Jeff Tompkins' Blog
Blog URL http://jefftompkins.blogspot.com/
Located Charleston, South Carolina USA
Tags humor, satire, comedy, columns, charleston, south carolina
Humor/satire columns. Topics range from everyday observational humor to political and pop-culture satire.
Latest Blog Posts
- Cool to be Kind on Nov 15, 2009
If you are like me (and God help you if you are) you had no idea that Friday was World Kindness Day. I became aware of this in the middle of the day, so if anyone in charge of World Kindness Day happens to read this, please excuse me for not being ki...
- Halloween Safety Tips on Oct 31, 2009
The consensus on the morning news shows is this: Halloween is a dangerous holiday that can get you seriously killed or at least injured.I haven't participated in Halloween in many years and apparently things have changed since I was a kid. Back then...
- Must See TV? I'll be the Judge on Oct 19, 2009
I have good news for The American People: If you think TV is bad now, hang in there just a little longer. In a few weeks, I will have a say in what should and should not be on TV. That's right—I will be a Nielsen Family. Contrary to popular myth, t...
- Reader Mail on Oct 12, 2009
It's time once again for a bi-weekly installment of Reader Mail, in which I answer questions emailed to me by random Internet weirdoes. (Microsoft Word is telling me there is actually an "e" in the word "weirdoes." It doesn't look...
- Web of Conceit on Oct 5, 2009
It's October, and Halloween is coming, so it is in that spirit that I figured it's time to talk about The Spider Wars. Let me state here, right at the beginning, for anyone who may be inclined to denounce my actions described later in this post, that...
- Virtual Decorating - Much Like Real Life on Sep 28, 2009
Over the last several weeks I have spent an unjustifiable amount of time playing an online game called YoVille. It's described as a "virtual world," not "virtual reality," but I'm not quite sure what the difference is. I would loo...
- South Carolina Turtle, Marriage Proposal and Crime Update on Sep 24, 2009
Here in South Carolina, we're trying very hard to challenge south Florida for the title of Weirdest Place in the Country. You may be familiar with one of our recent efforts, wherein we deployed Representative Joe Wilson with orders to heckle the Pres...
