All the Vanities.....

I googled the man who is calling himself my boss this week and found this NY Times article. I've shortened his name as to protect me from getting fired.

Return of the Munchkins
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Nobody can accuse Brian B., an investment banker, of forgetting the little people. He invited some of them to his annual Halloween party -- as part of his costume.

At his house on eastern Long Island, Mr. B was dolled up as Glinda the Good Witch from "The Wizard of Oz" and flanked by three dwarfs he had hired for the evening to be his munchkins. Mr. B, who specializes in the health-care industry at the investment banking unit of [the place I'm working] spent about $3,000 on his get-up.

"Some people were taken aback" by Mr. B's human accessories, said one partygoer, but others were amused by another sign of good times on Wall Street.

Mr. B's sidekicks were not the only little people there. When Scott B., one of Mr. B's colleagues, showed up on a chartered bus full of guests from Manhattan, he was dressed as Dr. Evil, a character from the "Austin Powers" movies. At his side was Scott S., in an identical -- albeit much smaller -- outfit as Dr. Evil's alter ego, Mini-Me.

Mr. S., who is 4 feet tall, proved that there were at least three deal makers at the party. After agreeing to be one of Mr. B's munchkins, he backed out of the deal when a talent agency offered him the splashier, more lucrative role of Mini-Me. "I didn't have a contract," Mr. S said. "So I canceled the other job."

His earnings for the party, which lasted into the wee hours, were $650 plus a generous tip, he said: "It was great. We tore the place up."