Mirth Management

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 has to be the guy in t...

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 empty and as I pulled...

While many students across the country were suffering through graduationesque ceremonies, ceremonies that were not what anyone would really have hoped for, S...

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 he’s helping me try t...

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

Once the world passes this pandemic and begins to return to a world where there are fewer personal space restrictions and heralds the dawn of "Casual PPPE," w...

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 of our lives, I have ...

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 instrumental value ...

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 here’s a little story ...

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 that the end goal is...

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 main focus this yea...

I've been sparse in the postings lately, but that's due to parenting stuff, work-life (who knew having a full-time job and trying to get a business off the g...

Responding with Humor: A Choice YouTube can be such a wonderful place to spend some time. Of course, it’s also a deadly time suck, so watch out. But the foll...

Apparently, one way to get a response and get more views of your blog, is to pick a fight with a blog or person way more popular than you. And given the read...

In a recent article, author Alison Green bemoans meetings and the negative effects they can and often have. They're too long. They wander aimlessly. They bog...

Humor make it better. I can say this with very little doubt. It makes work better. Relationships, family time, vacation, stress, pain, are all substantially ...

One of the hardest things any teacher, speaker or presenter has to do is keep their audience engaged. We well know and have all experienced losing focus. Sus...

Responding with Humor: A Choice YouTube can be such a wonderful place to spend some time. Of course, it’s also a deadly time suck, so watch out. But the foll...

When I try to convince people that humor is important in medical care and practice, I trot out examples from the panoply of evidence that shows how humor he...

How many times a day do you make a quip? Are you a quipster or more frugal with quips? Me? I love quips, I try to use them as much as I can. As a teacher, I...