203 articles related to "humor"

Tony Blair Sends Nick Faldo and Posh Spice for British Sailors

As every criminal investigator knows, the way to get a confession is through threats and bribes. As every politician knows, the way to get filthy rich is by towing the line of your major contributors. An Archduke is a rank below King but above Duke....

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Even the Gods Laugh: How Humor Becomes Transformational

Most of our lives have become caught up in the dizzying stress, anxiety and self-created drama of the fast paced, twenty-first century. It was slower back in the 14th Century; I miss those days. Just the story of being a member of the human race can ...

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Self Help Guide: How To Avoid Self Help Guides

Self help programmes have always been bad but now they are all over the internet as well. "I was deeply pathetic until I learned the power of speed reading/holistic brain surgery/masturbatory hypnosis/insert steaming load here" What astounds me is...

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Applause for the Jerk Drain!

The Hidden Benefit of Canada's continuing brain drain These days, Canadians often lament the brain drain. There is a silver lining however. What about the jerk drain? With every Air Canada plane load of brains departing Canadian shores, the...

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Drive Away The MonotonyDiscover The Joy Of Fun Sites

Tired after a long day at work? Bored with nothing to do? Cheer up and log on to fun sites. Funny pictures, videos, humor, jokes, puzzles, games -you'll find everything packed in these sites that will instantly lighten your mood. You can spend a...

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The Girl of Friday

A centuries-old mystery has crossed my path again... I mentioned in a recent article that there was a dispute in many academic quarters regarding the actual Viking deity being honored by the name, 'Friday.' The cold, hard fact is that unle...

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Amnesty International Grants Stay Of Execution To Victims Of Terrorism

The laudable but not overwhelmingly effectual organization, Amnesty International, released an unusual report that had two well-balanced goals. The first was, as one would expect, to point out abuses that suspected terrorists can be exposed to, for ...

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Mike Wallace, The Clever Monkey of the Week, attempts to increase interest in an interview by calling the madman of Iran "impressive"

After what we are told was a long pursuit of the unfortunate interview, Mike Wallace was finally summoned to Tehran for a meeting with the resident madman, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Once there, he waited an impolite week for an audience with the blustery ...

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Old Man Potomac, He Just Keeps Rollin" Along

Some days when we contemplate the divisive and deluded doings in DC, it helps to look away from the grandiose and revered buildings that have hosted our government since it was moved there from Philadelphia in 1800 and to contemplate the broad, green...

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Viking Trekkies

History weaves its influence into pop culture via many avenues... One of the strangest is the Viking influence on Star Trek, especially The Next Generation. Ever since that series found the airwaves, I've often wondered if one or more of its w...

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