Archive for 'Humor'
Discover a Great Reason to Laugh Out Loud Now
November 22nd, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
Serious people Beware! You are entering an area where your seriousness is under threat.
If seriousness is your forte, be alert to the symptoms of laughter that’s contagious. Run for cover as you feel your mouth corners twitch and unexpected giggles push themselves up continuously - sure signs you’re becoming addicted to laughter.
No! The laughter […]
How Can We Cut Costs Without Bleeding?
November 21st, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
One way to cut the cost of living is to cut the amount of electricity we use. A brick, the box that’s attached to a power cord, consumes electricity even when the laptop, cell phone or other piece of electronics isn’t plugged into it. Televisions and cable boxes use power even when they are turned […]
Who Rules The Animal Kingdom?
November 20th, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
It used to be thought that only chimpanzees, dolphins, elephants and humans could recognize their reflection in a mirror. Now German scientists have added magpies to that list. When magpies were marked with a red or yellow dot that was visible to the birds only in a mirror, they scratched the dot. To prove the […]
Where Has All The Good News Gone?
November 19th, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
More and more professionals are moving to small towns. The good news is they’re not having to move back in with their parents. These professionals are responding to Web-based recruitment campaigns from rural areas - campaigns that offer both good jobs and a better quality of life. In rural southwest Virginia the program’s called “Return […]
Making Your Magic Performance Mysterious and Humorous
November 18th, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
All human knowledge take the form of interpretation. - Walter Benjamin
As both a seasoned magician and stand-up comic, I have a relatively unique, first-hand experience of the perplexing relationship between the mysterious and the humorous.
Sometimes, the apparently impossible can be very funny because a performance of strong magic can create the tension required for a […]
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?
November 18th, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and when I read women’s magazines, I behold beauty product ads on almost every other page. The creams, lotions and oils have various money-back guarantees - some are celebrity endorsed, some are supposedly newly revealed, European secrets and some are meant to be scientific […]
In 2008 Should Economy Be Spelled Econome?
November 17th, 2008. Published under Humor. No Comments.
Eighty percent of Americans are feeling financially stressed by the economy. This was one of the findings of the American Psychology Association survey conducted April-September 2008. Approximately half the 7,000 respondents worried most about providing for their families and the other half worried most about job security, but women worried more than men. This was […]