Word: humorous
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...online. Far more important than my education, however, I have been able to keep my compact with my psyche. I have coated my id—or is it my ego—with a sense of elation by engaging daily in an activity that mixes levity and creativity, humor and expression. The name of the game is “Do, Dump or Marry.” For those who don’t know the rules, I’ll explain: a friend lists three people, and you have to assign each of them a role you dump...
...couple of weeks ago, during a Wit and Humor lecture, English professor Leo Damrosch pointed out that, in literature, it’s often the jesters who have the greatest insights into life. Mercutio is the character with the most depth in Romeo and Juliet, Falstaff holds that distinction in Henry IV, and it is the fool who speaks the truth in Twelfth Night. By no means do I intend to claim this mantle for myself. I do, however, believe that humor and levity breed perspective. I never intended to remain a joker forever. My advice to the impressionable souls...
...abstract sense. That’s why we decided to put it on shirts,” she explains. The slogan for the company, “keeping your mom safe since 2003,” reflects Kassim’s same tongue-in-cheek sense of humor...
...brilliant and playful mind,” Harvard College Professor Marc D. Hauser wrote in an e-mail. “What I like about Steve’s teaching is that it is always crystal clear, punctuated by good stories and a sense of humor...
...Bill Clinton endeared him to conservatives, but Kelly's true enemy was the arrogance of power on all political sides. He wrote with a passion that reflected his love of language and its possibilities. As an editor, he earned the devotion of colleagues with his generosity and good humor. He would spend hours with a young writer, explaining how and why he made each sentence better. He dictated his last column from Iraq over a satellite phone a day before his death. "I'm fine," he said to friends and family who called to wish him safety. He told them...