VIEW from the BLEACHERS
A humor blog
by Tim Jones, BA, JD, MBA, ESQ, FAQ, INC, LOL, WTF, UBU, IDK, ETC
The Day I’ve Dreaded for Ten Years
Where Will Canada Launch Its Invasion of the USA?
My Very First Pickleball Tournament
Recently, I entered my very first pickleball tournament. Before then, the last time I participated in a formal athletic tournament, Richard Nixon was our nation’s Commander-in-Chief. The entry fee was only $20 – an extremely reasonable price for the opportunity to spend 3 & ½ hours being repeatedly reminded how much I suck at pickleball.
The Next Killer App: Google Kindness Translator
By now you have probably heard of one of the great game changer apps: Google Translate. I’ve recently come up with a new upgrade. I call it the Google Kindness Translator. It’s still in beta. It takes one person’s abusive or argumentative language and, with the press of a button, converts it into a kinder, more sensitive alternative translation. It works on just above everybody – except with QAnon wingnuts. Nothing they say can be cleaned up, I’m afraid. Like I said, it’s still in beta.
I Think My Parents Joined a Cult – Should I Be Worried?
Married to a Canadian – As Told by ChatGPT
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Give Someone Special the Very Best of View from the Bleachers
A collection of Tim Jones’ all-time funniest View from the Bleachers articles he’s written over the years.
Recent posts
Why It is Important Always to Proofread Your Texts Before You Press SEND – Revised- Laundry Wars
- The Upside of Holding Onto Grudges
- The Story of Yong Li
- Worrying Works – Trust Me, It’s Science
- ICE Cracks Down on Dangerous Threats to National Security
- Honest Conversations
- Waiting for My Wife
- Don’t Become Pickleball’s Next Tragic Victim
- An American Tourist’s Guide to Africa
YOU'RE GROUNDED FOR LIFE
Read this hysterically funny book about Tim Jones’s many parenting failures — Sure to make you feel like Parent of the Year by comparison.
