Category Archives: Humor
Advertising
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t been having trouble like the fellow above. Mostly I tune out ads, but when I do notice it’s more like this gal: What about you? Thanks to Looney, Rummuser and Evan … Continue reading
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Scary Times?
Of course not everyone thinks the campaign season is the scariest time of the year. According to Andy Borowitz 55 million people have applied for Canadian citizenship since Tuesday evening…99.99% of them from the U.S. 🙂 Which do you … Continue reading
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Party Time
Last week I said I didn’t go to the Stanford-in-Germany reunion because I don’t like parties. That’s not quite true. It’s just that my idea of a good party is different from most people’s. Here’s a picture of one of … Continue reading
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Alive and Kicking
Adjective: alive and kicking 1. Alive, vigorous and doing well —WordWeb Online To kick: (one definition) to protest strenuously or urgently : express grave discontent; complain Mostly my husband and I don’t fuss about income tax. We don’t like … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lifelong Learning
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Foolishness is Underrated
Last week I said my husband and I didn’t want obituaries when we pass on. Actually I don’t care one way or another, but my husband bristles at the idea of having one. Why? Well, let me tell you … Continue reading
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The Future
Last week I used this cartoon by Parker and Hart: Then this week they published: Do you get the impression they aren’t looking forward to the future? What about you? Do you think about the future very much? Are there … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life As a Shared Adventure
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Negative Campaigning
Cheerful Monk. Creative Commons license. Politicians disappoint. They can’t help it. That’s just the way they are. —Peggy Noonan, former speechwriter for Ronald Regan I don’t pay much attention to political campaigns… I tend to take political rhetoric with a … Continue reading
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Rattling the Bars of the Cage
I thought of this cartoon this morning when I read (Washington Post article) that investors are rushing to take money out of the Kabul Bank, creating worries that there might be a panic and the bank might collapse. The … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Stress Hardiness
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Computers Are Human Too?
Stanford Professor Clifford Nass has been studying computer-human interactions for years. He and fellow researchers noticed that even technically sophisticated people tend to react to computers as if they were human. For instance, when the car manufacturer BMW installed advanced … Continue reading
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