Comments on: Splinters In Your Career http://usinghumor.com/2008/11/splinters-in-your-career/ Strategy, Tactics and Instruction Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanBrantley http://usinghumor.com/2008/11/splinters-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-180 DanBrantley Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:04:56 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=296#comment-180 Lidian: Excellent point. The strong provide more than enough material. Humor can draw us together by reminding us we are all in this together; where the vicious, pointed kind can push us farther apart. Thanks for the comment. Lidian: Excellent point. The strong provide more than enough material. Humor can draw us together by reminding us we are all in this together; where the vicious, pointed kind can push us farther apart. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Lidian http://usinghumor.com/2008/11/splinters-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Lidian Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:49:22 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=296#comment-179 Re humor targets, I was struck by something that the British comedian Bill Bailey said in a recent interview with the London Times. He said: "I don't target the weak." So he makes fun of big corporations etc - I thought that was spot on. Re humor targets, I was struck by something that the British comedian Bill Bailey said in a recent interview with the London Times. He said: “I don’t target the weak.” So he makes fun of big corporations etc – I thought that was spot on.

]]> By: The Buzz » Blog Archive » Splinters in Your Career | Using Humor http://usinghumor.com/2008/11/splinters-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-159 The Buzz » Blog Archive » Splinters in Your Career | Using Humor Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:43:10 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=296#comment-159 [...] Self-Direction: What is the safest target? Yourself! What is the safest target? Yourself! Name a humorist, comic or comedian (other than Don Rickles) who has made a career out of insulting others? Picking on others can get short term …[Continue Reading] [...] [...] Self-Direction: What is the safest target? Yourself! What is the safest target? Yourself! Name a humorist, comic or comedian (other than Don Rickles) who has made a career out of insulting others? Picking on others can get short term …[Continue Reading] [...]

]]> By: Anna Lefler http://usinghumor.com/2008/11/splinters-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Anna Lefler Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:00:33 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=296#comment-158 Great post! I love the science of humor...very nicely done... :^) Anna Great post! I love the science of humor…very nicely done…

:^) Anna

]]> By: DanBrantley http://usinghumor.com/2008/11/splinters-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-156 DanBrantley Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:31:17 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=296#comment-156 Rambler: I am partial to Cosby episodes myself... especially when humor is failing! Diane: Thanks for clicking over from Blogcatalog. Check back often! Chris: Whew! I just read your post. That was a pretty well written screed! And next time, don't take the "Self Directed Humor" suggestion so literally! Mike: Good to hear from you again! Have ou tried Dragon Naturally Speaking? or someting similar? I know your shoulder stuff is only temporary so maybe you just want to tough it out a few more days. Jim: Observation will save your butt more than almost anything else will. I practice in line at the DMV. Rambler: I am partial to Cosby episodes myself… especially when humor is failing!

Diane: Thanks for clicking over from Blogcatalog. Check back often!

Chris: Whew! I just read your post. That was a pretty well written screed! And next time, don’t take the “Self Directed Humor” suggestion so literally!

Mike: Good to hear from you again! Have ou tried Dragon Naturally Speaking? or someting similar? I know your shoulder stuff is only temporary so maybe you just want to tough it out a few more days.

Jim: Observation will save your butt more than almost anything else will. I practice in line at the DMV.

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