The First Video Blog: I Am Doc Brown
There was a bit of confusion on today’s blog regarding why, exactly, time travel to the past can’t work, so I decided to clear it up…with my very first video blog! I’ve been wanting to do one of these ever since I got the new iPad. Although I’m not a huge fan of video blogs [...]
5 Easy Ways to Prank Your Coworkers on April Fool’s Day
This year, April Fool’s Day falls on a Sunday, saving millions of coworkers from embarrassment. Well, the joke’s on them, because April 2 counts as April Fool’s if April 1 falls on a weekend! I just made that up, but it’s official. I’m writing this on a day when I normally don’t write blog entries [...]
My Favorite Books of 2011
2011 was an interesting year for reading for me. My publishing company published its first two novels, The Samaritan and Dancing with Gravity, so I’ve learned a lot by being on the flip side of the publishing world. This fall I’ve spent quite a bit of time helping a few authors who didn’t quite get [...]
You Decided: Jamey and Maria Go on a Date
Following the post last week, I asked Maria to write about the experience of being publicly dissected for today’s blog. She agreed and wrote the following post. If any readers have questions for me, please put them in the comments section and I’ll be happy to answer. It all began a week ago when I [...]
Pet Pleases #14-20
I’ve had the following pet pleases on my list of things to write about for a while, but I can never seem to get excited about devoting an entry blog entry to any one of them. They’re still worth mentioning, so I’m going to list them here. Trevor and Bryce get credit for two of [...]
My Greatest Fear #4
On Saturday, I had to go to the post office to mail a package. I was headed to a bar to watch the Saints/Cardinals game, which meant that I had to make a left turn out of the post office parking lot. That’s correct. A left turn across traffic. Four lanes of traffic, to be [...]
The Skinny Jean Saga
Exhibit A: My Normal Jeans I love my regular jeans. They’re soft, comfortable, nice enough to wear to work, fun enough to wear to a bar…they’re everything you’d want in a pair of jeans. Or so I thought. I was over at a friend’s house watching football a few weeks ago when his girlfriend–who, in [...]
Fragmentation Theory of Dating
In a recent discussion with a friend about my blog entry on why I’m intentionally single, my friend (who is a few years older than me) brought up a theory on dating and women that he ascribed to “back in the day.” I’m going to quote his description of the “fragmentation theory” below, and then [...]
The Spirit of Christmas
Note: You can apply this to any holiday. I just happen to celebrate Christmas. When I was a kid, Christmas was all about (a) the anticipation and (b) the presents. I’m not going to say that presents could make or break Christmas, but they were really important. When I got older, traditions mattered more and [...]
Better E-Mail Subscriptions!
WordPress just added their own e-mail subscription widget, so I removed the old one and replaced it with their widget (for fellow WordPressers, “blog subscription” is the widget name). For those of you who prefer to read this blog by e-mail, click the link on the right that says “Sign me up!” You should get [...]
The Vampire Talk
With the vampire movie New Moon coming out, this is a good time to sit down with your significant other and ask the question you need to ask before it’s too late: If one of you turns into a vampire at some point, what sacrifices (moral, ethical, corporal) will the other make to sustain the [...]
The Psychology of Sex #7: How to Get Someone to Say Yes
What if I told you that there is a way to get almost 100% of people to say yes to you? To anything? Would that be something you’d be interested in? Joe mentioned in the comments section last week that one other way to put people in an agreeable mood is to ask a lot [...]
The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Read About Health Care
I’m not going to get into the health care debate. In fact, I’m not even going to write much today (with all the comments I get on the Confessions posts, I should write them every day! But I don’t have that many confessions. Or do I…) However, I read something the other day in Inc [...]
A Date’s Survival Guide to a 10-Year High School Reunion
This is a guest post by my girlfriend, Nancy. So your significant other is getting old. It’s inevitable. Unless you’re dating Benjamin Button. A 10-year high school reunion is in the near future and there’s a good chance that if he decides to go, you’ll be asked to go with him. You’re not excited about [...]
Ruminations
Apparently there’s a long e-mail going around with some insightful ruminations from the website Ruminations (I can only assume that this is a knockoff of my first blog, Irruminations). Some of these are really great, so I thought I’d share my favorites with you. The full list is here. I wish Google Maps had an [...]
Toss Up Tuesday
Bryce just sent me this really interesting promotion from Qdoba: Basically, Qdoba just cut their revenue in half for Tuesday nights. Do they win or lose? I’d say win. People love to gamble, so if they increase capacity on an otherwise slow night to even close to double a normal Tuesday night, they’re doing fine. [...]
Non-Flosser Needed
I need someone who is vehemently against flossing to write a short bit about that (hopefully funny). E-mail me at jamey.stegmaier@gmail.com.
Fork & Screen
A coworker recently had the pleasure of watching a movie in a theater called Fork & Screen, a division of AMC. You can see the setup in the photo to the right–you sit in a fairly normal theater, except there’s a long table in front of your seat. Push a button, and a few minutes [...]
JoshVision: The Epic of the Corolla, Part 2 of 2
When we last left JoshVision, I had just received a phone call from the Toyota Dealership telling me my car was now clean of Diesel, but unfortunately not clean of idiot mechanics. And now, the stunning conclusion… “What do you mean exactly when you say the car was in an accident?” I ask. My head [...]
TypeTribe Contest Is Live
The TypeTribe contest is live HERE. Jump over there to cast your vote for the best opening sentence. On tap for tomorrow: JoshVision returns! If you’ve forgotten where his epic automobile saga left off, refresh your memory (and be prepared to laugh, grimace, pout, and shake your fist) HERE.
An Entry in Photographs
Recently, a friend of mine named Arthur sent me this link to some photographs he took during a trip to Colombia a few weeks ago. I know that when I get photographs from Arthur, I’m getting something special. Although he’s just an amateur photographer, he has an amazing eye for light, life, and texture. I [...]
The Latest from Max and Francesco
As you may recall from a blog entry last year, Max and Francesco are two Italian brothers who my brother met when he was studying abroad. They seemed particularly passionate about America and proceeded to call my family throughout the years on key holidays (Christmas, Independence Day, Arbor Day…what do we celebrate on Arbor Day? [...]
Wax On, Wax Out
I have a somewhat gross story to share with you today. Nothing compared to the ultimate gross story, but gross enough to assure Nancy that no other woman will ever want to nibble on my earlobe again (damn I love earlobe nibbles…). The story actually starts a little over a year ago when I was [...]
Let TypeTribe Roll Out Your Red Carpet
I’m beginning to understand that I can’t write two blog entries a night, one for each blog. So on occasion, when applicable, I’m going to publish the same entry on the same day on both blogs. Here’s today’s: A few images have floated across my field of vision recently: The fake but reality-inspired movie premiere [...]
