Word: humors
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...Humor Anonymous Lawyer www.anonymouslawyer.blogspot.com Deadpan and ironic, this delicious insider account of life at a big law firm is pure fiction-and should be required reading for attorneys who haven't yet learned how to laugh at themselves. Being a lawyer, according to the author, boils down to "fooling clients into believing [we] have some real expertise and using fear and manipulation to extort excessive hourly fees." He rails against idiot clients, partners and associates, admitting "you can't work at a place like this and have integrity." But he's not offering apologies, only rationalizations. What separates him from...
From the get-go, you will notice that these performers are like few others you would see onstage. Their shows are steeped in theatrics, humor and a touch of the bizarre. But it's not self-mocking--in other words, it's not cheap oldster jokes at their own expense. Their latest show, Road to Nowhere, for instance, is set inside a community center where the group pretends to be elderly workers, singing We've Got to Get Out of This Place by the Animals and Neil Young's Helpless, among other tunes. The message is clear: there are many...
Does he know shorthand? As a cleric urged worshippers at Tehran University last week to "make America angry," SEAN PENN jotted down notes for his real-life column in the San Francisco Chronicle. (And no, it's not a humor column.) Penn, who visited Iraq in 2003 for the Chronicle, was in Iran in advance of the country's elections this week. We invite the Oscar winner to give his all to this whole reporter thing when he returns to the U.S. We would also like to see Ted Koppel in a thriller...
...observer, “second-guessing” doesn’t appear to be part of the Herrmann vocabulary. Off the field, his spirit is jovial, self-assured, and straightforward—with a dash of raucous humor...
...Russert’s satirical scrutinizing lens. Referring to Summers’ controversial remarks on women in science earlier this year, Russert even added after one anecdote that Summers must now appreciate that “women are not only good at math, they have a good sense of humor...