What's new at PessimismLaughter and your health
Jokes and humor for your health When thinking about alternative medicine, most people picture plants, crystals, needles, maybe some bugs and leeches, but few realize that jokes, humor and comedy are truly... (read more)
How Laughing Is Good For Your Health
When thinking about alternative medicine, most people picture plants, crystals, needles, maybe some bugs and leeches, but few realize that jokes, humor and comedy are truly medicines, in their own right... (read more)
Laughter and Your Health
Alternative medicine: jokes and humor for your healthWhen thinking about alternative medicine, most people picture plants, crystals, needles, maybe some bugs and leeches, but few realize that jokes, humor and comedy are truly medicines, in their own... (read more)
The Daily Show is a Must See on Comedy Central
Doesn't it seem that today there is nothing but bleak reports to hear on the news? Watching the news can give you a feeling that the world is coming to an end. Hope can be found on Comedy Central by means of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart... (read more)
Jesus Was a Hippie
Actually he was more appropriately called a Cynic, but that kind of free-thinking humanist is indeed kin to being a Hippie... (read more)
Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?
I have been giving some thought lately to optimism and pessimism. Basically, these are attitudes. Attitudes that shape and formulate our entire existence. I mean, have you ever met a happy pessimist? Of course not... (read more)
Norm Goldman Interviews Comedienne Fran Capo,the Guinness Book Worlds Record for the Fastest Talking
Today, Norm Goldman, Editor of Sketchandtravel & Bookpleasures is delighted to have as a guest, Fran Capo... (read more)
Make Pessimism Work for You
Viewing situations from a negative perspective is not as bad as it seems. “It is what you do with the though that counts... (read more)
Monster in Law
Monster in Law marks Jane Fonda? return to the big screen after a fifteen year absence and Jennifer Lopez? return to film after the Bennifer debacle... (read more)
How Flexibility Can Make Your Gloriously Rich
The late Gerald M. Loeb, who died in 1975 understood the value of flexibility and made a fortune from applying this simple distinction... (read more)
Hire a Magician? Definitions and Tips
For a lot of people the last time they wanted a magician at their party was when they were 8 years old but magicians don’t just work for children... (read more)
Film Review Anything Else
I went to see “Anything Else” because I heard an intriguing rumor that Woody Allen had cut all of his own scenes out of the movie. It turns out that not only was he in most of it, there were two of him... (read more)
Italy The Mother of Opera
The story of Italian opera begins around the turn of the 17th Century and depicts an important piece of Italian culture... (read more)
Boston, a Bargain Travel Guide
Made famous by Revolutionary events, infamous by cold winters, and both by the World-Series winning Red Sox, Boston has its fair share of reasons to visit... (read more)
The Truth About Free Inkjet Cartridge Recycling
In a recent stand-up routine, comedian George Carlin suggests that maybe man’s reason for existence is because the Earth wants plastic... (read more)
Finding Balance Through Hope: The Guiding Star in Cancer
"If you don't have hope, you don't even feel like getting out of bed in the morning," someone said to me recently.How true.We need hope as much as we need air, water and food... (read more)
Im Just The Writer
Writers are often are greatly surprised or disappointed by how their work is changed when it is adapted for the big screen. When Irwin Shaw's World War II novel The Young Lions was shot in Paris in 1958, the Nazi character was played by Marlon Brando... (read more)
Gastric Bypass Comedian: The Jessica Fischer Story Reviewed
Funny, poignant, painful and joyous? That? the Jessica Fischer? story as presented on the DVD "What? So Funny? A transformation of epic proportions... (read more)
Humor Just Got A Whole Lot Funnier With Juggin Joe
Author Joseph Yakel presents his own blend of humor and melodrama in this country boy comedy. Offered as a light-hearted, fun adventure with a feel-good edge, Yakel said he was looking to amuse his audience with something a little different... (read more)
Who Really Hates Our Freedom
While flipping through some TV channels, I was unfortunate enough to catch a few moments of a smirking politician rambling on about freedom and liberty. What a tragic comedy... (read more)
Blog And Ping To Build Links
Just What Is Blogging and Pinging? There is a new partnership in cyber-town called Blogging and Pinging... (read more)
Does Society Need a St. Bernard?
You all know the big dogs that carry rum to save Swiss or alpine skiers caught in a storm or some other trouble. That is not the St. Bernard I am contemplating but you might think this St. Bernard to be an even bigger dog once you get to know him... (read more)
Who Moved My Cheese? Revisited
If you are like me (before I read this book) - you believe that Self-Help books are for losers. (Losers are people who don? have it in them; people who just keep moaning about life and how external factors prevented them from making it)... (read more)
Satellite Radio: XM and Sirius Battle for Your $$$
Satellite Radio is the future of broadcastingSatellite Radio, in short, can be described as commercial-free music, news, sports and talk shows... (read more)
Motivation the Key is in Your Actions
Have you ever read something like this as a "way to increase motivation"? : "When you open your eyes get yourself excited to be awake each new day !! Joy is contagious, and so is pessimism!... (read more)
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