at THE FUNNYBONE – I just got back from hosting theThe Bend International Comedy Competition (check out the photos) it was a very cool experience. I really don’t believe in comedy competitions per say, as Stand Up Comedy is a subjective art form, but having said that this was really a well produced comedy competition and Bend, Oregon is a great city.

My buddy Rick De’lia took 1 st place, so Kudos to him, Bravo!! Rick Art Krug finished 2nd place, Richie Stratton finished 3rd and Big Irish Jay took 4th and Danielle Stewart got the producers award for having a unique voice so congrats to all the winners, they all did a great job…

I also just found out I will be in Dayton, Ohio this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for 5 shows only!! so get your tickets in advance here I am looking forward to Dayton that is a really great club and the Audiences are amazing. If you live in Dayton, then come on out and laugh your ass off!

Whether or not the prayer below was written by St. Patrick is a point of contention, as most of his writing have long since disappeared,  but it certainly takes it inspiration from him and is probably the work of christian druids

who rescued literature of antiquities during the fall of the roman empire and during the dark ages,  Legends about St. Patrick’s deeds had begun to proliferate, and it is difficult to distinguish fact from fiction.

What is known is that he exerted a powerful influence on Ireland, transforming her from a pagan country with many ancient religious practices, and beliefs into an Island of Poets and Scholars.

This Prayer is one of the most powerful I have ever read and I say it often.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate
A prayer

I arise today through a mighty strength. The invocation of the trinity, through belief in the threeness, through the confession of the oneness of the “Creator of Creation.”

I arise today, through the strength of Christ’s birth with his baptism, through the strength of his Crucifixion with his burial, through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension, through the strength of his descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today, through the strength of love of Cherubim, in obedience of angels, and in the service of Archangels. In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward and in the prayers of Patriarchs, and predictions of Prophets, and the preaching of Apostles, and in the faith of confessor’s, and in the innocence of Holy virgins and the deeds of righteous men.

I arise today from the strength of Heaven, light of sun, radiance of moon, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, swiftness of wind, depth of sea, stability of earth, firmness of rock.

I arise through God’s strength to pilot me, God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me, God’s host to save me from the snares of Devils, from temptation of vices, from everyone who should wish me ill afar, and a near, alone or in multitudes. I summon today all these powers between me and those evils. Against every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul.

Against incantations of false prophets, against black laws of pagandom, against false laws of heretics, against craft of idolatry, against spells of witches and smiths and wizards, against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.

Christ to shield me today against poisoning, against burning, against drowning, against wounding, so that there may come to me an abundance of reward. Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in front of me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.

I arise today through a mighty strength, through the invocation of the trinity, through belief in the threeness, through confession of the oneness of the “Creator of Creation.”

GOD, My family & friends, The United States of America. In that order!! – Below is not in any particular order just some things and people I am fond of ….

The Sun, soft white sand, rhythmic waves crashing on the beach, the big blue ocean, My bare feet in the sand, all kinds of music (see below), lobster, cold beer, Cheese Steaks from Gino’s, Apple TV, salty peanuts, fresh fruit, Laughter, Great Wine, good stories, Seafood, Photography, PS3, Netflix, Cooking, traveling, road trips, sitting around a open fire on a chilly night, Deserts, A star filled sky, BMW 740 iL (the old body version), Pool Hall’s, Art, Design, BBQ, science, 24, Meryl Streep , Video Pod casts, Architecture, A perfectly cooked steak, Archeology, Italian food, Martin Luther King jr., Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Steve Jobs, Thai Food, John Wayne, The internet, A soft wet kiss, Gandhi, My i Phone 3Gs, Harriet Tubman, Louie Armstrong, Jesus Christ, raw almonds, Buddha, Mother Theresa, eye contact, A women’s hands.

Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier (you couldn’t have one without the other), The 1950’s, A good massage, Jackie Robison, The Firing Range for target practice, Macintosh Computers, Lance Armstrong, Penelope Cruz, the sound of children playing in the background, Drew Barrymore, The whistle of a train in the distance in the dark of the night , Dives & Joints, Don Miguel Ruiz, Jack Bauer, MMA, The NFL, MLB, PGA ,Jukeboxes, Muscle Cars from the 70’s.

The men & women of the armed forces, Thank you all for your courage & tremendous sacrifices that you and your families make, writing in my journal, Ben & Jerry’s chunky monkey, exploring, Heart, adventure, live music, creativity, Miracles, good coffee, Sushi, silence, dry dirty martinis with two olives, stand up comedy, Pumpkin Pancakes, Aubrey Hepburn, Character & integrity, Irish whiskey (neat), newspapers , peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, traveling lightly, Thanksgiving Dinner with Family and Friends, Kettle One on the rocks with a lemon twist, Ava Gardner, great service, Charlize Theron, true blue friends, documentaries, impulsiveness, making love, passport stamps, shots of Patron Chilled (no salt or lime), Juliette Marquis, homemade Chicken Soup, Selma Hayek, Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay, Ernest Hemmingway, Hugh Hefner, Charlie Chaplain, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Steve McQueen, 50 year wedding anniversaries, Ronald Regan, pea soup, Uma Thurman, Jackie Gleason, George Carlin, My peach baby back ribs, Sam Kinison , Dogs, Golf, Ashley Judd, Bill Hicks, Journalism, Marlon Brando, screenwriting, film making, foreign / Indie films, Art house Films, Sunday mornings, The 3 stooges, freshly cut flowers in a vase , thunder storms. Anything Irish, Flea Markets.

12 year old scotch, curiosity, Magic, Catherine McCormack, questions, words, books, Miami, Jacqueline Bisset, magazines, Ireland, Natalie Portman, South Korea, Montreal, Vancouver, Halle Berry, Cayman islands, St. Thomas, St. Martin, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pandora, William S. Burroughs, Clint Eastwood, Cancun, Harry Houdini, Johnny Carson, Post Production, Farah Fawcett, my editing bay, technology, vineyards, Bikrim yoga, national geographic, Bossa Nova, Acoustic, Bass, Cello, Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, P.J. O’Rourke, William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov, E.E. Cummings, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Taschen Books, Irving Penn, Acting, Salsa Dancing (lessons), Sir Isaac Newton, Da Vinci, Brave Heart, A Man and a Woman, Dali, Fellini, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Truffaut, Spielberg, Bergman, Scorsese, Wong Kar Wei, The Godfather 1 & 2 , Blizzards, Latin jazz, , Kauai, Galleries, snow, seasons, forests, hot tubs, Cold showers, Making passionate love outside in the driving rain, being in love, poetry, Brazil, Brunch, Midnight, Fireflies, Capri, Got land, Goa, Saigon, K2, touching the void, Tamarama beach, People watching, Antarctica, Polar Bears, New York City, Central Park, Horseback Riding, Politics, The South Pole, The Tango, 2am, New Mexico, Fiji, Tuscany, Los Olivos, Maldives, Museums, watching migrating whales in the pacific ocean, Globetrotting, MOMA, LACMA, The Getty, Rodin, snow boarding, Tour De France, watching animals in their natural habitat, Iditarod, mountain biking, hiking, scuba diving, sailing, Camping, Krav Maga , conditioning workouts, Dolphins, discovery channel, , warm bread, salty butter, swimming laps, inquisitiveness, rain, sunrise, sunsets, Farmer’s Markets.

