Ew … gross sandwich

Posted 21 Feb 2011

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The governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, is apparently making the news for various political reasons. Rather than focus on the rightness or wrongness of Scott Walker’s views, I’d like to discuss his lunch.

According to the New York Times, Scott Walker has been carrying the same bagged lunch to work for years:

It’s pretty gross to think that he has been carrying the same two ham and cheese sandwiches on wheat bread around for so darned long. They must be moldy and stinky for sure!

Wikileaking the Naughty List

Posted 10 Dec 2010

Daily Life, News | 2 Comments 

With all this news of WikiLeaks getting access to secret documents, I wonder if some elf in the North Pole might sneak out the Naughty List. In the run up to Christmas, I am getting a bit tired of trying to be so nice.

If I knew where I stood on St. Nick’s list, I could rest a bit easier (if I was listed as ‘nice’) or — if necessary — I could pick up the pace (if I was described as ‘naughty’).

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!