Jim Bishop's Warning
You are free to visit, explore, make a donation if you like, but Jim's got rules you must follow...
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April 12, 2007
April 1, 2007
Do Not Hump
March 28, 2006
Phil Hendrie Comedy 'Teachers' to premiere on NBC Tonight
One of my favorite comedians that I've heard in the last five years is Phil Hendrie. He does a radio show where he plays both the part of the Host (himself) and the Guests (also him performing voices of made-up, obnoxious characters.) Most of the audience is in on the joke, but a small percentage of the audience honestly believes that his guests are real and call up the show steaming about whatever provocative topic Phil has chosen for the day. Phil eggs the unsuspecting callers on while playing both the role of sympathetic host and the incendiary guest. The results are hilarious and often show what not having a sense of humor will get you. His show is one (funny) Mean Joke. Phil is the anti-PC.
George Noory (host of Coast to Coast AM) had Phil on his show last night, pimping his new comedy, Teachers which will air on NBC tonight, March 28, 2006 (9:30pm Eastern/8:30pm Central), right after Scrubs. They've filmed 6 episodes and NBC is trying the series out. Phil has done a couple pilots for comedies in the past and it's great to see him finally get on the small screen. I hope the series does well, check it out tonight and for the next couple Tuesdays (at a minimum.)
After a quick browse over some of the sample video clips from the show, there seems to be some good writing and good talent on the project. Phil gets to use his voice talents as well (always wondered if he did that live or electronically...) Phil plays the bald, burnt-out PE teacher with a wry sense of humor if you aren't familiar with him.
I (unfortunately) live in one of the few areas of the country where I can't catch Phil on the radio (he's on 100 A-Phil-iates nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio (channel 152)) so I have to settle for catching an occasional show or bit on-line. Find him on a local station and check out his radio show as well. Wikipedia also has a good article and links about Phil.
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January 15, 2006
The Best Blonde Joke. Evar.
November 15, 2005
Consider selling your Amazon stock! Rush R30 DVD on Amazon!
Looks like Amazon owes me $9,999,999,971.01 (that's a negative total.) I'm still wondering who bought me a $10 (big-B) Billion dollar gift certificate. By the time they credit this amount into my account, their profits this quarter will be significantly impacted, so I figured I put this notice out. :-) I'm not sure I can handle a refund that large on the card I'm using, maybe I should use the American Express...
(Yes, this is a real screenshot taken at 11:50am on Tuesday, November 15, 2005.)
Do you suppose this reveals the upper dollar limit Amazon designed their e-commerce software to handle? I can't imagine the programming error that would cause a problem like this. I hope this doesn't foul up their systems or my accounts... Click...
If you'd like to try your luck, or just want to pre-order a copy of Rush's (the band, not the man) new DVD (release date is next Tuesday, November 22, 2005) please use the links below.
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July 13, 2005
You Can Win Unlimited Napster Downloads!
I was enjoying a Nestle Butterfinger Bar (with "trivial amount of Trans Fat" (that's what it says on the wrapper)) today and noticed their current promotional contest.
(Napster Logo) Napster. You Can Win Unlimited Downloads (for one year.)Who are they fooling? Wow, they'll let 1,000 winners download unlimited songs on Napster-Roxio for a year. Estimated retail value (including the $300 Napster Digital Music Player) of this prize: $478. Remember that "Napster [is] not compatible with Apple computers, only with PC Windows environment" (because they are using Microsoft's DRM WMA Format.) Oh yeah, and if you don't keep paying Napster their subscription fees ($14.95/mo.) after the year is over, all your downloaded music stops playing.
Nice. Nestle just gave you a perpetual monthly bill for $15 if you want to keep using the music you downloaded after 1 year. But that's only if you 'win'...
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June 7, 2005
Deo Vindice
A little more research on "Deo Vindice" and I learned that is was the national motto of the Confederate States of America. So maybe the artist's intentions were pure, but there's a nasty racist undertone to this graffiti. "Southern Pride" rhetoric is tossed around by racist, bigoted, and legitimate groups alike for clearly different reasons.
Those still fond of their southern pride would prefer you translate it as "God is our protector" but I find that a deception from its true meaning. I'm guessing the Confederate statesmen who chose the motto wanted it to have a more literal meaning of "God will vindicate" than that politically correct translation.
I found this UNC Latin professor's alternate translation of the phrase interesting: "with God as our punisher."
Anyway, the backwards 'N' is a nice touch.
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April 25, 2005
Political Correctness ^ Next Level
A memo came out recently from my boss at "the customer site" (I'm a consultant.) It reiterated the standard policy of no jokes involving sex, race, gender in the workplace. Then it continued to include "no mean jokes." I'm not kidding. I want to go ask for a definition of "mean", but as I'm just a consultant here, I'll refrain from asking. I find myself having to stop part-way through jokes now thinking that they might be mean.
I'm of the opinion that absolutely anything can be funny, but that certain things aren't appropriate or funny given certain circumstances. I'm a big fan of off-color humor, but you just don't go around telling "Yo momma" jokes at someone's mother's funeral. It's not right.
That said, every joke derives it's humor from some sort of jab at the subject of the joke, or in some cases the person hearing the joke. Think about it, blond jokes, lawyer jokes, redneck jokes. Not racial-, sexual-, or gender-based, but someone belonging to these groups could consider the joke "mean." I personally don't worry about who might be offended by my jokes usually. I've got a decent sense of tact (others may disagree) and can choose to tell jokes when I think it is appropriate. Except at work.
"Comedy is tragedy plus time." --Carol Burnett
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." --Mel Brooks
BTW - I hate the term "Next Level". It's a Weasel Word (Weasel Phrase?) and means absolutely nothing most times it is uttered. I'm using it here for sarcasm.