Being Jim Davis

Today's episode of Being Jim Davis does not include any accompanying text. We apologize for the inconvenience. Today's strip

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Screw Garfield , you guys want to keep seeing more famous poetry as quoted in sci-fi? Ok, how about this scene from DS9?     Pretty great, right? Today's strip

For those of you wondering why the tagline with which Chris opened today's show sounded so familiar, I'm here to inform you that you are correct; it IS in fact the speech Kelsey Grammar recites as Beast in a deleted scene from one of the X-Men movies. You're welcome.     Anyway, this is another Garfield strip. What the fuck. Today's strip

There's nothing funny about this one. A pretty boring and unremarkable episode, all things considered. I wouldn't even bother listening to it if I were you, especially when there are so many other fine podcasts you could be listening to, many of which are produced by Ezra Klein. In fact, you know what? Don't listen to this piece of shit. Don't even download it; just ignore it and move on with...

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    This episode of Being Jim Davis was recorded in a Wisconsin prison toilet, with additional supplemental field recordings taken from the 1978 Israeli Olympics. We hope you enjoy it. Today's strip

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The servile crowd, whose fortune depended on their master's vices, applauded these ignoble pursuits. The perfidious voice of flattery reminded him, that by exploits of the same nature, by the defeat of the Nemaean lion, and the slaughter of the wild boar of Erymanthus, the Grecian Hercules had acquired a place among the gods, and an immortal memory among men. They only forgot to observe, that, in...

Pestilence and famine contributed to fill up the measure of the calamities of Rome. The first could be only imputed to the just indignation of the gods; but a monopoly of corn, supported by the riches and power of the minister, was considered as the immediate cause of the second. The popular discontent, after it had long circulated in whispers, broke out in the assembled circus. The people qu...

Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind, from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favor, will have no attachment, except to the person of their benefactor. Cleander, the successor of Perennis, was a Phrygian by birth; of a nation over whose stubborn, but servile temper, blows only could prevail. He had been sent from his native country to Rome, i...

The tyrant's rage, after having shed the noblest blood of the senate, at length recoiled on the principal instrument of his cruelty. Whilst Commodus was immersed in blood and luxury, he devolved the detail of the public business on Perennis, a servile and ambitious minister, who had obtained his post by the murder of his predecessor, but who possessed a considerable share of vigor and ability. By...

But the words of the assassin sunk deep into the mind of Commodus, and left an indelible impression of fear and hatred against the whole body of the senate. Those whom he had dreaded as importunate ministers, he now suspected as secret enemies. The Delators, a race of men discouraged, and almost extinguished, under the former reigns, again became formidable, as soon as they discovered that th...

Upon the death of his father, Commodus found himself embarrassed with the command of a great army, and the conduct of a difficult war against the Quadi and Marcomanni. The servile and profligate youths whom Marcus had banished, soon regained their station and influence about the new emperor. They exaggerated the hardships and dangers of a campaign in the wild countries beyond the Danube; and...

Most of the crimes which disturb the internal peace of society, are produced by the restraints which the necessary but unequal laws of property have imposed on the appetites of mankind, by confining to a few the possession of those objects that are coveted by many. Of all our passions and appetites, the love of power is of the most imperious and unsociable nature, since the pride of one man requir...

Garfield does a thing with a rope. We didn't have much to say about it, but it took us seventeen minutes to do it. We did talk about the periodic table for a while today. I think we referenced a bunch of other songs but not   this one . Also, for anyone who wants to know how beryllium is spelled, I'm sorry, but we don't know. Today's strip Facts about carbon TalkOrigins.org

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Well, what do you know: 4. They weren't always "four calling birds." The “four calling birds” that we sing about today were, at different times, “four canary birds” and “ four mockingbirds ,” and before that they show up as “colly birds” or “collie birds,” which is the archaic term for blackbirds. There were however, for some reason, always four of them. -some internet listicle or other Special th...

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Ok, so I dunno if you all knew this already, but the Wikipedia page for the 1955 film Fast and Furious contains, among other resources, THE FILM IN ITS ENTIRETY. Perhaps you did know that already. Anyway, here it is I guess. Maybe that has something to do with today's Garfield strip, and maybe it doesn't. Your guess is as good as ours on this one. Today's strip

Finally, we're done with this garbage! Today's strip

Actually, this one's pretty good: Today's strip

In honor of our 250th ever episode, here's a guy singing along to "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go." And is he singing in tune? No, he most certainly is not! Today's strip