Humor writer Mike Lukas blogs on multiple topics.
“It takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to achieve mastery of complex skills and materials.” Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers Tweet "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." Photographer Henri…
If I had to thank someone for my ongoing quest to get high, it’d probably be my dentist in 1975.Inclined and bibbed with a mouth full of cotton, I remember squinting at the…
Lenny Schmidt stops by the Funny Muscle Podcast to teach us about the logistics of planning comedy material for 5 nights in a row on a cruise ship (hint: you…
First time I noticed I was losing my hair happened two years after I graduated high school. It was the spring of 1985. The Terminator with Arnold Schwarzenegger was still a big…
Chances are you’ll recognize the format or template for this device. It’s when two seemingly unconnected things are sized up against each other in order to discover their similarities and…
New York comedian and co-host of the podcast “Idiots on Parade” Jake Vevera (@jakevevera) stops by the Funny Muscle Podcast to talk about his upcoming comedy special, which is about…
My eyes cracked open fifteen feet below an industrial ceiling made of cement pockmarked with unfinished air pockets; I had no idea where I was. The front lobe of my…
“Hi Sophina, I need some help. My balance just dropped to -$1,450.” ”You are so lucky!” “I am?” Sophina was my new online supervisor. For hours she had trained me…
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Between stimulus and response there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. — Viktor E. Frankl…
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I don't trip. I do random gravity checks. — Funny Guy Where You Work Welcome to The Joy Strategy, where our goal is to use the universal Law of Attraction…
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Finding Your Funny Muscle Figuring out why a joke didn't work and trying again is what makes you funnier.This Amazon bestseller teaches you how to create laughs like a pro.…
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. - Henry David Thoreau Any man can call time out, but no man can say how long…
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To change your life, you need to change your priorities. — Mark Twain Welcome to The Joy Strategy, where our goal is to use the universal Law of Attraction to…
Uncle Sam talks to his shrink as we listen in... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana *** Warning: these notes are for…
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Some people say funny things, but I say things funny. - Don Rickles Who’s the funniest person where YOU work?Why are they so funny?Do they say funny things?Or do they…
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The glass is half empty, but Pops is full of advice... 6/8/21 Dear Pops, It actually happened – I just got fired from my job. My boss and I always…
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Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously. — Mark Twain Welcome to The Joy Strategy, where our goal is to use the universal Law of…
Uncle Sam talks to his shrink as we listen in... I feel bad for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re…
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. - Mark Twain Serious People Often Lack this Thinkin’ Funny Fundamental A frog by itself…
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What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create. — Buddha Welcome to The Joy Strategy, where our goal is to use the universal…