And no less mainstream a fictional character than Bridget Jones cheerfully engaged in the practice, in the film adaptation of Helen Fielding's best-selling novel "Bridget Jones's Diary".
He would edit stories on the bus and grab bits of time at the weekend; much of the time he was trying to escape notice in the office and avoid the intrusion of a colleague who would cheerfully engage him in conversation about the western novels of Zane Grey.
That was the summer that the Phoenix was cheerfully engaged in dismantling the career of Mike Barnicle, a Boston Globe columnist who'd been unmasked as a fabulist and a hack.
As I cheerfully engage My Freaking Fabulous 50s (insert your own slogan), I refuse to surrender to the cultural beauty imperative where wrinkles are treated like a rash and sagging skin, like leprosy.
Kara Maria's "cheerfully apocalyptic" paintings engage with a host of political issues, including war and environmental destruction.
With him, Jonathan Veira as Leporello bobs along cheerfully while keeping his guard up: he is droll, engaging and unsavory all at once.
There is a cheerfully politically incorrect sensibility around stock car racing -- the beer and the cigarettes add flavor -- which may be engaging to the new demographics that Nascar and its sponsors are trying to lure into the tent.
At 78, she cheerfully toddles off to work while I sit with a cup of coffee, engage my disgust at the headlines and think about whether the bananas are mushy enough to make bread.
VIDEO: Watch now The cheerfully decorated room is filled with books, games, toys and other materials to keep young minds engaged and interested.
It also boasts more than its fair share of cheerfully dimwitted Big Brother winners, batty actors, same-sex couples, diabolic property developers, shifty knocker boys, qualified psychotherapists, amateur artists and people engaged in the shady practices of "new media".
