Thursday, February 12, 2004
Apothecary
I was a little bummed out last night and this morning early, until I ran across an e-mail my mother send to me about a week ago. Hey, wait! Turn off your "sappy filter" because that's not where this is going. Mom forwards me funny stuff every now and again, and this one was exactly what I needed at the moment. You see, I'm a stickler for puns of any kind, and she forwarded a message that rattled off one really well-formed pun after another. Some of them have been included in my random quote list in the sidebar (keep clicking the Refresh button in your browser to get updated quotes and other links). But the net result is that I'm feeling much better now than I was before I read the message.
That got me thinking about the "Laughter, the Best Medicine" section of Reader's Digest that I would read religiously when I was a kid. We're still getting our monthly Reader's Digest, but it's the Spanish version, and I don't understand Spanish (unlike my wife). So I rely on jokes from friends in e-mail to get my irregular doses of humor. Although, I will occasionally scour the net for funny stuff as needed.
Take today, for instance. Since I decided to share my "mood life via humor" experience here, I thought I'd add a few links as well. First was a Google on "Laughter is the best medicine." That pointed me to Ivanhoe's Alternative Health Channel section on Laughter. As I kept scouring, not only did I find a number of sites that collect jokes and funny sayings, but I found a number of links to medical publications and studies that discuss the research done on laughter treatments and wellness plans that include heavy doses of side-splitting humor. Seems that there's some truth to this old wives tale.
I've always tried to be a "funny guy" in my social circles. Early on, I did it to overcome my shyness and the awkwardness I felt in certain situations. Displaying my sense of humor has become a good defense mechanism for me in the intervening years. But there's also a sense of satisfaction that I get when I can make someone laugh.
Maybe that's what's really wrong with the world: people just don't laugh enough. Can you really stay angry about something if you find yourself laughing hysterically? It's like when I was going through my anxiety attacks a couple of years ago (there's an upcoming post on that topic later) - anxiety and deep breathing are mutually exclusive. So I learned to start deep breathing whenever I felt an attack coming on, and when I was able to get the breathing right, the panic attacks vanished. Maybe it's the same thing with laughter. Any time you feel like going for the jugular, sit down and watch an episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" instead. Or whenever you feel a fight coming up with your significant other, you should just sit down and read Calvin and Hobbes to each other.
And the world could be a better place. Just ask the guys at Mythbusters.
That got me thinking about the "Laughter, the Best Medicine" section of Reader's Digest that I would read religiously when I was a kid. We're still getting our monthly Reader's Digest, but it's the Spanish version, and I don't understand Spanish (unlike my wife). So I rely on jokes from friends in e-mail to get my irregular doses of humor. Although, I will occasionally scour the net for funny stuff as needed.
Take today, for instance. Since I decided to share my "mood life via humor" experience here, I thought I'd add a few links as well. First was a Google on "Laughter is the best medicine." That pointed me to Ivanhoe's Alternative Health Channel section on Laughter. As I kept scouring, not only did I find a number of sites that collect jokes and funny sayings, but I found a number of links to medical publications and studies that discuss the research done on laughter treatments and wellness plans that include heavy doses of side-splitting humor. Seems that there's some truth to this old wives tale.
I've always tried to be a "funny guy" in my social circles. Early on, I did it to overcome my shyness and the awkwardness I felt in certain situations. Displaying my sense of humor has become a good defense mechanism for me in the intervening years. But there's also a sense of satisfaction that I get when I can make someone laugh.
Maybe that's what's really wrong with the world: people just don't laugh enough. Can you really stay angry about something if you find yourself laughing hysterically? It's like when I was going through my anxiety attacks a couple of years ago (there's an upcoming post on that topic later) - anxiety and deep breathing are mutually exclusive. So I learned to start deep breathing whenever I felt an attack coming on, and when I was able to get the breathing right, the panic attacks vanished. Maybe it's the same thing with laughter. Any time you feel like going for the jugular, sit down and watch an episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" instead. Or whenever you feel a fight coming up with your significant other, you should just sit down and read Calvin and Hobbes to each other.
And the world could be a better place. Just ask the guys at Mythbusters.
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Mammaries
OK, I was really trying to avoid the whole Janet Jackson SuperBowl fiasco in here, but I ran across something that I just couldn't help but point out - the Janet Jackson Breast Cupcake.
Yes, there's a whole lot of nonsense on the web about this topic, including thousands upon thousands of porn site ads and popups when looking for the pictures (not that I've been doing that, mind you). But I promise no such nonsense on this site. Just good old clean cooking fun.
Oh, you must be at least 18 years old to eat this cupcake...
Yes, there's a whole lot of nonsense on the web about this topic, including thousands upon thousands of porn site ads and popups when looking for the pictures (not that I've been doing that, mind you). But I promise no such nonsense on this site. Just good old clean cooking fun.
Oh, you must be at least 18 years old to eat this cupcake...
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