Last week for the first time, I tried converting bits from my blog into my standup act and some are actually keepers. So thanks to all you readers for keeping me writing regularly. I taped some sets and put a few bits online. Here's one you may recall from a recent post about 7-11. I guess you could call it "live-action blogging": If you care to see any others, you can view them on MySpace.com. I'll probably be adding more soon. [tags]video, videos, standup, standup comedy video, 7-11, humor, funny[/tags]

Those of you who have read my blog for awhile may remember the "duh" threat I issued ("Calling Out Idiots") in regard to comments. Up to this point, I've never had to use it, which may be because the readers who stuck around get what I'm writing or it may be because most people simply stopped leaving comments out of fear. Well, the time has finally come to leave my first "duh" and it goes out to Marie's response to "A Family That Smokes Together, Stays Together (Until The Kids Rat ‘Em Out)". Since this is the first "duh," I'll explain: In the post, I wrote that I was curious about the fact that the 23-year-old man was ...

I got my first "tag" from Kristi at A Beautiful Mess. The way I recall the game of tag as a kid was a boy would touch me and say, "You're it" then I'd turn around, kick him in the balls and say, "You're it." (I always blamed my bad early luck with boys on my height and freckles but maybe the long-term testicular damage I caused had something to do with it). No balls to kick in this tag, I'm just supposed to list six weird things about myself. I think the weirdest thing is that I had a hard time coming up with this list. Gotta love denial. 1. I like ranch dressing on just about everything but ...

I want to put in a plug for one of the funniest blogs I've come across, which happens to belong to my friend, Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. It's called "Baby on Bored" and primarily deals with her experiences as a new mom. Normally, that topic would be far from my area of interest, but Stefanie writes from the perspective of someone who's not the "mommy" type. She's only a "cunt" or two away from uptight readers calling Child Protective Services on her. In addition to her great blog, she has a new book out called "Sippy Cups Are Not For Chardonnay...And Other Things I Had To Learn As A New Mom" ...

Open Trackback Alliance I'm now an official member of the Open Trackback Alliance (keep reading- it's even geekier than it sounds). What that means is every Friday I will publish a post that anybody can trackback to with their own post and have a link and excerpt for it displayed on the front page of my blog almost instantly. The purpose is two-fold: 1) To showcase people's best recent posts and 2) To exchange links, which increases both sites' search engine visibility and traffic. What I've found is that the sort of people who participate in this exchange tend to have very well-written blogs (even if some of their political views make my skin crawl. But that's beside the point). ...

Some people may have noticed that my site's been down for almost two days. Or maybe nobody noticed. But please don't tell me that so I can continue with my grand delusion that people went into panic mode when they couldn't access my blog. I was in the middle of writing a post when suddenly the download manager popped up asking me if I wanted to download pages instead of viewing them. I sent my piece-of-crap web hosting company (not to be confused with the piece-of-crap web hosting company I ditched just two months ago) about seven help tickets marked "urgent" over the course of 24 hours and couldn't get even a reply! It took until the fifth ticket before ...

"People are Idiots" is moving again. Sorta. I decided to make the blog my homepage since I really wasn't adding mini blogs the way I'd hoped. But rather than force everybody to update their links and bookmarks, I've decided to keep the old one put as somewhat of a mirror. If you decide to continue reading the blog in the old location, the only differences will be that the Blogger comments will be closed and the comment link will take you to the homepage's posts where the comments will be displayed. Also, I may not add all the mini blogs to the old location. You can find those in the keyword category link, "Mini Blogs." The new location has some options I ...

All good things must come to an end and so it is with my reign as queen of the blogjackers. Apparently the folks at Blogger finally got their acts together and fixed the recently updated list. Damn competence burns me again! And I think I was finally getting close to that coveted death threat after my last post. So once again, this blog will just be me talking to myself. Actually, I have to say that while my three links on Blogger's Dashboard did bring in a lot of traffic, it was nowhere near the kind of numbers you'd expect from such high profile listings. I never really cared much about the amount of traffic I had prior to the ...

There seems to be some confusion as to the nature of this blog. It's called "People are Idiots" because I primarily discuss the idiotic behaviors I encounter on a regular basis. But judging by a few of the comments to my posts, some people seem to think this blog is "People for Idiots," like it's some sort of group that supports idiots. While I would be happy to accept any donations on behalf of Jessica Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith and George Bush, they won't receive the money and sending such a donation will only add you to their ranks.

I was finishing up today's post when an email brought to my attention the fact that my blog is missing the "flag?" button. Now, it's possible that the Blogger powers-that-be stumbled upon my blog (which isn't hard to do these days), realized the enormous social importance of this blog (through such topics as the American Idol premiere, Paris Hilton's smashup and Robbie Kneivel's sex life) and decided to rid me of the oppressive judgment measure other Blogger users are subjected to. But since I don't live in Never Never Land, I know that didn't happen. Instead, it appears that I'm the recipient of some flagging (derived from the words "fag" and "flogging") which is done by closed-minded sheep ...

IT'S OFFICIAL: I AM THE BIGGEST BLOGEEK. Some of the regular readers may have wondered about the recent influx of comments on my blog. Unfortunately it's not due to particularly stellar posts or any grand accomplishments by me. I did just what the title says- I hijacked a blog. Actually, as of this morning, two blogs. I noticed that the "Recently Updated" list on the Blogger Dashboard hasn't been updated at all for the last few weeks so I checked out some of the sites. One of the blogs no longer had an owner and I wondered if I could snap it up. Two minutes later, "My Blog" was mine. I added a little redirect to "People are Idiots" and voila! ...

I thought some of the regular readers might want updates on past blogs... Arrested Development: The word today is that ABC and Showtime are interested in buying the show (if Fox ever officially cancels it). There IS hope!!! Kazakhstani journalist Borat Sagdiyev: After the country of Kaz threatened to sue Sascha Baron Cohen (Da Ali G Show), he posted the following statements on his Borat character's website: I like to state I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my government's decision to sue this Jew. Since the 2003 reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world. Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats and age of ...

I gathered from the comments to my blog that a lot of people surf through random blogs. I decided to give it a try, expecting to find some interesting and others so bad they'd be entertaining. What I found was that most are just bad. I don't say that simply because I find the topics boring; many of them are outright incoherent. I'm new to the whole blogging thing- are we supposed to do a bong hit before posting? In my search, I did find a few worth mentioning and thought I'd post them here for you other blog surfers. If anybody finds this compilation helpful, perhaps I'll do it again from time to time. Oh, and one question: Where's Aliso ...