Humor
Where Has All The Good News Gone?
More and more professionals are moving to small towns. The good news is they’re not having to move back in with their parents. These professionals are responding to Web-based recruitment campaigns from rural areas - campaigns that offer both good jobs and a better quality of life. In rural southwest Virginia the program’s called “Return […]
Who Rules The Animal Kingdom?
It used to be thought that only chimpanzees, dolphins, elephants and humans could recognize their reflection in a mirror. Now German scientists have added magpies to that list. When magpies were marked with a red or yellow dot that was visible to the birds only in a mirror, they scratched the dot. To prove the […]
Making Your Magic Performance Mysterious and Humorous
All human knowledge take the form of interpretation. - Walter Benjamin
As both a seasoned magician and stand-up comic, I have a relatively unique, first-hand experience of the perplexing relationship between the mysterious and the humorous.
Sometimes, the apparently impossible can be very funny because a performance of strong magic can create the tension required for a […]
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and when I read women’s magazines, I behold beauty product ads on almost every other page. The creams, lotions and oils have various money-back guarantees - some are celebrity endorsed, some are supposedly newly revealed, European secrets and some are meant to be scientific […]
Isn’t There A Pill To Prevent Gas Problems?
Every time the price of gas goes up 1 cent a gallon it costs the U.S. Postal Service another $8 million for fuel. While the USPS waits for a breakthrough in automotive technology so it can increase its fleet of 45,000 alternative-fuel vehicles, the Postal Service has to find better ways to use - or […]
Is There A Specific Ocean?
Without doubt, one of the biggest gripes I have is the pronunciation of the word ’specific’ as ‘Pacific’. Geography may not be my strong point, but I’m pretty certain there is no Specific Ocean, so why the confusion when asking somebody to do something in a precise and clearly identified manner?
Having worked as a professional […]
Worst Case Scenarios : Zombie Outbreak
Halloween is on it’s way. Shops are stocking a huge variety of spooky shortbreads and sinister sweeties. The first jack ‘o’ lanterns are starting to appear in windows and doorways.
Posters advertising Halloween parties and club nights have been plastered around towns for weeks now, but what if on this night of ghoulish fun, the unthinkable […]
In 2008 Should Economy Be Spelled Econome?
Eighty percent of Americans are feeling financially stressed by the economy. This was one of the findings of the American Psychology Association survey conducted April-September 2008. Approximately half the 7,000 respondents worried most about providing for their families and the other half worried most about job security, but women worried more than men. This was […]
Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?
In 1905 football was almost banned from college campuses because of being too dangerous. Since then innovations in helmets and pads have made football safer - except from heat and humidity. According to Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn Sate, playing in a typical uniform is like playing in a three-piece suit. […]
A Look at Some Funny Halloween Pranks
Halloween is a great time of the year when families and friends get together, everyone is happy. But Halloween is not only for treats, there are a variety of tricks that can be performed on the day. Although nowadays a lot of people do harmful and terrible tricks such as throwing eggs, this is very […]
