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Who is Really Responsible for the Break-up of Jon and Kate? As it turns out, I am
Thursday, January 14th, 2010I know. I was surprised too. Usually content to let people ruin their own relationships, I can trace this one back to the tabloid magazine that inevitably appears in my hands during any trip to my in-laws. There they were, ten glossy grins spread over two color pages. Despite never having seen an actual episode of TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus Eight I read the article. I don’t have any kids, so the fact that these people have enough to fill two magazine pages was intriguing to me. The piece had accentuated the balance between a large family and a growing public profile. I can’t be certain, but I believe the words “humor” and “decency” were both used. I called it right then. I should have phoned the Gosselin house and demanded to speak to an adult; anyone would have sufficed. I could have prevented this whole mess, but instead, I passively waited for information and color pictures to come to me.
Each time I saw Jon and Kate after that they seemed more tanned and manicured. I noticed Jon’s ever-fancying eyebrows and growing penchant for distractingly absurd graphic T-shirts, but look, his kids don’t seem to mind, I convinced myself. I should have spoken up when they took their family and camera crew on, what seemed to be, weekly “private” get-aways, but the pictures looked too pretty. I was about to step in, but then I started seeing less of the kids, assuring myself that they were safe in Pennsylvania occupied by some Truman Show-style construct TLC had designed to simulate normalcy.
I observed these people through the tabloid media without ever watching the show that celebrated their life, not for their extraordinary accomplishments, but for the NASCAR-magnitude of wreckage that it could potentially produce. I only stopped myself from interfering because of reality television’s impressive track record in providing a launching pad for so many of its former stars’ successful career longevity.
Eventually, as happens so often, my concern became contempt. I participated in goofing on Jon for hiking in flip-flops and trying to sound righteous on Larry King. I spent time wondering who all those people were holding Kate’s kids while she splashed in the ocean. It was fun … everyone else was doing it … but I know that’s no excuse.
So I’d like to go on record and admit my own culpability regarding the demise of the Gosselin family and their dignity. I apologize to Jon and Kate for paying attention to them. For the record though, everyone else is on the hook for this Tiger Woods business.
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Big thanks to all the attendees at Providence’s Pecha Kucha last night. See what you missed at http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/providence/
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
A BET’S A BET will be read at Bravo in Providence, RI 8:30 on January 13th.
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
“I love that Ed Hardy fashion. It’s like a uniform for jackasses.”
Somehow We Missed Vin Diesel’s Birthday!!!!
Mark Sinclair Vincent has taught us so much over the past 44 years, we’re embarrassed to say we let his birthday slip by without comments. So as a peace offering, here’s a few of our favortive Diesel-isms (you gotta do the voice, say ‘em out loud, and look as self important as possible – that’s the fun [...]
The Daily Jim World News Round Up
With Harry Potter and the wiz kids getting all the press last week and Comic Con sucking the air out of these here internets this week a few global items got dropped from the the 24 news feed. In Vancouver, our neighbor to the north, a guy dressed as the Greek god of death yet wearing a [...]
Harry Potter and the Legion of Fanboys
Hogwarts is a mystery to me. And that’s okay. I was a fully functioning adult when J.K. Rowling hit pay dirt with her first book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. My intern, Ben, however was a pup in ’97 and cannot recall with any clarity a Voldemort free world. So it was no surprise [...]
Gift Ideas for Your Little Monsters
My wife, Red, and I have different approaches to gift shopping for children. She likes her gifts to be symbolic in order to strengthen her bond with the child and somewhat educational in an attempt to spark wonderous curiousity. Me, I like to horrify the kid’s parents. The Leatherface action figure from Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Perfect [...]
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WHEN ROAD-TRIPPING THIS SUMMER BE SURE TO VISIT THESE DAILYJIM ENDORSED MUSEUM EXPERIENCES
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The Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum – Jupiter, Florida – The Bandit’s personal collection of movie and sports memorabilia including the freakin’ canoe from Deliverance! Yikes!
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The Museum of the American Carnival – Gibsonton , Florida – That’s right! The carnies have their own museum! Or do they?
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Monroeville Zombies: Museum, Gallery, and Attraction – Monroeville , Pennsylvania – Smack in the middle of the Monroeville Mall, where Romero shot the original Dawn of the Dead.
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The Starfleet Museum – San Francisco , What will no longer be California – Set to open in 2213, after Starfleet takes over the universe thereby supplying Captain James T. Kirk with no limit of seducible green skinned beauties. Really? Really? starfleet-museum.org