As a world-famous blogger, I receive thousands of letters from fans each week. Unfortunately, as a word-famous blogger, I don’t have time to answer all of them. Any of them, in fact.
This is wrong of me. I understand this now. As a world-famous blogger, I have an obligation–nay, a duty–to acknowledge my fans. After all, I’d be nothing without the thousands and thousands of people I’ve stepped on to rise where I am today.
So without further ado, let’s look at what a few of my adoring fans have written me, in the form of courteous, well-thought-out comments that for some inexplicable reason were stopped by my spam filters.
There were so many to choose from. So if you don’t see yours here, I apologize. I’ll do my best to get to it in the next installment of Fan Mail.
Amazing blog! Do yoou have aany helpful hints for aspirong writers? I’m planing to stgart my own blog soon but I’m a little lost on everything. Would you propose starting with a free platform like Worpress or go for a paid option? Thwre are so many choices out there that I’m completely confused..
First of all, thank you for the compliment. My blog is amazing, isn’t it? You pose an excellent question, for I too was once an aspirong writer. When I decided to stgart a blog, thwre were many choices back then too. In the end, though, I decided it was best to not start a blog at all. I recommend you follow this same path.
The excuse has been sick and felt more alive in my room, but you’ll look like a steaming sash weight and look bars. Can the body make banana vinegar with onion wine friggin.
I see your point. You want for food cans and heavy car parts, unless the big is wrong or having station past. Friggin yeah, the onion wine!
I’ve been absent for a while, but now I remember why I used to love this web site. Thanks , I will try and check back more frequently. How frequently you update your website?
Gentle reader: If only there were some way to look at past posts, then we might all know how frequently I update my website. I wish you the best of luck with your future attempts to check back more frequently.
Wow! This could be one particular of the most beneficial blogs We’ve ever arrive across on this subject. Actually Excellent. I am also an expert in this topic so I can understand your hard work.
Thank you! But just out of curiosity, what is “this topic” that we’re both so well-versed in? This should be a very easy question, given that this is one of the most beneficial blogs you’ve ever arrive across on this subject. What is my blog about, hmmm?
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an really long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
My loss.
For the reason that the admin of this site is working, no hesitation very soon it will be famous, due to its feature contents.
You have no idea how happy this makes me! I have been struggling quite a bit lately, wondering if my feature contents would make my blog famous. It’s very reassuring to know that someone out there believes in me the way you do. Please, stop back again soon. I plan to keep the feature contents coming.
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November 24th, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! (Where “everybody” means “my readers who live in the United States and are celebrating this week.”) I know you’ve probably got big plans and won’t be following your usual daily routine—where you read all your favorite blogs and then stop by mine, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. Thanksgiving is more […]
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October 22nd, 2010
When I was a senior in high school, somebody asked a very strange question. “What college are you going to?” I replied, “College? What’s that?” “It’s next four years of your education,” the same someone replied. “My what?” Apparently I was supposed to be giving this some thought. Who knew. Being from Illinois, I looked […]
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July 15th, 2010
When I’m on a diet (which is essentially always), invariably at some point I’ll get hungry and go and do something stupid like eat seventeen orders of McDonald’s hash browns in a three minute period. When something like this happens (which is essentially always), invariably I feel guilty about it. Before you nod your head […]
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June 3rd, 2009
About a week an a half ago I saw X-Men: Origins: Wolverine. For this review, I’ll assume you know nothing about X-Men, Origins, or Wolverine. That should put everyone on equal footing. I’ll have to say the most memorable part of the movie was after I dropped off Rachel and Laura at the box office […]
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May 27th, 2009
I didn’t get a chance to write a post last night. I got up early to try and write one this morning, but that didn’t work out. I now have four minutes. It’s do or die time. Write a post or skip yet another day. Okay, just as an experiment, let’s see what I can […]
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May 20th, 2009
