom of the sea?” FPD almost didn’t happen in 2007, as a number
of founders floundered with trips far away. However, Steve Miller is the “Man Who Saved FPD 2007” as he took
the bait. See all the 2007 Pictures.
Thanks to all who participated in FPD, Please check out my “FPD
web favorites (below).” See the 2006 Pictures! See the 2006 Powerpoint! From
Now that FPD is over, it's a sad time. O come now brain food, harvest of the
sea Read the rest of the poem here. FPD
has its own Q12 Questions! A
few views from 2006:
And
the famous
Here are the rest of the pictures. It’s
a great place to look for a Best Friend at Work! If you are wondering, “Why
Fish Products?,” you should check out FPD
History and the past pages from the links at the left. FPD –
It’s a Ball! Check out this fish story.
Below: Looks like Chris Niederer is on his
way to Fish Products Day 2006!!
Official FPD pens are still available! E-mail your request for a to t i m @ t i m n o l e n . c o m Please
send your jokes, best wishes, etc. from wherever you are.
Feel
free to create your own FPD memorabilia and share with the process
engineering community.
The Supreme Executive Committee Proudly
Announces Five
awards for Fish Products Day participants to "angle” for at the Nineteenth
Annual Fish Products Day celebration on Friday, December 8, 2006 (starting at
7 a.m.): All trophies will be awarded based on
admittedly subjective judging by the intentionally anonymous FPD Steering
Committee. Here are
a few pictures from FPD past! 2005:
2004:
2003:
And, there’s much, much more in the links below! 2004 Traveling Trophy Award Winners 2003 FPD PowerPoint by Joe Bays! Ode to FPD Founder by John Calvert 2002 Joe Bays' 2001 FPD Powerpoint
Presentation! Schad's 2001 Essay: FPD--Why We
Don't Do It The true story of APRIL FISH DAY Official Soundtrack and Song for FPD
2001! 1991 Roster for Process and Control
Systems Engineering It's Here! The 2000 FPD Powerpoint
Presentation! Fish Products Day and the Origin of
Life by Ryan Schad Streaming Video of Steve Janulis Obtaining Salmon from a
Bear FPD Contest of the Week Submissions Ode to Fish Products (apologies to
Green Eggs and Ham) Twas the Night Before FPD (What a
classic - must read) See a sampling of the fine fare! Comments from Around the World! |
FPD Mailbag Send your best wishes to I will post them here! Please send your jokes, pictures, and
comments! 2011 Mailbag I think we’re witnessing a glorious
renaissance for fish eaters through the Tri-Cities. --Steve Miller And throughout the world! --Tim (Noel) Nolen We need an in-plant seafood
restaurant. We could name it “The Fish
Kill Bar and Grill.” --Jeff Smith Ryan Schad—A few words for FPD 2010 Our NY
resolution in 2011 is to add a few new core members. Right now
we have 5 die hards and about 5 sometimers. I
want 40% more die harders! :-) Dail Blalock’s Sentiments 2010 Oh the
swamp. A fitting name and setting, tis true. However, part of the
panache of FPD was the way that it effectively reduced productivity near CR
7072 by distracting people by at least four of the five senses - sight,
sound, taste, and most definitely smell. If you are
in the swamp, does it open the opportunities to other water
loving creatures like gator? A slippery slope…I would not go
there. Jeff Smith’s Reply 2010 Actually, Dail, we have had gator at FPD, at least once. Well,
okay, it was only a very small vacuum pack of inexpensive “smoked gator
bits”, I think it was called, which I found somewhere, and so not very many
people got to partake of it. But really, anything
goes at FPD. In fact, I’ve been sort of disappointed that we haven’t
yet, to my knowledge, had turtle (like turtle soup – couldn’t somebody make
us some stinkin’ turtle soup, for crying out
loud?!), nor whale blubber (but I think that’s illegal if you’re not an
Eskimo or something?), nor frog legs. But we have had octopus, baby
eels, dried squid…. ___________________ Christmas Engineering Christmas
Engineering is a tradition at my house. One Christmas several years ago I put
a wreath on the front of my car. Wanting to add a touch of
Christmas Engineering, I cut a strand of lights down to a
number of bulbs suitable for 12V DC and put lights on my wreath that
lit up while I was driving. One morning it snowed, and I spun my car
around in the ditch on the way to work, getting mud all over the front of the
car and my wreath. When I got to work, my Best Friend said it looked like I
crashed right through somebody's yard into the front door. -- Calvert Update To all, Garrett Request All I want for Christmas is an FPD pen
or more if you’ve got them to give…the one I got last year is running out of
ink. Chris Garrett |
