Author Archives: cheesefairy

Carry On Up the Wayward Son

I have a relationship with portable music players that dates back to my first Sony Walkman and 1987 when I took it, Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet” and my surliest teenage face to Italy for the summer. From then until … Continue reading

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False Advertising, or: Non-Sequitur Monday

For example: Cheez Whiz adds Personality. I mean, isn’t Cheez Whiz pretty much synonymous with bland, flavourless plastic? Is that the kind of personality you want on your celery (which, in itself is rather blah, though crunchy)? Was it the … Continue reading

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Against All Odds

Despite the following: – I have a cold (so far, not terribly disabling [or surprising, given the time of year and my track record with Christmas Illness]) – it snowed this morning (WTF?) – I needed two items from the … Continue reading

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Friday!

My dudes. All the work poop is over (KNOCK WOOD) – hopefully no one will have wiped anything on my desk between yesterday at 4 and today at 8. I learned some valuable lessons about myself and developed more fascinating … Continue reading

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Tragedy Strikes Sharp Like a Cobra’s Venom’d Teeth

I had a stupid day with a lot of poop in it, the work kind as well as the baby kind, which Trombone adorably refers to as “poot!” and I was debriefing with the television. Stopped on a show called … Continue reading

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