The Sneeze is a

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written by

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, identified on the site only as "Steve" of

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. In 2005 the site was listed among the "top 101 websites" by

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, and won a Blogger's Choice Award. The site gained attention for its "Steve, Don't Eat It!" section, a series of episodes in which Steve consumes various odd or unpleasant foods, including

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, cuitlacoche,

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, and human

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. The Sneeze's tagline is "Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions." The first post was on June 28, 2003. Steve is married and has two sons, aged three and seven as of . Blog posts often feature humorous or surreal conversations with the younger of the two boys. Steve has also blogged about the perennial growth of a bizarre "tree brain", or sulfur shelf fungus, on a tree outside his house. Steve has interviewed

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of ''

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'', animator and director

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, and actor and comedian

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, best known for his ''

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'' character

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. He is friends with the band

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and Brian Rosenworcel of

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, as well as Natalie Dee and

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of Toothpaste for Dinner, and the writers of Retrocrush and Cockeyed.com. In November 2003, Steve was interviewed by Derek and Romaine of

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radio. On May 5, 2008, Steve announced a hiatus of The Sneeze for personal reasons. On July 14, 2008, however, Steve declared the return of The Sneeze. On May 4, 2009, Steve started using

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for The Sneeze updates and has blogged infrequently since. As of 2013 Steve works as a writer and executive producer on the television show ''

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''.

References

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