My cousin David has turned me on to a couple of articles whose authors contend that Laughter is Good! Who would have thought? In any event, here are the links. These may prove useful as you and we and all of us make the case that laughter and, even better, intentional laughter are good for the work place.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080124200913.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100824103525.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061212213922.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080505225405.htm
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Play Ball: Favorite Baseball Movies
Baseball is my favorite spectator sport, from the stands, the TV, the radio and the movies. I know that I have a few favorite baseball movies. What are yours? Play ball and batter up and let's see how big a list we can create.
Who's on First: 75th anniversary
I saw a news piece yesterday that this year is the 75th anniversary of Abbott and Costello's classic routine "Who's on First". Nothing more to say except enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Shakespeare Game - Easy Peasy
Shakespeare Game
Complete the Quote and Name the Play- “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your _____”
- “To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there’s the _____”
- “Out, damn’d _____”
- “Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet _____”
- “Lord, what fools these mortals _____”
- “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d _____”
- “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely _____”
- “Why then the world’s mine _____”
- “Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with _____”
© 2013 North Atlantic Syndicate, Inc
Answers will be posted AFTER his birthday on April 23.
Whan in Aprille - You Should Have Some Fun!
April is almost here and while many of us are concerned primarily, or mostly, or somewhat about Income Tax Day, here are some fun ideas to explore to take your mind off such nonsense.
April 1-30: Celebrate National Poetry Month. Write a poem for your work team or organization; answer the phone in verse (remember Ms DiPesto from the TV series Moonlighting - she is the extremely loyal and quirky receptionist for the Blue Moon Detective Agency who always answers the phone in rhyme); name someone your organization's Poet Laureate; put white butcher paper all over your work place and encourage people to come in and write their own poems. For more ideas, see: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/94
April 1: Do something foolish for yourself or someone else.
April 9 and 12: Celebrate the beginning (April 12) and end (April 9) of the Civil War. You know, be civil to all around you!
April 23: Celebrate Shakeapeare's birthday. Sing Brush Up Your Shakespeare; declaim passages from your favorite plays or sonnets; dress up in the style of the times; play the game described in the next post. You get the idea.
Consider songs that have the word April in them and add to this list: April Come She Will (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/april+come+she+will_20124678.html); April Showers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsfXi5BKkNo); and so forth and so on.
April 1-30: Celebrate National Poetry Month. Write a poem for your work team or organization; answer the phone in verse (remember Ms DiPesto from the TV series Moonlighting - she is the extremely loyal and quirky receptionist for the Blue Moon Detective Agency who always answers the phone in rhyme); name someone your organization's Poet Laureate; put white butcher paper all over your work place and encourage people to come in and write their own poems. For more ideas, see: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/94
April 1: Do something foolish for yourself or someone else.
April 9 and 12: Celebrate the beginning (April 12) and end (April 9) of the Civil War. You know, be civil to all around you!
April 23: Celebrate Shakeapeare's birthday. Sing Brush Up Your Shakespeare; declaim passages from your favorite plays or sonnets; dress up in the style of the times; play the game described in the next post. You get the idea.
Consider songs that have the word April in them and add to this list: April Come She Will (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/april+come+she+will_20124678.html); April Showers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsfXi5BKkNo); and so forth and so on.
So, is "April is the cruelest month,
breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull
roots with spring rain." Not if you don't let it be!
PS - Anyone interested can name the source of "Whan in Aprille" and "April is the cruelest month". Lunch with Fred is the potential prize.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Tenure vs Friar's Club: Fun article from Chronicle of Higher Education
I came across this article in a recent edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/article/Comedy-Club/137591/
It gave me a laugh - which happens often - and made me think, which doesn't. Consider for a moment that you, me, any of us is judged by how successfully and consistently we make make people laugh. That's a pretty tough nut to crack especially given the wide disparity on what is considered to be funny; the same is true for success at teaching and learning; and many other places where we are tried. So, whether you are writing up your tenure documentation; performance review portfolio; or resume to get into the Friar's Club it might be worth a good, hearty chortle to help keep things in perspective.
(Plus I love the Groucho glasses, the wearing of which will loosen up any situation.)
http://chronicle.com/article/Comedy-Club/137591/
It gave me a laugh - which happens often - and made me think, which doesn't. Consider for a moment that you, me, any of us is judged by how successfully and consistently we make make people laugh. That's a pretty tough nut to crack especially given the wide disparity on what is considered to be funny; the same is true for success at teaching and learning; and many other places where we are tried. So, whether you are writing up your tenure documentation; performance review portfolio; or resume to get into the Friar's Club it might be worth a good, hearty chortle to help keep things in perspective.
(Plus I love the Groucho glasses, the wearing of which will loosen up any situation.)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March Mashup: St Patrick's Day and the Ides
There's an opportunity here; not an irresistible one, but a tempting one.
Friday, March 15, is the infamous Ides of March; Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day.
How about a mashup of these two events? Perhaps coming to the office in Green (or Shamrock festooned) Togas? Having a potlock that features corned beef and caesar salad? You get the idea. At the least, give yourselves a few minutes to brainstorm the possibilities. This could be as much fun (or more) than any event that results :)
And in any event, Beware yound fred ... he has a lean and hungry look (always). He thinks too much (rarely). Such men are dangerous (well, not Fred)
Friday, March 15, is the infamous Ides of March; Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day.
How about a mashup of these two events? Perhaps coming to the office in Green (or Shamrock festooned) Togas? Having a potlock that features corned beef and caesar salad? You get the idea. At the least, give yourselves a few minutes to brainstorm the possibilities. This could be as much fun (or more) than any event that results :)
And in any event, Beware yound fred ... he has a lean and hungry look (always). He thinks too much (rarely). Such men are dangerous (well, not Fred)
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