Jim Jividen has combined his two loves: the Bravo channel and the NFL Draft.
About Jim Jividen
Jim Jividen is a lawyer, a professionally produced playwright, a game show winner, and the owner of a 2009 Honda Accord on which he diligently makes payments. He can distinguish among dozens of different suplex variants and may be occasionally read at his two non-revenue producing blogs, Basically Gherkins and What if Steamboat Beat Hogan? Jim’s been a college instructor since the top of 2004 and is currently working in the mist as a Course Mentor for Western Governors University.
This Is Not A Pipe: Why I Stopped Tearing Up the American Flag
April 20, 2013 By 1 Comment
If that’s what it takes to pay the bills, an older and wiser Jim Jividen will kiss any flag that’s placed in front of him.
Wrestlemania 29 Preview
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Wrestling expert Jim Jividen previews Wrestlemania 29 and ranks every single Wrestlemania match in the pay-per-view’s long and storied history.
2013 Men’s NCAA Bracket Predictions (If selected via the “notable alumni” sections from USA Today)
March 19, 2013 By 2 Comments
In Jim Jividen’s celebrity alumni version of this year’s NCAA Tournament, playwright Arthur Miller and actor James Earl Jones take on Joe Montana in a championship game for the ages.
We Saw Your Boobs
February 28, 2013 By 34 Comments
“I don’t know what it feels like to not be a man, but I do not know what it feels like to have what you’ve accomplished not matter because of what you are.”
2013 Academy Award Predictions
February 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Former game show champion Jim Jividen handicaps the Academy Awards.
Why Barry Bonds’s Conviction Should Be Overturned
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Disgraced home run king Barry Bonds is appealing his obstruction of justice conviction this week. Jim Jividen explains why it should be overturned.
A History of the Slam Dunk Contest
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jim Jividen examines the golden age of NBA dunking, assessing every Slam Dunk competition from 1976 to 1994.
Every Super Bowl MVP Revisited
February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jim Jividen examines all 47 Super Bowl MVPs and determines who really should have won each award.
The Super Bowl History of the 49ers + Super Bowl 47 Prediction
February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco superfan Jim Jividen recaps the 49ers’ 5 Super Bowl wins and predicts the outcome of Super Bowl 47.
46 Super Bowls. 92 Quarterbacks. Let’s Rank ‘Em.
January 30, 2013 By 1 Comment
Jim Jividen ranks all of the quarterbacks who have ever played in the Super Bowl.
2013 Royal Rumble Preview
January 25, 2013 By 4 Comments
Like pizza, even when it’s bad, the Royal Rumble is fun to consume.
We’re Getting Catfished
January 23, 2013 By 2 Comments
Still laughing about how poor Manti Te’o got duped? Jim Jividen addresses the ways we’re all being catfished.
My Final Thought About the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
If hat size and back acne are sufficiently probative to keep the greatest players who ever lived out of the Hall of Fame, why are we stopping there?
Putting it to Bed: The 2012 San Francisco Giants Postseason, Part III
January 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jim Jividen concludes the story of San Francisco’s surprising run to the 2012 World Series with a look at the Giants’ unlikeliest heroes.
The Ethics of Reality Television: Kant and Bentham on the Jersey Shore
December 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
As Jersey Shore builds to a not-at-all climactic conclusion, Jim Jividen discusses what we’ve learned about ethics from watching Snooki, JWoww, the Situation, Ronnie, and all their gym/tan/laundry pals.
“There is a push for women to be their most genuine selves, and yet now there is makeup for men!?”
This is a comment by Cameron Brown on the post “Makeup for Men? Why?”