VIEW from the BLEACHERS

My personal search for signs of intelligent life in the universe and in my neighborhood

A humor blog

by Tim Jones, BA, JD, MBA, ESQ, FAQ, INC, LOL, WTF, UBU, IDK, ETC

The Interrogation

by TEJ | Dec 15, 2025 | Other Attempts at Humor, Pop culture humor | 2 Comments

This week I try my hand at detective fiction writing. It’s the story of a hard-nosed, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed but brilliant detective named Drake Marlboro, who is trying to crack a case involving a middle-aged suburban guy with a receding hairline who professes to write a weekly humor blog. But his story just doesn’t add up

The Most Hated Font

by TEJ | Dec 6, 2025 | All Blog Posts, Other Attempts at Humor | 5 Comments

As someone who pretends to be a writer (translation: I have a laptop and opinions), I take the craft seriously. Before you write a single word of your Great American Novel, you must first answer one critical question: What font should I use? But there’s one font that has been mocked, maligned, and metaphorically tarred and feathered more than any other: Comic Sans.

How Many More Cats Should You Adopt?

by TEJ | Nov 15, 2025 | Lifestyles humor | 4 Comments

As someone who’s lived with cats throughout my entire marriage (my wife required me to insert “and our cats” into my wedding vows), I often have people come up to me asking questions like, “Dude, why are you staring at me?” But sometimes they ask, “Tim, how many cats is the right number to own?”. The answer may surprise you.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PUBLISH THIS IMAGE

by TEJ | Oct 30, 2025 | Other Attempts at Humor | 2 Comments

For my VFTB articles, I grab photos from Google Images. Over the years, between my articles and YouTube video commentaries, I’ve probably used well over 2,000 free images. For 15 years I never once received a complaint from the source of the image I used… until one day, a firm in Germany decided I had violated their copyright. And they were not about to back down.

How to Shed Pounds Quickly Without Really Trying

by TEJ | Oct 22, 2025 | Fun and Leisure Humor, Lifestyles humor | 7 Comments

I recently stumbled onto an amazing weight loss solution that sheds the weight not in weeks or months but HOURS! It doesn’t require rigorous exercise, draconian starvation diets, weight loss supplements, or even Ozempic. Within days, people will be staring at you in envy, quietly wondering, “How did he lose all that weight?” and “Is he going to die?”

War Games

by TEJ | Sep 20, 2025 | Other Attempts at Humor | 1 Comment

Not long ago, I had a bizarre dream in which the naval commanders of the American fleet and the Japanese fleet in the Pacific Theater in World War 2 engaged in battle following the precise rules of the Milton Bradley children’s game called BATTLESHIP. This article is the result of that very strange dream.