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Gallows Humor

People who are going through tough times apparently have better senses of humor than people who aren’t, according to the cartoon editor at the New Yorker: One of the ideas about humor is that it’s our way of coping with negative feelings. In a control study we found people who were primed with negative emotions, … Continue reading »

Overheard Chuckle

I just had a conversation with someone, and laughed when I heard this: Another factor, perhaps overlooked, in understanding why Presbyterianism thrived in Scotland, is, of course, whiskey. “And all God’s people said, ‘Amen.’”