SF- You definitely have an interesting sense of humour.

JB-  It's one of those things that you will either really love or really hate.  Usually at first people don't get it and just think of some hyperactive child.  But I'm not childish.  It's just a very dry sense of humour that reeks of sarcasm.  And if you don't know someone all that well of course you're going to miss it.  A lot of my humour is the undertone or things that are said under my breath.  So just when you think the sentence is done, there's a sarcastic, witty or crude comment thrown in to give it that extra kick.

SF-  Have you ever been beat up because of it?

JB-  (laughing)  Sometimes I've certainly wanted to punch myself because of it.  No, I've never been assaulted in my life.  There's also this great talent I have for saying something at just the right level so that people who aren't intended to hear it don't hear it.

SF-  What do you mean?

JB-  Hmm… let me think of an example.  I was at a fast food restaurant one evening…

SF-  It was KFC, wasn't it?

JB-  It's odd how everybody knows that.

SF-  I've heard you send out pictures of KFCs from around the world.

JB-  I jokingly took a picture of one restaurant that overlooks the ocean in California.  I was in Malibu and just drove by it.  I didn't run out and get my picture taken with the Colonel or anything.  I'm not THAT obsessed.  Besides, he wasn't there that day.  I heard he had a gig as a mall Santa.

SF-  You interviewed Santa, didn't you?

JB-  I did.  Last year when he was gearing up for the busy… I guess we say, "holiday season" and not "Christmas" anymore.  But yes, it was really cool to chat with him.

SF-  Did you talk at a mall?

JB-  No.  We spoke on the phone.

SF-  Isn't that expensive?

JB-  I have that Internet phone thing.  It uses the high-speed connection.

SF-  You're pretty advanced with the technology.

JB-  Well my phone service is another issue.  I don't think we should get into that.

SF-  Why is that?

JB-  I'd probably get sued by the company for exposing their incompetence and shoddy service and unreliability and horrible… never mind.  I said I can't talk about it.

SF-  (laughing)  Are you saying it's better we are doing this interview in person?

JB-  Probably.  Although, I've been very lucky that none of the celebrity interviews have been disconnected.  Very often calls will just drop out and each person will get hung up on.  That's one feature of the service they don't advertise.  I don't think they charge for that feature though.  It's just an added bonus.

SF-  So you're not a big fan of the new technology?

JB- I'm not really a fan of any technology.  Technology usually hates me.  So we have a terrible working relationship and an even worse personal relationship.  Nothing ever seems to work right for me.  If it's not a problem with the phone, it's a problem with the computer or the Internet or the website or the fax machine.  I have brutal luck.

SF-  Odd though that you're part of an industry that uses those primarily to do business.

JB-  Oh it totally is.  In fact, if I'm not working on a project for the website or radio show or radio column or newspapers, I try to avoid using a computer all together.  The problem is that with so many projects and stuff it's hard to even get away from e-mail for a full day.

SF- Can't that stuff wait?

JB-  It can, but it's either take care of it for a few minutes a couple of times a day or spend hours at a stretch getting caught up because the inbox is overflowing.

SF-  Get an assistant maybe.

JB-  I guess that's a possibility.  I've never really liked the idea of somebody else answering my phone or writing back to my correspondence.  I know how frustrating it is to call someone and not get them and have to speak to someone else who will pass along a message.  It's not that it isn't reliable but I'm calling a certain person to talk to them.  So I hope it never has to come to that.