Cheese Weasel Day!

They make your email work again. They fix your computer when it crashes. They politely answer technical questions they have heard 100 times before. And now there is an official holiday just for the technical people who make your life easier.

April 3rd is Cheese Weasel Day (CWD) and is the only Internet holiday. A quick web search shows CWD started around 1993. CWD is traditionally celebrated as a fun day dedicated to appreciating people who work in the tech industry.  Legend has it (and the internet has many legends) that the Cheese Weasel travels the world on April 3rd, leaving a bit of cheese under keyboards or mouse pads of good techie boys and girls.

Here are a few ways you can celebrate Cheese Weasel Day 2012:

• Arrange secretly for a slice of cheese to be placed under the mouse pad of a tech person you know and appreciate.
• Plan a Cheese Weasel Day party with all the trimmings.  Melt fondue, make grilled cheese sandwiches, eat nachos, anything cheesy works.
• Do an Internet search for the Cheese Weasel Song and learn it so you can sing it at your own CWD celebration.
• Give your favorite tech person a Thank You shout out on Twitter using the hash tags #cheeseweaselday or #cwd

Ferret out your bad fashion and gird your loins with the Cheese Weasel.

You’re not officially a Cheese Weasel until you dress like one!

I mean, look at that guy, he’s got “Cheese Weasel” written all over him! Get the official “Cheese Weasel Day” tee! Ferret out your bad fashion and gird your loins with the weasel. It’s the perfect thing to wear to a CWD party! And there is no better gift for the techie in your life…okay, an iPad would be better, but who has that kind of cash? Go with the t-shirt!

Here’s an excellent Anime drawing of the Cheese Weasel by Zelas. Great stuff!

The day is finally here, it’s Cheese Weasel Day!

It doesn’t cost anything to say thanks to your favorite technical worker. But if you have any cheese in the house you can use it to express your “grate-fulness” to them too.

Got any cheese in the house? Use it creatively to say thanks!

If you are looking for ideas for your CWD celebration, we have a few listed below!

For folks who are in the OKC area we have a CWD Reception. We’d love to see you there! But, no matter where you are, you can make your own CWD fun!

Here is how you can celebrate:

1. Give your favorite tech person a Thank You shout out using #cheeseweaselday or #cwd on Twitter
2. Send someone you know in the tech sector a Cheese Weasel Day Greeting card. Here are some Cheese Weasel Day E-cards
3. Arrange secretly for a slice of cheese to be placed under the mouse pad of a tech person you know. [Check back in a few days to make sure they found the Cheese. Just to be sanitary. I mean, if they don't know about it and leave it there indefinitely, it could start to smell like Limburger.]
4. Go here and learn the Cheese Weasel Song so you can sing it at your own Weasel celebration.
5. Write a blog post. Help spread the word about Cheese Weasel Day by writing on your blog.
6. Take a picture of your Cheese Weasel Day party and upload it on the CWD Facebook page
7. Plan a Cheese Weasel Day party. It’s fun! A fondue party, make grilled cheese sandwiches, nachos, or Cheetos on the house!
8. Get the official “Cheese Weasel Day” tee! Ferret out your bad fashion and gird your loins with the weasel. It’s the perfect thing to wear to a CWD party!

Only a few more hours until Cheese Weasel Day is officially here. Time to get in touch with your inner weasel and make plans to do something special for the techies in your lives. This year we have a lot of new free resources for you to use. Here are three ways you can share the joy of Cheese Weasel Day.

Get in Touch With You Inner Cheese Weasel

First, you can slip some cheese under the mouse pad of your friends. We have created Cheese Weasel Day print-and-fold cards. Just print them up, write a personal message, put in a slice of cheese, and slip it under their mouse pad.

Second send them the Cheese Weasel Song. You can go traditional, send a CWD Rap, or try this bluesy rendition on video. Pick one that suits their taste in cheesy music.

Third, don’t forget, we have Cheese Weasel T-Shirts if you want to send something more substantial.

It’s confirmed! You can meet “Cheezie” the Watonga Cheese Festival mouse at the Cheese Weasel Day Reception in Oklahoma City Saturday, April 3rd at Vintage timeless Coffee.

