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Thursday Throwback: Growing Up Gremlin


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When I re-read posts from the dawn of Pye in the Face, it’s been so long ago now that it feels like someone else wrote them. Especially if I haven’t seen them since the day they were published. Today’s throwback made me laugh out loud. Hard. I had to share.

Gremlins make poor Exorcists. Funny stuff.

Back in 2005 I mused about growing older, bemoaned how long I’d been in the same Boston apartment and started facing the fact that at 31 it was time to grow up. At least a little. My first baby step was to redecorate my bedroom.

Let me just say what you’re all thinking – My bedroom looks like the Chinese curio shop in Gremlins, if it were managed by a 12-year-old homosexual.

tinkerbell-pixie-1 Little did I know at that time the evil set of circumstances which was about to befall my immediate family. Almost five years on from when I first wrote this I now really know what it means to mature. And I suppose everyone’s reasons for eventually doing so differ from person to person. I was forced kicking and screaming into it nearly 20 years after I graduated from high school. You might have felt it hit you the moment you were handed your diploma. You might also be divorced now, never see your kids and work in a miserable middle management job which forces you to consider eating a gun every night by candlelight. So I’m comfortable with my former Peter Pan ways, Tink.

Read my full post about growing up and I hope you get a giggle.

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Business Card Boston Terrier


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This is the back of my new business card. And I love it.

FTS_BcardTemplate “So let’s brainstorm some new ways in which I can help your clients dig holes in their back yards.”

Thanks to my lovely and talented colleague, Kristine, for putting this together from one of my favorite photos of my beloved snow leopard, Shepherd.

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Fwix Launched Today. And Spelled “Ottawa” Wrong


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I was tempted to entitle this post “Fwix Fwucks Up”, but then I realized my Donald Duck impression has never been one of my strongest. Please read on.

fwix-logo “Real Time Local News” site, and current next greatest web phenomenon, Fwix.com didn’t do their Canadian market share any favours (notice I used a “u”) by spelling the nation’s capital thus – Ottowa. And here’s the incriminating URL for as long as it takes them to figure it out: http://ottowa.fwix.com.

I suppose it would be more accurate to say that they didn’t do themselves any favors (back to the American spelling now) in regards to potentially capturing Canadian news readers. If you need any clarification as to why I’m taking the time to gripe about this in public – they misspelled the name of Canada’s capital fwucking city. I’m tempted to pop over to http://warshington.fwix.com, but I have a feeling their proofreaders might have spent a little more time on that page – and thus my effort would be in vain.

Still, I’m going to add Fwix to my news bookmarks and see how things progress. It’s a new spin on the news localization idea and has a lot of money and brainpower behind it. Give it a look. If only to see if your town has been spelled without vowels.

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Pye House Proud


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Janet closed on her first house today. This is an enormous moment in a young woman’s life. Janet must be thrilled as well.

charlestown-house
It is located in Charlestown, Massachusetts and was recently vacated by three of the Seven Dwarves. In all seriousness, I’ve seen pictures of the inside and it’s a great find. I get to stay in it, solo, during my trip to Boston next month – as Janet and Damo aren’t moving in until November. If the Battle of Bunker Hill ghosts let me get any sleep (It was built in 1860 so my joke is only off by 85 years) I’ll probably provide further details and photos at that time. Call me Dr. Peter Venkman. Very proud of you, J-Diddy!

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