Facebook Announces That You Can Now Like Likes
MENLO PARK, California (AP) – In a widely anticipated development today, Facebook announced that users will now be able to Like Likes, the popular form of showing agreement on the #2 website in the world. “For years now, Liking something on Facebook has been the way to say, ‘I like this, but not enough to [...]
Tim Tebow, Motivational Speaker
A few years ago, I applauded Tim Tebow for his charitable work despite my view of him as an overrated quarterback (look how that turned out). I’m sure he’s a very nice guy, and I really do think highly of celebrities who use their wealth and fame to improve the world. That said, I’m hoping [...]
How to Fake Your Own Death
I know, morbid title, right? I want to say up front that this is not something I’m considering. I mean, if I was, I wouldn’t be writing it on this blog. (Now I’m faced with the challenge of tagging this entry. “Humor,” I guess?) I’m not condoning this in any way. However, I had a [...]
Josh Was Lost on a Mountain Trail in a Crossover SUV: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
Tonight I received an unexpected email in my inbox: My friend Josh, a fellow blogger, writer, and genius extraordinaire, had conceived a new addition to my favorite genres of blog entries: a survivor’s true tale of survival. This was a particularly nice treat, because he’s letting me publish it here, which means that I can [...]
Calling All Falconers
You might recall one of the top grievances from Festivus this past year: “My car was named “Best Place to Poop” for the third consecutive year by all birds, ever.” Yeah, that was mine. You see, a lot of the trees overhanging my work parking lot have berries. Birds eat the berries and immediately poop [...]
My New Lady Friend
You know how they say, “When you know, you know?” I now know what they’re talking about. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it here on the blog, but I got back on Match and OkCupid a few months ago. I got sucked back in by the illusion of e-mails from yoga-pants wearing women with top-notch [...]
5 Best Recent YouTube Videos
Mostly thanks to Facebook recommendations, I’ve had the pleasure of watching some absolutely brilliant YouTube videos over the past few months. For some reason they all seem to have disabled embeds, so I’ll link to them below instead: “Buttermilk Plays with Her Friends” – It’s quite possible that this is the best thing I’ve ever [...]
Movember Photo Update
When you last saw me, I looked something like this: Now here’s what I look like: True story.
I Am More Than Just a Mustache
Ladies, I am more than just a mustache. Eyes up here, please. Eyes on eyes. Not on the eyebrow between my lip and my nose. You see me strutting around, looking all manly and masculine and virile with this tuft of hair. You think, “Hey, look at that strong man. He’s probably a lumberjack or [...]
Caption Contest: A Meme in the Making?
I know, we just did captions the other day. But if you’re reading this on Monday, November 12, it’s my best friend Trev’s birthday. Many of you know him as T-Mac in the comments, and you probably also know that Trev and his wife Laura became proud parents of baby William about a month ago. [...]
Katie Accidentally Drank Milk That Had Been Expired for Three Days: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
Reader and long-form commenter Katie recently told me that she had experienced a Survivor’s True Tale of Survival. I urged her to tell her story, and I’m so glad she wrote it. Check out the harrowing tale below. And I promise that I’ll get back to writing my own blog tomorrow. I used to think [...]
The 5-Year Anniversary: The Georgia Peach
Today marks the 5-year anniversary of this blog. That’s right, I started writing way back on June 5, 2007. I didn’t think I’d write much, but within a few weeks I was writing 5 times a week. That means I’ve written about 1,300 blog entries over the last 5 years. I used LiveJournal back then. [...]
I Lived Through 3 Days Without Air Conditioning: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
You might think that a man who keeps his condo at 78 degrees year-round would not have an issue with a few late-spring days without AC. You might think that not having AC is fairly inconsequential. You might think that it wouldn’t be a matter of life and death, a struggle against time, cats, and [...]
Lionsgate Announces “Totino’s Party Pizza Hunger Games” Reality Show
HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) – Following the fastest box-office ascent to $251 million domestically for a non-sequel, Lionsgate Entertainment announced a reality-show spinoff for The Hunger Games set to premier in fall ’12. Although the show will not include any death or violence, it will otherwise follow the model of the competition described Suzanne Collins’ breakout YA [...]
Anatomy of a Cat Fight
Does this count as a blog entry? Walter’s on the left (new cat), and Biddy’s on the right. Walter weighs about half of what Biddy weighs (although Biddy has lost 3 pounds since I got him Walter as an exercise buddy).
I Lived Through 2 Hours Without Internet at Work: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
I am writing to you from a cave deep below the earth, inscribing this message on mole velum with an earthworm as my quill. Moley and Wormy were my only company through this ordeal, and now they are gone, sacrificed to compose this message on the off chance that someone might find it. This is [...]
The Friends You Don’t Actually Know
Today’s rare guest entry is brought to you by long-time reader and oft-honored Comment of the Month recipient Brad. He taps into the world that we all float through every day, the world of people we see day after day–maybe at work, maybe in the park, maybe in your apartment building–and yet never really know [...]
NewsFlash: jameystegmaier.com to Partner with Depends
How many times have you been at a baseball game, having a great time, and just as things start to heat up, you have to go to the bathroom? By the time you get back from the crowded, dirty restroom, the home team has hit several grand slams and your girlfriend is making out with [...]
Best. Prank. Ever.
I love a good prank. By that I mean: An element of misdirection. An element of confusion. No hurt feelings or physical pain. No major inconvenience. Here’s an example of a good prank I pulled a few years ago. But read on, because here’s an example of a great prank pulled on me last week. [...]
Google Books to Continue Scanning the World’s Printed Material with Personal Journals, Diaries
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – Eight years after Google initiated its Google Books project for the purpose of making the world’s books searchable in a giant online “library,” the tech conglomerate announced today that it would be expanding its capacity to include private journals and diaries, including yours. Google Library Search, as it was originally called, [...]
Swedish Director of Original “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Film to Remake American Version
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Niels Arden Oplev, director of the 2009 Swedish film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” announced today that he was going to remake the 2011 American remake of his film back in the original Swedish. “Specifically,” he clarified from his perch on a fjord, “I’m going to remake the novelization of the [...]
I Lived Through the Floods of Dublin: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
(This blog entry was found among the debris in the Irish Sea after the floods of Dublin on 23-24 October 2011. This entry is repeated verbatim minus pictures, because they’re mostly naked pictures of Jamey, and no one wants to see that.) It began with a single drop of rain. I had gone my first [...]
The Outlaw of St. Louis: A Survivor’s True Tale of Survival Against All Odds
Today, for the first time ever, I was pulled over by the police while driving. This is my story. I was driving back from brunch–something I’m guessing most rebels do on Sunday–when a police car pulled behind me, its lights flashing red and blue. Although I knew I could outrun it in my ’03 Camry, [...]
Milkmen Have It Rough
“Is it his baby…or is it the milkman’s?” Show of hands among the ladies: How many of you have given birth to a baby that you told your husband was his, but it was actually the milkman’s? As often as that phrase is used, you’d think that there would be milkman babies all over the [...]
