Travel advisory
Posted 7 Jul 2010
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If you find yourself in an airport at some point today, please keep an eye out for our Foreign Correspondent. We’ve recalled him from his assignment in India and are ordering him on some well-deserved R&R.
If you see our man in the airport lounge, please do buy him a beer, tea or coffee. You may even get yourself a little chickenmonkeydog souvenir for your troubles.
Year of the Meg
Posted 2 Mar 2010
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Dear Readers,
We have some big news to announce today! We wish we could say it is GOOD news, but let’s just say it is BIG!
Our brilliant friend and humorist Meg, who joined CMD as an author just about one year ago, is moving on to see what else the world of online creative writing has to offer. We’ve had an absolute blast having her on board and enjoyed the Meg-twist on our quirky outlook.
Please join us in wishing Meg a fond farewell! We hope she’ll continue to contribute by submitting guest posts (just like all of our readers can, including you)!
And with a flap of the wing, a beating of the chest, and a wag of the tail we at chickenmonkeydog wish Meg all the best!
The Almighty 500
Posted 24 Feb 2010
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The new year has been so hectic that we’ve neglected to share our celebrations with our wonderful readers. To correct that, we’re sharing now.
Earlier this month, we celebrated the publication of our 500th post! That’s 500 musings, ponderings and conversations on the little aspects of life that catch us by surprise, make us think or that perhaps, just perhaps, make us say ‘Hmmmm …’.
In thinking about our ’500′, we wondered about other significant 500s. Here’s what we came up with:
- Indianapolis 500 – very important to auto-racing fans
- 500 pennies – not so very valuable anymore
- Apparently, the Year 500 was a leap year
- Fortune 500 companies are pretty big
So, what other 500s can you add to our list?
P.S. Thanks for hanging with us for the first 500. Here’s to the next 500!
A brush with the Quirky Indian
Posted 15 Feb 2010
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chickenmonkeydog is all about the quirky things and life, so when the opportunity arose for one of our editors to connect with The Quirky Indian over the weekend, I was dispatched immediately. The Editors of chickenmonkeydog really enjoy making random connections across the web and occasionally in person across the world, and this was no exception.
When all was said and done, I felt rather like I’d just left a super-rare top-secret personal interview with an international man of mystery. No pictures, no names, just an offbeat and (off-the-record) conversation.
The meet up took place at Jaihind (a very tasty seafood restaurant in the Bandra West part of Mumbai) where the two bloggers consumed copious amounts of seafood, shared quirky observations, and generally were ignored by the other patrons.
Although a bit camera shy himself, at the end of the meal my gracious host was kind enough to take a picture OF ME in front of the renowned restaurant.
I could be wrong, but when I passed him a CMD postcard it may have been the first time a CMD postcard has been HAND-DELIVERED internationally to a CMD reader.
I still don’t know his real name, so he remains – in my mind and in my cell phone directory – The Quirky Indian.
Nothing funny about sixty-five years ago today
Posted 27 Jan 2010
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Today, 27 January 2010, marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Whilst the slaughter of the 1.1 million people who died there is sad enough, what’s perhaps even more tragic is that humanity has allowed genocide after genocide to be perpetrated since then.
Maybe we can all just spare a thought or two about this today … and perhaps take a moment to light a virtual candle to mark the occasion.
