Author Archives: cheesefairy

The wine. Jumping Courtney on a bender, Dad’s wine is good this year. Thursday, of course, was New Wine and Chestnuts Day, also known as St. Somebody Or Other Day. It’s the day when Italians deem the new wine “ready” … Continue reading →

This is a fairly accurate representation of how far the building across the street is from my study’s window. (the orange blob in the lower left is somebody’s television.) This is how well my camera, which isn’t nearly as good … Continue reading →

The rat bastard who keeps spamming my comments offered this wisdom today: “If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote?” It’s … Continue reading →

I learned today that it would be more work to fire me than it is to keep me here, eating bonbons, being a smartass and speaking deplorable French. So walk with me a while as I sit on hold, in … Continue reading →

It is the first result from a google image search for Gordon Campbell: Christina and her cat (I’m assuming.)