Word: humors
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...with the regrettable wisdom of adulthood.“Ant Farm” is mostly gloomy and almost always hilarious in its take on the absurd, whether that’s education, religion, or war. In 57 sketches that can be read in under a minute each, Rich finds humor amid the darkest of scenarios: a lonely math teacher’s test questions (“5. A math teacher is frightened 95% of the time. How many hours a day is he frightened? What is he so afraid of?”), a Crayola color-namer?...
...mediator persona and her own. 'The play is filled with very large personalities, and Val’s sort of a more understated character, trying to hold things together. I think I’m also not usually the largest character in the room. She has a sense of humor, and despite how overwhelmed she is, she’s able to keep things in perspective, and that’s a quality worth emulating.' “Reception” will run in the Loeb Ex from April...
...many of the key psychological concepts that we learn in this class can be applied not only to the field of athletic competition, but to any performance domain. I’ve made an effort to apply these psychological techniques to help me improve in my performance domain of humor writing. I thought I’d share with you my progress so far, and hopefully inspire some of you to try to improve the mental aspect of some common high-pressure areas for college students, such as academics, athletics, arts, Beirut, and flip...
...build the atom bomb to defeat Hitler, worked diligently to find ways to control such weapons. He raised money to help fellow refugees, spoke out for racial justice and publicly stood up for those who were victims of McCarthyism. And he tried to live with a humor, humility, simplicity and geniality even as he became one of the most famous faces on the planet...
...Because I spoke English, I was interviewed by almost every news station,” says Plokhii with a touch of wry humor...