Mirth Management

Mel Brooks once said that “humor is just another defense against the universe.” I find the ability to laugh off difficulty, to approach t...

In a recent article on Vox, Emily Van Der Werff writes an insightful criticism and reflection on the nature of political satire as seen o...

In a recent Zoom meeting I was reminded of something really important to conversation and interpretation: The Principle of Charity. This ...

One of the ideas I constantly tell people to play with is finding incongruities or play around with the day to day things in their lives....

Anyone and everyone has deliverables. School doesn’t call the assignments or grades deliverables, but they surely are. Ask any college st...

Albert Einstein once said that “Creativity is intelligence having fun,” and Andrew Carnegie said “Where there’s little laughter, there’s ...

Recently some colleagues and I have finished up and submitted for review at a journal (fingers crossed) a research article on humor and i...

One of the things I try to tell people is that adding a little fun or humor in your day to day is not all that difficult. Take a look at ...

I don't know about you but 2020 is one of the weirdest years I've experienced and we're only halfway through. Life feels disjointed. With...

It's a truism that now many of us have a lot of time on our hands. I think the winner for the most creative use of time that I've seen ha...

The next morning I made my way to the nearest Urgent Care, which also happens to be my primary care office. Nice! The roads were pretty e...

While many students across the country were suffering through graduationesque ceremonies, ceremonies that were not what anyone would real...

The Beginning in my End. A couple of days ago I took a run with my middle son. He runs track and while he kicks my butt, it’s nice that h...

When tragedy strikes us, whether it come on suddenly like a tornado, or is more insidious and wide spread like the current pandemic, one ...

Once the world passes this pandemic and begins to return to a world where there are fewer personal space restrictions and heralds the daw...

HI readers, it's been a busy couple weeks. As we all know, with the arrival of Covid-19 to the US and the shutting down of most aspects o...

Humor Gives Back. Humor is one of those things that many people say is important because it’s useful. Or as philosophers like to say it’s...

Humor is such a good way to diffuse tension—you dear reader know this. But remembering how and when this works is often a struggle. So he...

One of the biggest mistakes folks make when it comes to thinking about using humor at work, or actually using humor, is that they assume ...

I haven't been blogging much lately, mostly because I have been busy with other issues related to research I am doing as an academic. One...