Sarah, just finishing up her sophomore year in high school, brought home her yearbook yesterday. I flipped through it for perhaps a quarter hour, marveling at how the more things change, the more they stay the same. While the hair and the clothes and the number of pages printed in full color have changed quite […]
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May 13th, 2009
Back in February and March, I took five of my Leftovers posts in a row to go through Twenty-Five Odd Facts and Figures You May or May Not Already Know About Me. Of course, no one has just twenty-five things about them and I found it difficult to narrow my life down to just that. […]
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May 6th, 2009
I got my first (and, so far, only) iPod just a couple years ago. (I’m the type of person who’s fairly late catching up on trends, which means I’m at least four years away from even thinking about an iPhone.) Upon receiving my shiny new iProduct, like most people I ripped a few of my […]
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April 29th, 2009
In November 2008, I mused a bit about what I’d like to be when I grow up. We dream about things as kids and precious few of us ever get the chance to play out our dreams in real life. Sometimes that’s actually a good thing. As exciting as it sounded at the time, I […]
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April 22nd, 2009
I like the band Rush and near the top of my list of favorite songs is Losin’ It from their 1982 album Signals. The whole song is rather depressing but this verse sticks out in particular: The writer stares with glassy eyes, Defies the empty page. His beard is white, his face is lined And […]
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April 15th, 2009
The following post is an encore presentation of Back to the Fridge. It was taped before a live, studio audience, December 10, 2008. (But I did make one or two small edits, just to keep things fresh.) Anyway, hopefully I have some new visitors since then who haven’t bothered to dig that far back into […]
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April 8th, 2009
In the number seven spot of my Top Twenty Five list, I wrote I have an inexplicable attraction to model trains. I’m sure it’s genetic—and therefore there’s no cure until you’ve spent forty-thousand dollars on a massive layout which serves no other purpose than burdening your children upon your death. Fortunately, I’m only about hundred […]
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April 1st, 2009
No joke, folks! Today’s very non-diet-, non- food-related post is brought to you by the book Why Your Last Diet Failed You and How This Book Won’t Help You on Your Next One. For the dedicated readers of this blog, I think you know what to expect out of this book. If you’re new here, […]
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March 25th, 2009
Eating ten McRib sandwiches in an hour is not as easy as it sounds. A few of you have already watched this video. For the rest of you, please enjoy. Just keep in mind three things: This is real. I was there. No actual coworkers were harmed in the making of this film. Enjoy my […]
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March 18th, 2009
The kids are on spring break this week. Less than three months ago they had nearly three weeks off for winter break. In less than three months, we’ll be looking at another long summer break. I just have one question: where do I sign? In kindergarten, we had nap time. Once a day, everyone would […]
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March 11th, 2009
It’s hard to believe this epic journey of Twenty-Five Odd Facts and Figures You May or May Not Already Know About Me is about to come to a close. Firstly, because I’ve never milked a topic this badly before. (I hope this hasn’t been horribly boring.) Secondly, I actually have about 137 things to share. […]
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March 4th, 2009
First of all, I can’t believe it’s March. Never mind the fact that it’s already 2009. (Remember when “The Year Two Thousand” sounded so waaaaay off and futuristic? And we’ve nearly lost another decade since then? How is that possible?!) So not only all that, but we’re already up to Twenty Odd Facts and Figures […]
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February 25th, 2009
Last week, I added five more things to my list of “25 Random Things About Me.” I’m actually enjoying this more than I thought I would, so let’s just try five more. Here, then, is The Third Set of Five Odd Facts and Figures You May or May Not Already Know About Me. 11. I […]
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February 18th, 2009
Last week we got through the first five of “25 Random Things About Me.” I think it turned out pretty well, don’t you? I thought so. Anyway, without further ado, let’s just get on with the next five things in this mess. In no particular order, I present The Second Five Odd Facts and Figures […]
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February 11th, 2009
