Yesterday evening, I came home from work to find a notice in my mail box that I had a parcel waiting for me at the post office. I’ve been expecting something from a very dear friend of mine and I figured it had arrived. So, I stopped by the post office on my way home [...]
In case you missed Part One, I managed to make myself presentable for my company Christmas party on Friday night, and then had a moment where all the planets seemed to align just for me and I felt at one with the universe. I found the Christmas spirit that had been eluding me.
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The World Cheese Awards took place again and this year’s champ comes from…England! Cornish Blue, made in Liskeard by Philip and Carol Stansfield, nosed ahead of 2,600 entries from 26 countries for the win. It would seem that while France was busy being snooty, England has developed a choice of 700 homegrown cheeses while [...]
On Sunday, I began experiencing some technical difficulties. My Internet connection kept getting dropped. I would barely have time to load a page and then bam! Gone. By Monday, frustration had quickly escalated to panic. By Tuesday, I was experiencing extreme withdrawal symptoms and contacted my Internet provider to send over a [...]
THE CALIFORNIAN VERSION OF “LES MISERABLES”
A California man, Robert Ferguson, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for stealing a bag of shredded cheese. He was nearly given life in prison, due to California’s 3-strikes law, but a psychiatrist’s report resulted in a reduced sentence. OK, so what if this guy spent [...]
