Before we get started… I’m still semi-skeptical about it, but I tested positive for Covid on Tuesday. The good news? It hasn’t been bad at all, and at this point I’m close to 100% back to “normal.” I tell the whole story in the latest episode of the podcast, if you’re interested. Worth noting is that Producer Zipp, who helps me with the show, also has the virus. And Ian from Scotland, who called into the hotline and is featured in the episode, was also diagnosed with Covid this week. I just found out about Ian today. So, all three of us at the same time! Crazy.
Anyway, today I thought I’d share five videos I watched and enjoyed this week. I almost never share videos, because the engagement is always next-to-nothing. But I’m going to roll the dice on it today, and see what happens. These are bits of insanity I happened across during my quarantine. Don’t worry, they’re all brief and worth it. Let’s get to it, shall we?
This tenured professor in Michigan went rogue in a recent online class. Check it out. The guy is running wide open, and “on leave” as a result.
As this tweet mentions, someone is having a tough day on Beech Mountain. Can’t they just move the poor bastard forward a few feet? Good Lord.
Tough time for the people at Beech Mountain today. ? pic.twitter.com/fg671LruRn
— Trey Shirley (@TreyShirley831) January 8, 2022
This is supposedly the head of the Birds Aren’t Real movement, being interviewed on a morning show in Chicago. He’s apparently a bit nervous. Crank it up!
@birdsarentrealThe worst morning of my life. I am so sorry. ##BirdsArentReal ##GonnaDoBetter ##IPromise? original sound – Birds Aren’t Real
Dude owns a small gas station and convenience store in Pittsburgh where people continuously crash their cars. He says nothing is ever done about it, so he installed a camera and turned the footage over to a local news station. The shit is wild.
And finally, here’s yet another post-wisdom teeth extraction video. The thought of it is terrifying to me. They just say whatever pops into their heads. I can’t have that. You talk about opening Pandora’s Box! I’d have to call my friend Bill from West Virginia to pick me up. He might be the only person who would understand. Anything else could be catastrophic.
Have a great day, my friends!
I’ll see you again soon.
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Thank you, Jeff! Good stuff. I like the professor.
I had one wisdom tooth, when they remove it they didn’t put me under – just numbed it. The dentist carried on a one sided conversation during the extraction, I obviously couldn’t talk much. The tooth didn’t cooperate, at one point he was straddling me in the chair pulling with all he had but the tooth refused to give in. He finally took a hammer and chisel, broke the tooth into 4 pieces and got it out. After all that he forgot to tell me not to drink out of a straw and I thought a milkshake sounded good on the way home. This was on a Thursday. I dealt with a dry socket over the weekend thinking it was just supposed to hurt that bad.
Not surprised at all by the humanities professor.
I am an alumnus of that university. Apparently he was teaching while I was there, but I never ran across him. I will say the humanities department had some genuine nuts back then and a couple still stand out in my memory.
I pay no attention to the school now but apparently they had some football success this year.
That hydrant must have given those poor people one hell of an enema. They probably pooped icicles for a couple of days.
Just for fun, here’s the Universitys’ campus newspaper with a follow up article. It’s very interesting.
https://fsutorch.com/2022/01/17/exclusive-dr-barry-mehler-speaks-on-viral-semester-introduction-video/?fbclid=IwAR1oifLxi8FTxIkfJl88itGRtkn0w1le8MzJbzpXoQs_2ttYslRny2C1WIk
Just for the record, both my parents were humanities professors. One “absent-minded” and the other “eccentric.” I realize now that I had an unusual upbringing.
When my son was in kindergarten the teacher lined up the kids for lunch and told them to look at their hands. She said everyone should have either lunch money or their lunch in their hands. So of course when they arrived at the cafeteria my son had neither because he couldn’t be bothered with the mundane. Damn but he missed his calling as a humanities professor and opted for juvie public defender instead.
It’s January. Commas and leg shaving are optional.
Leg shaving has always been optional; do what you have to do. Commas, on the other hand, matter: the panda eats, shoots and leaves.
I have that book. It’s sitting on a shelf next to Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog, gathering dust because dusting is also optional in January.
Hope you are well, Jeff. It’s been a while hearing from you on this site.