Last week I mentioned the whole “25 Random Things About Me” meme and gave you #19 on my as-yet-uncreated list. Well, I thought about it and thought about it and then thought some more, and against my better judgment, I think I’m ready to do this. But only five at a time. Why? Because not […]
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February 4th, 2009
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter D, the number 7, and by the book Why Your Last Diet Failed You and How This Book Won’t Help You on Your Next One. Upwards of ten people have now read it and most agree it’s quite enjoyable. A few readers didn’t like it all […]
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January 28th, 2009
In early November, I mused a bit about what I’d like to be when I grow up. We dream about things as kids and precious few of us ever get the chance to play out our dreams in real life. Sometimes that’s actually a good thing. As exciting as it sounded at the time, I […]
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January 21st, 2009
Disaster on the Hudson by Charles Wedge, Staff Reporter The Goose Tribune January 15, 2009 NEW YORK, N.Y. – In one of the worst disasters in recent history, forty-three geese were killed and another seven were seriously injured when their flock was struck mid-flight by some sort of large metal predator. Witnesses on the ground […]
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January 14th, 2009
Everybody (I would assume) has some sort of secret (or guilty) pleasure. It’s that one thing you know you probably shouldn’t do. It’s that one thing you generally don’t tell anyone about. And if someone ever did find out about it, you’d have to come up with some sort of excuse to explain it away, […]
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January 7th, 2009
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another installment of “Hey, Don’t Forget I Wrote A Book and It’s Still For Sale.” About a month ago I was doing some ego-searching and came across a review I hadn’t seen before. It’s always cool when people I don’t know at all write something […]
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December 31st, 2008
I hope you don’t mind yet another “year in review” post. I can’t believe it’s that time again. On the one hand, I can’t believe it’s December 31. (Never mind that it’s December 31, 2008, for Pete’s sake.) Then on the other hand, I can’t believe I’m falling for the “year in review” trap. I […]
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December 24th, 2008
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house Everyone was still wrapping, including my spouse. The dishes piled high in the kitchen could scare Any folks who unwitting dropped in unaware. We’d been working for days and longed for our beds: How nice it would be to lay down our sweet heads. But […]
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December 17th, 2008
In early November, I mused a bit about what I’d like to be when I grow up. We dream about things as kids and precious few of us ever get the chance to play out our dreams in real life. Sometimes that’s actually a good thing. As exciting as it sounded at the time, I […]
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December 10th, 2008
Today’s post is sponsored by the book Why Your Last Diet Failed You and How This Book Won’t Help You on Your Next One. I have decided to plug it on the first Wednesday of each month, in honor of last month’s give-away. (Have either of the winners read it yet?) 🙂 Remember these key […]
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December 3rd, 2008
Wednesday We woke to the sound of marching band music this morning. Just outside the window, the kids were making the most of the last day before the parade. Two schools stayed at our hotel: ours and another one from someplace I can’t remember. This isn’t ours: We had a slow start this morning, mostly […]
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November 26th, 2008
As much as I love my self-imposed, five-day-a-week creative writing assignment, I’ve decided to take a few days off. That’s right. I’m airing Back to the Fridge re-runs. Today’s post originally appeared on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. Oh, and I have two reminders for tomorrow: 1) Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. My daughter is […]
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November 19th, 2008
After I formally announced the book last week and launched the contest (winners will be announced below, but bear with me a few moments first) only then did I realize I didn’t actually say anything about the book itself. While I’m happy you enjoy my writing and trust Roni’s judgment, I feel I owe you […]
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November 12th, 2008
I would like to formally and officially announce to you, my dearest Fridge Fans, the existence of my latest book. The book isn’t new, and I haven’t actually kept it a secret, but I just don’t talk about it on this blog. Why? Because this blog is where you can enjoy my writing with no […]
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November 5th, 2008
