Being Jim Davis

Today we talk about a fictional potato that does not even appear in today's strip. Today's strip

Today we try to figure out exactly which kind of cheese is the most effective aphrodisiac, but do not succeed. Today's incidental music, "Nice Rosetta" from the album The Three Fanciful Daydreams of Chef Paul Prudhomme by The Flowers of Disgust occurs courtesy of The Flowers of Disgust and Cat O' Nine Tails Records . Today's strip

If I knew how to embed pictures, I would totally embed a picture of that Tex Avery wolf here. But it turns out we live in this universe. Sorry about that. Today's strip

Holy shit, is it only Wednesday? I can't believe I still have four of these fucking things left to edit. Today's incidental music, "Here Comes Obnoxious Moose" from the album Underground Dog Network by The Flowers of Disgust occurs courtesy of The Flowers of Disgust and Cat O' Nine Tails Records . Today's strip

It's a red letter day for the hardcore Being Jim Davis fans, who have long been waiting for us to formally announce our ongoing feud with the island of Sumatra. Well, the wait is over folks. Also, Garfield's still in a tree. Terminal Philosophy: A Cultural History of Airports Today's strip

Today we discuss Andrew Lloyd Webber for what seems like an interminable amount of time. I guess we'll see if I ultimately decide to cut out that entire segment. Anyway, Garfield's in a tree or whatever. Today's strip

ATTENTION LISTENER: If you feel that the audio on today's episode is a bit off, blame Jon's friend Andy, who called in to the program but hadn't sent me his audio by the time I started editing. So I had to use the Zoom audio, which, whatever, it's fine. It's fine. Today's strip :

If you listen closely during the opening theme in today's episode, you can hear Chris say the words "quantum caramel." But now that you know what he's saying, you have even less reason to listen closely during the opening theme. Here's something irrelevant: Today's strip :

In today's episode, Jon and Chris say things both at and to one another. Today's strip :

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In today's episode of Being Jim Davis , we see if I can embed videos directly into Fireside.fm's "Description" field without all the bullshit bells and whistles SquareSpace provided. Seems like it shouldn't be too hard. Today's strip :

In today's episode of Being Jim Davis , Chris forgets to edit and upload Tuesday's episode until late Monday night. Is the result shoddy, slipshod, slapshod, slapdash, slashfic, dashboard, Mrs. Dash, Mrs. Butterworth, Butterfinger, and... Honestly, that one got away from me. Anyhoo, here's today's strip :

We kick off today's episode by burning through, like, a dozen of the perfectly good taglines that superfan Faster Duckworth wrote for us. After that, who knows? I did not bother to listen to the rest. Today's strip

We round out the week with a landmark strip in which we see a character commit certain actions based on a set of presuppositions that turn out to be incorrect, leading to circumstances which run counter to that character's desires. Thanks to guest host Daniel Manning for his hard work this week. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter and check out his podcasts, because they are a delight. ars PARAD...

AFTER experience had taught me that the common occurrences of ordinary life are vain and futile, and I saw that all the objects of my desire and fear were in themselves nothing good nor bad, save in so far as the mind was affected by them; I at length determined to search out whether there were not something truly good and communicable to Garfield. ars PARADOXICA , a better podcast than this one....

Today on Being Jim Davis we discuss the endless parade of horrors our lives have become. Here are some amusing GIFs about conquistadors . Today's strip

Today's Garfield is about Garfield eating candy, so of course we talked about Shapour Bakhtiar. Señor Murphy's Today's strip

***Spoiler alert for some movie where Paul Newman dies at the end*** Sous-vide (/suːˈviːd/; French for "under vacuum")[1] is a method of cooking in which food is vacuum-sealed in a plastic pouch and then placed in a water bath or steam environment for longer than normal cooking times (usually 1 to 7 hours, up to 48 or more in some cases) at an accurately regulated temperature much lower than norma...

In lieu of listening to today's episode of Being Jim Davis, please just go read the entirety of Ta-Nehisi Coates excellent recent piece "The First White President". Today's strip Do these html codes even work? Who knows?

This episode is brought to you by our new hosting service, Fireside.fm. But not in the sense that they paid us, if that's what you're thinking. I guess that was kind of implied there; sorry about that. I actually meant it more in the literal sense, like the web hosting service that allows you to download or stream is controlled by Fireside.fm and thus in a very semantically frustrating way it can...

Yet another podcast -- our 379th! -- about Garfield. Today's strip

Being Jim Davis  is switching web hosts. This should make it easier to access our back catalog but might cause some disruption over the weekend. Sorry!

A rice paddy in Hong Kong?!? Today's strip

Here's an episode of Being Jim Davis , a podcast. Today's strip

In today's episode we take a trip down memory lane and discuss every appearance of Jon Arbuckle's teeth to date. Today's strip