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Laughing for Survival

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humor. American comedian and actor, Bob Newhart, was born on this day in 1929. Last Thursday, I was at the preview night for Firehouse Theatre’s production of INVALID. It’s a modern take on Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid. It was crudely hysterical. I’m not so …

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To laugh…

If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it. American journalist and author, Erma Bombeck, was born on this day in 1927 (died 1996). Erma Bombeck was a master at making us laugh about the absurdities, and the trials, of life. A one-woman play Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, largely pulled from Bombeck’s …

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