The week goes by much faster when you get Monday off, doesn't it?

I did another radio interview this morning with KJOT in Boise, Idaho. The interview part went pretty well, and then they had me make a couple of monkey phone calls on the air to a couple of their station bosses, who the DJs described as "some of the most humorless guys we've ever met." To be fair, I've had a few non-radio customers who were slightly more humorless (or should I say less humorful?).

My other work calls have been pretty nondescript lately. (From my perspective, anyway. The recipients themselves sure wouldn't say that!) The only noteworthy thing was a call to this guy who had an almost unbelievable name. In fact, the person who ordered the call mentioned in the comments box that "Really, that's his name." I can't publish someone's real full name on the site, but suffice it to say that his first name and last name were the names of two US presidents who you'd never picture having anything to do with each other.

Back to work! Labor Day Weekend is over, so now I'm hitting the phones again.

Don't have much to write about today, so I'll leave you with a few of my favorite monkey related products that I've found online.

Flying Monkey (scary!)
Sock Monkeys and sock monkey logo t-shirts (cool!)
Infinite Monkey t-shirt (not bad)
Monkey print pants (stylish!)
One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey (informative!)
Monkey Business game (fun!)
Monkey lamp (tacky!)
Darwin monkey (pseudo intellectual!)
Dreamy Monkey nail polish (sexy!)
Monkey Got My Frisbee free MP3 track (funny!)
Monkey Bookends (literary!)
Monkey Drum (noisy!)
Monkey charm (jewelry!)

Look out! The Monkey Man has evidently resurfaced in India, even after authorities said the whole thing was a hoax.

Is it just me, or do those sketches make it seem like some poor guy saw a Planet of the Apes trailer and thought it was real?

Note to the people in Rupas: the Monkey Man doesn't want to hurt you. He just wants to use a telephone to make a few calls. Give him directions to the call center operation in Delhi and you'll be just fine.

Like many other Americans with "normal" jobs, I get the weekend and Monday off for Labor Day. See you on Tuesday!

Busy media day today!

I started out with an interview with a radio station in El Paso and made some celebrity monkey phone calls. None of the celebrities answered today, which was kind of disappointing. I left a message for Peter Jennings with an assistant, and left a message on Julie Child's answering machine.

My second interview of the morning was with a country radio station in South Dakota. That one went really well. They just had me make one call to another radio employee and then asked a bunch of questions about the company.

If you are a monkey and you get caught in an air vent at a hospital somewhere, try not to poop a lot, because it might make the patients sicker.

Here's a monkey-related news story about Brad Pitt. He dressed up in a monkey suit for an episode of Jackass on MTV. I haven't seen that episode yet!

Man what a busy day on Wednesday. It's one of those weeks where a lot of my share of the calls have been for people who never answer the phone. Some people never answer the phone at work, and others are always in meetings.

I got a great response from one particular recipient yesterday. First of all, I had two different phone numbers for him. The first number was to an answering machine where he had a joke about monkeys, so I knew the person who ordered the call must have picked him for a good reason! I got through on the second number and delivered the monkey phone call. At the end of the call, I asked if he had enjoyed it and he said, "I think this might be the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me."

I love those kinds of calls.

Here's a good monkey-related news article. Iranian authorities are about to crack down on social corruption, which includes "playing loud music, selling dogs or monkeys or displaying women's underwear or naked mannequins in windows." They'd probably arrest me or Steve Ballmer from Microsoft in a second if we went over there. I don't think I'll visit Iran any time soon.