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Round Three Imminent

Where ideas come from I don’t read a whole lot of big public blogs, twits, streams, or whatever the latest social media thing is called.  There’s only so much time and only so many spoons, and I don’t want to … Continue reading

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Step one: research!

In which I pretend to be a scientist Before the post a few weeks ago about research on sexist humor, it simply hadn’t occurred to me that there might be people out there in the world who got paid to … Continue reading

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A few thoughts about compassionate humor

The word ‘compassionate’ drifted through her mind in search of something to connect with. The last couple months I’ve had this phrase floating around in the back of my head – “Better living through compassionate humor”. Yes, it’s an obvious … Continue reading

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I’m not all wit and nerdery

I’m on vacation, yeah, that’s it … “vacation”. After writing my Big Post about nasty “jokes” three weeks ago, I’ve been kind of slacking on the really awesome Monday posts (including totally missing one *frown*).  There were ostensible reasons, but I’m … Continue reading

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The importance of prepositions

Bullying is not a laughing matter When you grow up weird, there’s a lot of phrases you’ll hear over and over: Can’t you take a joke? Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you. You’ve … Continue reading

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