100517- Notice of inactivity

.....As much as I hate walking away from a task, this joke-a-day blog will have to be temporarily suspended so that (a) I can return to my original blog, the analysis of the comic book Doom Patrol, found under the name "LGC: Doom Patrol", also posted as pblfsda... and (b) the launch of a new blog-a-day, "So, What Kind Of Music Do You Listen To?". This new blog is, for the most part, written. Each day will be a description of a track on a sprawling mid-1990's mix tape project. Anyone feeling exceptionally ambitious would be able to track down the individual component parts and reconstruct the tapes,or customize them to their tastes.

.....Coming up with a joke every day was the effective disciplinary exercise I had hoped it would be. Even though I did not make it to the end of the year, 136 jokes in a row is nothing to sneeze at. More importantly, for the first two months at least, it got the Doom Patrol blog back on schedule. And when I needed to delay postings recently in anticipation of additional original materials becoming available, there were the jokes to keep readers coming back (maybe). Now that many (but not all) of those materials are here, the LGC: Doom Patrol blog will return to posting around June 1st. The music blog will begin May 25th. This blog may in fact continue in October, assuming that the music blog is completed on schedule (although November would be a safer bet). In the best case scenario, of course, I would be working full-time again and doing only the Doom Patrol blog, if anything.

.....If you're just stumbling across this blog long after it's become dormant, you're not necessarily wasting your time here. There's bound to be something suitable for public speaking, breaking the ice, etc. Some of it may feel familiar, some of it may feel bizarre, some of it sophomoric, some of it provocative. Remember, it's a strange and dangerous world out there... and you're welcome.

100516- A joke

.....Product placement in Hollywood movies is really getting out of control. Someone just pitched a film about a Chinese concubine who comes to America in the 1930's to open a seafood restaurant. The working title is "Raise The Red Lobster".