http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com Our quirky little blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Note: Today's post is a slight deviation from our standard fare, but as this is our quirky blog, we thought a minor aberration in billing would be smiled upon. Our technical editor added this note as our creative editor is still sleeping in a time zone six hours behind.) In wake ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/a-bit-closer-to-india/ I ordered a hamburger at a little restaurant I visited this weekend. Along with each sandwich on the menu, one had the choice of a few toppings, including cheese: The relevant text in the above photo is as follows: Cheese... $.50 Cheddar, American, Swiss, Bleu ($1) Spicy Jack, Goat ($1.50) For the first time in ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/fear-of-cheese/ The Cliffs of Moher are amazing and breath-taking. Where the Atlantic ocean hits Ireland, these cliffs provide one of Ireland's most popular tourist attractions. To cope with the hundreds of thousands of visitors that come each year, the cliff edge has been protected by a wall and warning signs abound ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/warning-confusing-warning-signs-ahead/ It was an early morning for me today. I had a full schedule of client meetings and was out the door of my house pretty soon after sunrise (which admittedly in England at this time of year isn't that early). On my way to the park-and-ride, I saw an older ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/from-a-by-gone-era/ "Sure. Go ahead an throw it on top – we've got plenty of room up there." http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/just-one-more-thing/ Over the weekend, I was caring for a young child I know. The child had learned to walk in the previous months and so powering about on his feet was still very exciting to him. This child loved to climb the stairs in his house – just for fun. And ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/mountain-of-stairs/ O'Hare Airport has many emergencies exits, and a number of these exits in Terminal 3 look like the one shown in the photo below: (They may also look the same elsewhere at O'Hare, but this is where I've noticed them.) I know it is hard to see in the pictures, but note ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/think-clearly-act-quickly/ Why all this guerilla on gorilla violence!? Won't somebody please think of the homonyms?!? Please note that the editors of chickenmonkeydog do not support violence and do not condone the endangerment of the mountain gorillas. Thanks to a reader from Chicago for the contribution. http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/guerillas-threaten-gorillas/ Following on from my previous post about absentee voting in the recent US presidential election, I thought it would make sense to follow that up with some of the details about the delivery of the absentee ballot. It came via email – which is brilliant – but I do ... http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/glad-i%e2%80%99m-not-from-a-swing-state-part-ii/ A bit of house-keeping here: A few months ago we created ourselves a delicious account for chickenmonkeydog blog. So, we wanted to flag this up to our readership and suggest that you check out our recommendations. Go on. Check 'em out. You'll be happy you did. We promise. Go on. http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/ooh-those-are-delicious/