VIEW from the BLEACHERS
A humor blog
by Tim Jones, BA, JD, MBA, ESQ, FAQ, INC, LOL, WTF, UBU, IDK, ETC
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
MSNBC: What We Don’t Know So Far About the Trump Indictment












