Daily Doohickey #6

Welcome to another late edition of the Daily Doohickey. It is technically already the day for Doohickey #7, but oh well. Life, work, school; what's a guy to do? Today's doohickey is about humor. Developing your eye for the nuances of life and making insightful and humorous observations of them. My friends tell me I do this well, but I've really learned from the best. I soak up comedy. I study how comedians interact with the crowd, especially hecklers. I take in all jokes. I love quotes and snippets from comedians. Johnathan Swift wrote "I wonder what fool it was that invented kissing". Think about that for a second. Our mouths are pretty dirty. They're probably the largest opening on our body to our internal organs, and we go mashing our tongues together. It's pretty damn gross, really. Still, we do it. I might not have done it for awhile, but it is the natural place where we meet. Is it for convenience? That we can perform this expression of love by simply bringing our faces close? I should probably stop here before I say more.

George Carlin is another of my favorites. The man is off color at times, but has some of the most amazing one-liners. My favorites include; "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." "Have you ever noticed anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" "The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live." "When you step on your brakes, you are putting your life in your foot's hands."

I have received some compliments on my ability to relate my observations on the subtle things in life that just don't add up when you give them thought. The 'activity' the book suggests for today is to observe the nuances of life, and compose a satirical story based from them. The one I had in mind stems from one of their examples, to observe dating rituals.

I'm an avid people watcher. I love just sitting and watching everyone around me. Malls are wonderful for this. I like watching the awkward teenagers, the pleasant older folks, the frazzled parents. I especially love it during the holidays. I've been shopping on "Black Friday". For non-Americans, that is the first Friday after our Thanksgiving Holiday in November. It is known as the day alot of stores have absolutely crazy sales. Point is they're trying to get their numbers for the sales quarter in the positive, or in the 'black'. Because if you're losing money, you would be 'in the red'. So there is your fact of the day.


Honestly, I'm far too tired to comment on these nuances. I'm hardly able to be bothered to look up pictures to toy with the ADHD population reading the blog. It's near 2 AM and I was up all night last night with a migraine. Good news is I finished writing something I'd been meaning to write for a long time. I'll post it here, eventually. For now, it is an early night for me. Thank you, and good night. Until then, remember to smile and laugh and don't take your life too seriously.