Being Jim Davis

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 normally used for cooking (typically around 55 to 60 °C (131 to 140 °F) for meat, higher for vegetables). The intent is to cook the item evenly, ensuring that the inside is properly cooked without overcooking the outside, and to retain moisture. I think we're about far enough into the week for me to let you in on a little secret. You see, not only is it the merely the case that, as I've been telling you so far this week, our delightful guest host Daniel Manning maintains an incredibly fascinating and erudite Twitter account that you should all follow; it's also 100% accurate for it to be said here, publicly, that he's

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 technically be said that this episode is brought to you by Fireside.fm. But, to reiterate, it would not be accurate to say they have given us money to make this podcast. In fact, believe it or not, we actually pay them, if you can imagine. Cheapass motherfuckers, I guess. Today's strip Special thanks to today's guest host, Daniel Manning! He's got some stuff I would totally promote here with hyperlinks if I knew how to do that on Fireside.fm. I've got time, right? UPDATE: Wait, ok, I figured it out. Follow Dan on Twitter

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

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In today's red-letter episode, experience together with us the first ever appearance of a certain sharp-tongued and as yet unnamed veterinarian. Will she become a long-running and beloved character? Is she named "Liz"? Is she a goth? Does the manner in which Jim Davis lavishes attention upon her breasts and buttocks cause us both to feel seriously creeped out?Only time will tell.Today's strip

In today's episode we are unable to come up with a funny beverage-themed pun for Will Smith, the Fresh Prince. Writing this episode description, I still can't think of one. And yet, somehow I sense that there's a great one out there, somewhere, taunting us.Today's strip

Today we bid a fond farewell to Special Guest-Host Blake Smith. If you're not following him on Instagram and Twitter by this point you're likely some kind of Lovecraftian monster. Do also listen to him on Magmar Sucks as well.In this episode we discuss tractor pulls, hockey, narrative chronology, culinary etiquette, moral relativism, and a little bit of Garfield. But mostly we bullshit about movies.Today's stripStep by Stapp podcastJon's actual written review of The Hateful Eight

Today we glimpse yet another panel in the rich patchwork quilt that is Garfield's family history. Scientists estimate that if Garfield continues accruing relatives at this rate, then surely by the year 2017 or so there will be more atoms in the universe that DO belong to relatives of Garfield than atoms that don't.Today's strip

If you've listened all the way through to the Friday episode this week without checking out special guest host Blake Smith's Instagram account... Well fuck, you're probably some kind of weird alien person. Either that or you're just too busy listening to his podcast. Which would be legit of you. Sorry I called you a weird alien person.Today's strip

Today we make up a bunch of stuff and then lie about having done so, then accuse you the listener of having lied about us making up a bunch of stuff. It's all part of the vast conspiracy against our program by the mainstream Being Jim Davis fanbase on a daily basis. Really, no podcast in American history has ever been treated worse, or more unfairly.Today's strip

Early in the 21st Century, THE JIM DAVIS CORPORATION advanced tabby evolution into the GARFIELD phase - a being virtually identical to a human - known as a Replicant. The GARFIELD 6 Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them. Replicants were used Off-World as slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets. After a bloody mutiny by a GARFIELD 6 combat team in an Off-World colony, Replicants were declared illegal on earth - under penalty of death. Special police squads - ARBUCKLE UNITS - had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant This was not called execution. It was called retirement.      Blake Smith! Co-host! He's on Instagram! And this other podcast!Today's strip

Today we discuss cake, cake terminology, cake nutrition, cake-centric traditions, cake culture, cake ontology, cake abuse, the physics of cake, cake symbolism, birthday cake, cake construction, cake personification, audio equipment, and cake-based misfortune.This week's special guest is Blake Smith from Magmar Sucks, which as you know is the world's greatest Pokémon podcast. You did know that right? Anyway, I'm told he's also got an Instagram account, so maybe that's a thing you should check out.Here's the ending scene from Newhart.   Today's strip

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