Cheezie will be making a personal appearance bringing cheesy goodness to all the good little techies who attend the event. Thanks to the Watonga Chamber of Commerce for making the Cheese Weasel Day event more fun this year!

Cheese Weasel Day Reception

Saturday, April 3rd, 2:00-5:00 PM
Vintage timeless Coffee
900 NW 150th
Oklahoma City, OK, 73013

New to Cheese Weasel Day? CWD is the only Internet holiday. Started around 1993, CWD is celebrated each April 3rd as a fun day dedicated to appreciating people who work in the tech industry.

Come and Go Reception

Stop by our come and go reception at Vintage timeless Coffee on Saturday, April 3rd to say thanks to the technical people in your life. Come celebrate the contributions of your technical friends buy them a Vintage CWD special. Come socialize with other techie peeps and the people who appreciate them!

Thanks to Kirk Moore (@kirkmoore) from TheManWiththeGuitar.com for this awesome rendition of the Cheese Weasel Day song! An instant classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLrv64q8GNg&feature=player_embedded

Steve G @rdqlus_creative has a great reinterpretation of the Cheese Weasel Day Song. Check out his flow. Here is a little exerpt of the lyrics below.

Listen to the MP3 of his rap here

>> Cheese Wheel Day (RMX) feat. Stevie G. tha’ RDQLUS One <<

Check out Steve’s flow…

“on April 3, scream it with me… FORMAGGIO!,
I like my cheese suite & rich like Bellagio
Or I can chill low-bill at the cottage,
it varies when I’m speaking about my fave piece of dairy
Milky – is the way I choose to describe it
While some say cheddar’s betta, I’m feta
Cheeses go bold, melty hot or cold,
wheel of block… only food that you can rock when it’s moldy
Get some wine from the cellar-bration, cheese nation,
But I go “Gouda Fella” if  touch my mozzarella”

Do you have a Cheese Weasel Day Remix idea. Send us a link when you have created something. Here’s an MP3 of the CWD music background if you want to use it.  >>> Cheese Weasel Day MP3 Rap Music Background <<<

Everyone knows about the legend of the Cheese Weasel placing wrapped cheese under the mouse pads of good little techie boys and girls on April 3rd. Well, now is your chance to rap a little cheese and become a legend yourself. Use this music background of the Cheese Weasel Day Song and create your own rap about CWD.

Cheese Weasel Day Song Remix

Download the MP3 music file here:

>>> Cheese Weasel Day MP3 Rap Music Background <<<

Image via www.roc4life.com

Cedric Hardimon has taken the original Cheeese Weasel Day song sung by Kathryn Tewson and placed it in a very cool music bed. All you have to do is bust a freestyle rhyme about CWD. Make your song, post it to your website and send us a link. Or send us your file and we will upload it on the Cheese Weasel Day website.

Do you have flow? Do you find yourself with your hands in the air waving them like you just do care–about Cheese Weasel Day? Now’s your chance to tell the world.

Write a rap interpretation of the CWD song. Try to keep it real with lyrics that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and walks of life.

Research for writing your rap song is easy, there is a ton of information you can use to write your CWD flow on the CWD Links page.

Well, time to get started, Cheese Weasel Day is this Saturday!

Now you can get free printable Cheese Weasel Day greeting cards for your CWD day fun!

This is big news! Now you can print a Cheese Weasel Day greeting card to place with the slice of cheese you place under the mouse pad of your techie friends on April 3rd. Download this PDF of Cheese Weasel Print Card and print as many cards as you need on your printer. They are designed so all you have to do is print, fold, write a personalized greeting if you like, place cheese inside, and slip right under the mouse pad of your good little Geeky friends.

[Special thanks to Cheese Weasel Day fan Stewart Hines for developing the printable cards and making them available for everyone to use for free. That's the spirit of CWD! ]

A Cheese Weasel Holiday Tradition

Legend has it the Cheese Weasel (this means you have to do it pretending to be the CW) travels the world, leaving a bit of cheese under keyboards or mouse pads of good techie boys and girls. The type really doesn’t matter though Kraft Singles often is the cheese of choice. Happy CWD 2010!