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Talkin’ Turkey with Tim Babb
Day 17

A text exchange between me and the boys the other day…

I guess you could say I…

…scared the piss out of him

This week the boys talk BatKid, Andy and his wife are evil, Tim sees Thor 2, and Noah gets “doored.”

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Talkin’ Turkey With Tim Babb
Day 16

Today Make-A-Wish transformed San Francisco into Gotham City for Miles, a 5 year old with Leukemia. His wish was to be a superhero…so he got to be Batkid for a day. It started as a relatively small thing which snowballed into a media frenzy with thousands of volunteers clamoring to help male this little boys wish come true. The city of San Francisco, the San Francisco Giants, even the president of the United States got in the act for this guy.

I know you probably already know all this, but Andy didn’t so I thought I should cover my bases.

But the point of this blog was not to rip on Andy (but this blog needed a laugh in it somewhere). It was to step back and celebrate humanity for a change. Because it wasn’t just Miles wish that came true today. When an entire community makes such an effort to do something so nice for one sick little boy, it makes us all remember that human beings are not as awful as we think. There is good in us..all it took was one sick little boy to find it.

That’s what heroes do. They inspire us to be like them. To achieve the impossible. To never give up. To never stop fighting.

Way to go, Miles! You’re the hero we need right now.

Talkin’ Turkey With Tim Babb
Day 15

My DMV registration is due on Saturday. I’ve had it for a few months and have been putting it off. Well, last night I sat down to finally pay it and noticed I have to get a smog check first. Well crap. Now I have to find a way to do that before Saturday.

Perhaps procrastination is not always the best answer.

UPDATE: I got the car smogged today and finished my registration moments ago. I guess procrastination ain’t all bad.

Talkin’ Turkey With Tim Babb
Day 14

I posted a new Kingdom Comedy today. I’ve actually been sitting on this footage for a while. I didn’t think it was worth the effort to put up. So far in season two of “Tim Babb’s Kingdom Comedy,” I’ve tried to do stuff I thought would grab eyeballs. The homage to Epic Rap Battles or the parody of the woman talking about how hot it was. Basically, I was trying too hard. Trying to get people who didn’t want to look at my stuff to look at it. And I didn’t feel this random trip on Splash Mountain at midnight would do that.

But then I remembered that the whole reason I started this series was because I liked to have fun in Disneyland. So, why would I shelve a video of me having fun just because it wasn’t likely to “go viral?” So I said to myself, “Look, Disney boy, none of your videos have gone viral. So just post what you like and be VERY grateful for the folks who find it worthy of wasting a little of their time.”

Good point, snarky me. Let’s go on a ride…

Talkin’ Turkey With Tim Babb
Day 13

You, The Reader: “Tim, are you going to post ANOTHER of your stupid old letters?”

Me: “Yup”

You, The Reader: “…F***!!!”

This is a letter to the 13 year old (who was probably 14 or 15 by this point). This is April, my first year in college. I think that’s all you need to know. Let’s jump in

Dear Jennifer,

Hey toots!

Right off the bat, a 19 year old dude is referring to a 15 year old girl “toots.” This does not bode well.

Bet you thought I’d never write. Well, I was sitting here in my room listening to you, Nicki, Betsy, and I learn the words to “Memories of You,” and I thought, “Hey! I haven’t written Jen! I’d better do it right now!” And so….I am.

Wait…so it’s April, you’ve been away at school since September, and this is the first letter you are writing to her?

Worst. Pen Pal. Ever. Read the rest of this entry »

Talkin’ Turkey With Tim Babb
Day 12

So the other night, my wife says, “Shoot I forgot to get gas today.”

I, recognizing this is a problem that actually falls within my limited skill set, offered to take her car to get gas while she’s busy working on something. So I grab the keys and head out the door all while mentally calculating how many “good husband points” this will earn me.

It wasn’t until I had gotten in the car started it, and pulled out of the driveway that I noticed that I had gotten in my car and not my wife’s.

…well at least I didn’t make it all the way to the gas station.

Talkin’ Turkey With Tim Babb
Day 11

I’ve mentioned how I’ve totally embraced the Christmas season early this year. Well, that is not sitting too well with my wife. At first she was just making jokes but now I think she’s actually getting annoyed by my constant Christmas music. So I’m going to throttle back while at home.

I’d hate to ruin my wife’s Christmas by getting her sick of it before it’s even December.

But between you and me, I’m totally listening to Christmas music in the car every day. Shhhhhhhh

Talkin’ Turkey with Tim Babb
Day 9

The latest TANcast was a perfect storm of screwing up. First off, Noah had a huge lag during recording that only Andy seemed to notice. But that’s no big deal. It requires a little more creativity in editing but it’s a relatively easy fix.

But then, Andy’s computer stopped recording Andy’s audio. Not altogether, it would just randomly cut out for a few seconds over and over. All told, we lost 13 minutes of his audio spread out over a half hour. Which is why the show cuts off so suddenly.

But wait, there’s more fail. After recording, but before editing, my computer froze. I tried rebooting it and it wouldn’t restart. I tried the auto-repair feature, and that did jack-all. So I just tried rebooting it again and that finally worked. Whew…that little adventure only took a little over an hour.

Never has so much work been done to overcome so much fail and then produced so much mediocrity.

Ah crap, Noah just messaged us and said the file won’t play. The failure continues…

Please sTANd by.

This week, the boys share Halloween Stories, Tim gets ready for Christmas early, and Andy’s audio goes all wonky.

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