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Published in Predict

·5 days ago

What’s Waiting For You In 2023?

My predictions for 2022 unfortunately proved right on the money. — Well, we are in the future once again. 2023. Hard to believe how fast the times go. When I was watching Back to the Future 2 as a kid, the year 2015 was something way into the future. Now, it’s the distant past! Still can’t believe it. What will 2023…

Foresight

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What’s Waiting For You In 2023?
What’s Waiting For You In 2023?
Foresight

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Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Jan 10

This Is How You Become Funny

My series on how to tell jokes. — So you want to be funny? Everybody does. There is just one problem. Most people can’t pull it off. Don’t worry. There is a silver lining. Being funny is a skill that can be learnt, just like any other. Sadly, it involves a lot of boring practice. It takes hard…

Humor

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This Is How You Become Funny
This Is How You Become Funny
Humor

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Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Dec 17, 2022

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 6: Even More On Joke Forms

Wow, there is even more stuff on being funny. — Jerry Seinfeld made a lot of money in his lifetime. How? He was great at telling jokes people could relate to. One example? Detergent commercials. “Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you’ve got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all…

Humor

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Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 6: Even More On Joke Forms
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 6: Even More On Joke Forms
Humor

9 min read


Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Dec 14, 2022

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 5: More Joke Forms

Add this to your humor arsenal. — Jay Leno is a master of commenting on society, and getting a laugh out of it. “For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn’t that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you’re average — hey, let’s get a pizza!” …

Humor

11 min read

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 5: More Joke Forms
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 5: More Joke Forms
Humor

11 min read


Published in Lessons from History

·Dec 13, 2022

Check Out The New Meadows Texts, The Smoking Gun Revealing An Attempted Coup By Trump

The first attempted coup by a sitting US president in American history. — “It takes time for the army who is gathering for his back,” thus wrote Ginni Thomas, wife of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The recipient was none other than Mark Meadows, at the time President Donald J. Trump’s (R-Florida) chief of staff. The initially released texts between Thomas and…

US Politics

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Check Out The New Meadows Texts, The Smoking Gun Revealing An Attempted Coup By Trump
Check Out The New Meadows Texts, The Smoking Gun Revealing An Attempted Coup By Trump
US Politics

5 min read


Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Dec 13, 2022

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 4: Joke Forms

There are lots of different types of jokes. — Most people think humor is a free-flowing thing without any structure. That’s not true at all. Structure is in fact, the key to humor. Most theories of humor state that the act of finding something funny is the result of things like surprise or incongruency. …

Comedy

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Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 4: Joke Forms
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 4: Joke Forms
Comedy

9 min read


Published in Lessons from History

·Dec 11, 2022

Why Graham Hancock Is Just Plain Wrong About Ancient Civilizations

I love ancient advanced civilization theories, but there is no real evidence for them. — In his dialogue Timaeus and Critias, ancient Greek philosopher Plato has this curious passage: “But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner…

History

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Why Graham Hancock Is Just Plain Wrong About Ancient Civilizations
Why Graham Hancock Is Just Plain Wrong About Ancient Civilizations
History

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Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Dec 10, 2022

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 3: How To Write A Joke

How to get people to laugh. — Now that we know about the structure of a joke and the different parts that it consists of, how do we actually go about writing it? What creative process do you need to go through in order to come up with the idea for a joke and then craft it…

Comedy

9 min read

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 3: How To Write A Joke
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 3: How To Write A Joke
Comedy

9 min read


Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Dec 9, 2022

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 2: The Anatomy Of A Joke

How to craft a joke. — George Washington was the first President of the US and is often given to kids as an example of what they should aspire to. When he was in his late teens, he wrote out a list of rules that a gentleman should abide by. The list contained such wise rules…

Comedy

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Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 2: The Anatomy Of A Joke
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 2: The Anatomy Of A Joke
Comedy

4 min read


Published in Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

·Dec 7, 2022

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 1: Mindset And Finding The Comic In You

Being funny is an important life skill. — You have probably met those types of people. The ones that always have a witty remark. Their quip always fits the occasion. The entire room cracks up. Every time. How do they do it? And how can you be like them? The good news is you can do it too…

Humor

5 min read

Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 1: Mindset And Finding The Comic In You
Your Simple Guide To Being Funny 1: Mindset And Finding The Comic In You
Humor

5 min read

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