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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En garde!

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 [...]

“If I had money, I tell you what I’d do. I’d go downtown and buy a Mercury or two. I’m crazy ’bout a Mercury, yeah, crazy ’bout a Mercury. I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.” - Steve Miller Band

I always loved that song. When I was [...]

MAN CUTS A DEAL, DOESN’T CUT THE CHEESE

This week’s news story on cheese comes from Aspen, Colorado,  where you don’t mess with another man’s cheese.

Jon Douglas Williams pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor false-imprisonment charge on Tuesday as part of a plea agreement.   In August, Williams was arrested for threatening his roommate with a [...]