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Archive for December, 2008
To My Shareholders,
Thirty years ago I was brought on to this earth date women.
In the time since, my mission statement has been updated and changed time and time again. The constant struggle to sell my services to the female public has been difficult at times, but never has a dull day passed or opportunity missed.
One thing hasn’t changed. I still am just who I am. The world will never view Joel as I do. Where others see cool, I see character. Where they see odd, I see creativity. Where the world sees me hanging around the house naked, drinking beers, through their high powered telescope, because I’ve left the curtains open again, I see a man, ready for a challenge. When the world is in doubt about my ability to date women, is when I am most certain of my ability to compete and to win.
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I want to make an iPhone app that allows you to hand off a phone call off to it.
When you pick up the phone, and it’s a sales person, I want to start the application When the apps running the sales call is now talking to it. The app will wait for pauses in the conversation and inject one of a few random phrases:
- Sorry, can you repeat that?
- This is really exciting, please tell me more!
- What an offer!
- Go on…
During this whole process it will record and time the phone call and you can keep scores as to who stays on the line the longest. If you like you can review the call later for your amusement.
There could be a mode that slips a few random non-sequiturs in there like:
- I once had a dog named Bruce
- My mother is very well, thank you
- I don’t understand French, can you speak up?
It may be in the voice of a confused old man or an old woman, maybe a rude loud talker, or an exasperated business man in a train station, etc.