You brilliant, creative readers are weirdly wired. Thanks for making this contest such a blast. Your cleverness provoked sustained chuckling and occasional outright guffaws by yours truly. Determining the “winner” was no easy task, as some of you predicted. In the end, I opted for brevity over length (easy to remember), and the broadest potential [...]
Yes, amazingly, there’s a correlation. Here’s a short list: 1. Influences Are Important Or at least count for a lot. For example, there are many great love songs in the world, but there are a lot of other songs — masquerading as love songs — that are really about taking hostages. They say things like: [...]
Many years ago John Denver introduced Tina Turner at the Grammys this way: “She’s the woman God put on earth to show other women how to dance in high heels.” This has nothing to do with high heels, dancing, Tina Turner, or John Denver, but I thought about his line last night when I learned [...]
Here’s an interview I did recently with emPower Music and Arts, about living the humor lifestyle. (A great website and resource, by the way.) Greg,sharing laughter sounds like a pretty fantastic job description, but I bet it’s harder than it looks. What is the creative process like for you? It’s best in the shower. I [...]
Some cogent thoughts and quotes from the just-finished Science and Consciousness Conference in Santa Fe, featuring Jean Houston, Sam Keen, Matthew Fox, Raymond Moody, Peter Russell, and others. (I emceed and inflicted myself on everybody in a comedy concert.) Jean Houston is the great-granddaughter of both Sam Houston and Robert E. Lee. (Presumably not together. [...]
It’s been quite a ride lately. Does the economic spin cycle leave you feeling hung out to dry? You’re not alone. Since the global economy is so interdependent, the effects are felt everywhere. This can lead to worry, which without the proper fast-acting antidote can result in….stress! How do we handle this without exploding? I [...]
