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They Can’t All Be Winners

Too much pee

January 19, 2006 by Cecil Vortex

If you find yourself
stepping on the scale after peeing
well,
that’s not a good sign.

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Overheard in Paradise

February 16, 2005 by Cecil Vortex

“Vegans?
40 vegans?!
Look, no offense vegans — I’m sure you’re all wonderful people. But this is total bullshit.”

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Snacktime

February 14, 2005 by Cecil Vortex

Had a vegan chocolate chip cookie at lunch today
and it was delicious, you know? But I felt kind of guilty.
About all those vegans.

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A poem one of my ancestors might have written, but I feel this way too

July 24, 2004 by Cecil Vortex
When it's all clouded over
thick, sheep's belly wool
blocking out stars and sky
you have to think:
Shit!
We're screwed!
  Now we'll never see the aliens
when they
come to eat our
brains out.
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In the elevator at the Best Western across from Disneyland

June 14, 2004 by Cecil Vortex

He had a Mickey Mouse hat
and a Donald Duck shirt
and a nose that was just
and a nose that was just
and a nose that was just
plain goofy.

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Here’s something

May 27, 2004 by Cecil Vortex

Here’s something you don’t hear often enough at award shows: “I want to shout out to all my poops.”

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