When I was about five or so, one of the supreme highlights of my week was garbage collection day. With utter fascination, I’d watch that big truck rumble ’round the corner. Enthralled, I gazed in awe at the men jumping off a moving vehicle for Pete’s sake, grabbing garbage cans and throwing their contents into […]
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October 29th, 2008
“Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange?” Yes, kids, this is Halloween—and just about the bestest time of the year. I love the change in the weather, the honeycrisp apples, the pounds and pounds of Mounds candy bars, and most of all: carving pumpkins. The annual carving ritual started […]
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October 22nd, 2008
If you were to ask random people on the street what they’d do if they won a very large lottery jackpot, you’d get a wide array of answers … yet all of them would more or less zero in on the same point. “I’d buy a big house!” “I’d buy a big boat!” “I’d buy […]
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October 15th, 2008
It was an evening in the fall of 1991 and I was watching television. A movie came on which I’d seen many times before, but decided to watch the end again anyway, in the hopes that for once I might figure out what happened. It was 2001: A Space Odyssey. At the point where HAL […]
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October 8th, 2008
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” Can you write […]
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October 1st, 2008
I don’t watch a lot of TV. Now don’t worry, it’s not because I’m some sort of snob who believes television is evil and should be abolished along with Twinkies and water bottles. On the contrary. If I weren’t so busy with a million other things everyday, you’d easily find me fixed to the couch […]
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September 24th, 2008
I seem to recall some decades ago my dad complaining about the modern music scene. I mean, all parents do that, right? It’s laser-etched into their DNA. They wouldn’t be card-carrying parents if they actually liked the same music as their children. “It all sounds the same! There’s no variety! There’s no real musical value […]
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September 17th, 2008
Brilliant:
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September 10th, 2008
All the diets, all the sacrifice, all the years spent denying myself slice after slice of hot, cheesy, pepperoni pizza. All of it for nothing. I’ve lost weight, I’ve gained weight. I’ve lost it again and I’ve gained it again. “No thanks!” he says, as the cake is handed out. “Can’t!” he boasts, as another […]
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September 3rd, 2008
I know I posted this guy once before, but I just can’t help it. I gotta see him again. I mean, who can resist this cute little pug licking the screen? (Translation: It’s 10pm, I’ve had a long day, I’m tired, and I have a nasty case of writer’s block. It was either this or […]
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August 27th, 2008
I like humor. This, if you’ve ever spent ten minutes with me, is readily obvious. I believe it’s a grossly underrated tool and for those of you who’ve followed my writing, you know first hand that it’s my weapon of choice in our collective struggle with weight control. I simply enjoy writing things that make […]
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on September 8, 2014 at 9:59 am
Hahahaha – that’s so funny Charlie. And you are a world-famous blogger in my book!
Love you!
Love, your prettiest sister Biz
on September 8, 2014 at 10:22 am
Hello curator of intenret contents,
I would like to inform you that many of us are reading this at the time. Occasionally there are things happening but really whatg does it come down to except PASSION. You have to have PASSION and In this Article I see a lot deal of it. GREAT JOB and please click link to support my family.
on September 9, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Ha – this comment is just . . . awesome!
on September 9, 2014 at 3:48 pm
As Biz said, my commentary was excellent in both quality and in REALISM. I believe I speak for her and all of us when I ask Charlie to continue his work here.
on September 9, 2014 at 11:04 pm
Well, okay. I suppooooose I can keep at it…
on September 8, 2014 at 5:24 pm
hysterical!
on September 9, 2014 at 3:07 am
I ain’t never riting you no letter cause I’d be afeard of wot you’d right back.
😛
on September 9, 2014 at 12:28 pm
Ahhh Charlie!! You are so going to be reincarnated as a prince! You truly are blog royalty! Bravo, and Encore!!
on September 9, 2014 at 11:31 pm
Can I come back as an otter instead? Otters seem so level-headed.
on September 10, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Hmmmm an Otter? Why not there pretty cute! I see your point with the level headedness, good trait to have 🙂
on September 10, 2014 at 1:51 pm
Thanks for sharing the laughs! 🙂
on April 9, 2015 at 1:03 pm
IT’s tgime to fill in the commentary on this one AGAIN. It seems like no more than week passes where my comments are unable to firewall. If any other than IE has market share please assist?