Music I am listening to currently

Dean Martin , Sigur Ros , John Coltrane, Eric Clapton, Elvis, Amos Lee, Damien Rice, BB King, Nick Drake, John Mayer, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Sade, The Who, The Beatles, Red house Painters, Allman Brother, Bill Evans, AC/DC, Billy Joel, Chet Baker, Koop, Bliss, Terry Callier, Sinatra, Dave Matthews, Jackie Gleason Orchestra, Ennio Morricone, Old 97’s , Wilco, Francais Lai, Monica Zetterlund, Yo-Yo Ma, David Bowie, Thievery Corporation, Bruce Springsteen, Zero 7, Air, Al Green, Van Halen, Flogging Molly, Lisa Gerrard, Ryuichi Sakomoto, Elliott Smith, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, Jose Padilla, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Miles Davis, Sun Kil Moon, JLC, Les Baines Douches, Cafe Del Mar, Dylan, Ali Farka Toure, Tom Petty, Satie, Bach, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Joe Henry, Ben Harper, Beck, Hendrix, Iron and Wine, Santana, Curtis Mayfield, Kings of Convenience, Dropkick Murphies, Imogen Heap, Van Morisson, Jack Johnson, Yo La Tengo, The National, The Frames, The Cinematic Orchestra, Phish, KD Lang, Armin Van Buuren, Chicane, DJ Tiesto, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Ferry Corsten, Wlliam Orbit, Clout Cult, Fleet Foxes, Stan Getz, The Clash, Neil Young, New Order, Without Gravity, Will Stratton, Sondre Lerche, Wilco, Ravi Shankar, Joni Mitchell, Erykah Badu, Jim O’Rourke, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Cat Stevens, Stevie wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Dead Can Dance, Portishead, Gypsy Kings, Kings of Leon, Dusty Springfield, Bob Marley, Gorecki, Rokia Traore, Les Nubians, Lou Reed, U2, John Legend, Smithreens

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Well, Goodbye 2009 ( good riddance! ) and Hello 2010 pronounced twenty ten, rather than two thousand ten. Twenty -Ten has less syllables, it is easier to say, and hopefully, it will be a better year with more opportunity for everyone with health an prosperity across the board. I know it will be for me as of Jan 2nd, 2010 I have been off Cigarettes, 7 months, 18 days, 13 hours and 30 seconds, but whose counting. Jan 15, 2010 it will be 8 months since I have had a drag, a puff, or bought a pack of smokes. It was my 3rd attempt and this is the longest I have gone without a smoke since I started the filthy habit when I was 28 years old. I used of a nicotine inhibitor called Chantix combined with the my will to quit. I am very proud of quitting smoking….. It has been tough and I am not out of the woods yet, I will feel better when I have a solid year under my belt. I know people who kicked heroin that can’t quit smoking. You battle the addiction of two fronts physically craving it, and physiologically needing to do something with your hands, you get stressed you light up, all those little triggers that make you reach for a lung rocket. I don’t make New Year’s reolutions anymore, I just set Goals and a date on the calendar doesn’t dictate that, however The New year does represent New Beginnings and I am looking forward to possibility of a New Beginnings. Happy New Year!!

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas,  Happy Chanuka and or Happy Holidays….. whatever you are celebrating may it be awesome and epic and travel safetly. Have a Happy New Year!! I hope it is  filled with health and prosperity. Below is an Irish toast translated from gaelic.  It has a great sentiment and  it is my wish for my family, friends,  and fans. Enjoy your holidays!

Irish Christmas Toasts

‘Nollaig faoi shéan is faoi shonas duit.’
A prosperous and Merry Christmas to you.

May peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch on your door, and happiness be guided to your home by the candle of Christmas.

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Punchline Magazine

Punchline Magazine voted Jimmy’s stand-up comedy DVD, “Alive & Kickin” one of the 10 best stand-up comedy DVDs of 2009. Jimmy’s DVD special not only offers over an hours worth of stand-up comedy, but is also features a short film intro and other special extra from on the road with the troops. This DVD is the first for Jimmy and definitely not the last. Jimmy is in classic form and it is definitely a must see.

To get your copy of Jimmy’s DVD, click here.

Also, visit the Punchline Magazine website to check out the other DVDs that were selected.