Heather Barton

Humor can bring us out of that dissatisfied mood we sometimes find ourselves in.  That mood that is craving self indulgence or ANYTHING to bring anticipation and pleasure to our lives.  I tend to over-indulge in such moments when that mood strikes me…  too much food or slacking off or porn, whatever!

But watching Comedy Channel or reading even this little strip.. it works.  It makes me laugh and that brings me out of my slightly narcissistic moods and makes me want to share my happiness and laughter with others.

I love this comic strip.  I “get” maybe half the jokes and sometimes I REALLY don’t know why I’m laughing.   But OMG.. they are uniquely funny.  Because this is truly what geeks do.  I’ve been to Sci Fic conventions and I’ve seen them with charts, oh but these charts are brilliant!

Although I can’t get the link to work.. so cut and paste.. you won’t regret it.

www.xkcd.com/657

Finally catching up on the recorded comedy shows and got some really good laughs.

Carlos Mencia…. ah, how I love the Latino male, especially when they make me laugh! His routine is hysterical!  I especially loved this one.

“I hear this guy talk about deporting all the illegals out and then once they are out then building a giant wall across the border.. and I said, hello.. who’s going to build it!”

Then he talks about being catholic and whenever he crosses the line he just says a hail mary and bam, forgiven.

“It’s like an etch-a-sketch, a quick shake and it neevvver happened.. or for the younger generation that would be control-alt-delete.”

Check him out.. he is FUNNY!

So I’ve been sorting many, many comments from what I’m assuming are spambots.  But there have been more recently that I’ve been unable to tell if they are real “readers” of my blog or have another agenda for the comments they make.  The beauty of having my own website is the control of what gets “approved” and what doesn’t in the comments section.

The downside to that is I have to judge each comment and decide if its real or something I don’t want on my site.    Some are easy to judge, their broken English and the fact they’ve embedded a link to Cialis is a clear sign.  Those I’ve been deleting on a daily basis.   And the Russian (or whatever language it was in) that I, of course, couldn’t read… well, I had to delete that one just to be on the safe side!  lol.

Others seem like real people.. but maybe fellow bloggers that are trying to generate readers to their site.  Those I allow.  Hell, if they’re fellow bloggers how can I NOT support them.   (did you know there is a blogger convention!  I swear there is a convention for EVERYTHING)   But I try to be selective when I approve even a fellow blogger’s comment.  If they’ve added a link to another page, I’ll delete it.  Because I can edit a comment before I approve it.  (Hee hee, I love being a dictator the control!)

Still the most thrilling baffling thing is that other people beyond those I’ve told about it are reading this blog.  Even if their motives are only to drum up advertising or readership to their own site.. still, its sweet to think people other than my friends are enjoying this piece of entertaining fluff.

Although I wonder if good manners means I should leave a comment on their blogs.  Kind of a “you looked at mine, I’ll look at yours” courtesy.

If only I had good manners!