I accidentally did something brilliant that won me hundreds of wonderful new best friends, all of whom enjoyed having me massage them.

I hope my discovery will improve your life even more than it improved mine.

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Our History: the Actual News as Delivered by Our Favorite Court Jesters.

Instants of pure joy and gossip

Thousands of late-night jokes, years of them.

Can you believe I wrote them down?

Click for the best topical zingers in the world from 1999 to last night.

www.strangebillions.com/zing/

Then www.facebook.com/strangedejim
which gradually just became jokes from all sources.

Herb Caen made me San Francisco's most famous unknown by running hundreds of my quips in his column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Here are 300 of my favorites. www.strangebillions.com/herb/

Here's my interview by the Chronicle after I spoke at Herb's funeral. Click.

After Herb died I sent quips to a number of columnists. www.strangebillions.com/media/

Here are two pages of books, CDs and dads I've found fascinating, fun, and/or spiritual. You're welcome to enjoy them yourself and even make money sharing them with others.

www.strangebillions.com/fun/

www.strangebillions.com/spiritual/

New Age Journal, April 1976, reprinted with permission.

I am a taster of poisons. As you can imagine it is a profession which requires great skill. Actually I have to sense the poison, not taste it. Even a sip could be quite uncomfortable, especially with some of the crueler psychedelics.

I'm proud of my ability. I've never been sick a day in my life. Few in my line of work can make that claim.

Fortunately and unfortunately for me, my master is a very highly placed and very unpopular man. Fortunately, for that makes me a necessity. I am the breath of life to him. Unfortunately, for my skill is often tried.

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