If you care to believe it, this blog tries to make a difference in the world by dedicating itself to the Democracy, Discussion, Freedom, and Furtherment of Comedy.

The author (mainly? sometimes??) talks about Singapore, but is into all things comedy and comical. And once even seriously entertained the notion of going into stand-up comedy full-time.

What is "normal" to most of us? Normal is...

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
- Ellen Goodman

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Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
- John Lennon

:)

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from Quotable quotes of the day:

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
- Paul Valery

Sound familiar to you? ;) Anyway, I've blogged about another definition of politics here, on "I, Am A Comedian" as well (so see that link for more quotable fun). Here's wishing you the best (and non-violent) life, wherever you may live!!!

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You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.
- Johann von Neumann

I guess von Neumann (as he might be more commonly known or called) was a very confident man now, wasn't he? :) And judging from the list of his contributions, I'd say the man had reason to be... His contributions have spanned a vast range of fields. (Or perhaps that was the reason for this famous quote here - he was far more likely to get more disturbances from more people, due to the many varied fields that he was involved in? One can only imagine having to wake up in the morning to some silliness to say that you are right when you knew that all along...)

So yes, back to the topic. The secret to a good day's sleep? Make sure you are undisturbed in the morning!!! ;) Failing which, you should either ensure that everything is ok before you go to sleep, or go ahead and sleep with confidence..., or both... And it is true, after all - sleep is as much (if not more?) psychological as it is physical...

Other tips and tricks for a good day's sleep:
- make sure that you have no troubles to wake up to. If you know that you are going to wake up to something bad in the morning, try to make sure that the trouble will either be taken care of already before you sleep, or line things up in a row so that you will be as ready as you ever can be to tackle that trouble once you wake up.
- ensure that you will not have any sort of trivial disturbances from any sort of trivial matter! (see von Neumann's quote)
- sleep early, sleep well.. well, you know the rest!!! ;)

and last, but not least:

- make sure that you are truly worth the salary that you draw!!!! ;) (certain parminent members of society come to mind) That way, you will sleep better, and feel better, and wake up better as well. That is, if you're a normal human being. Some ex-tra-or-dinary human beings are just not like us, and deserve soo much more, innit? ;))) They deserve the whole world....

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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
- Robertson Davies

Not completely true, but oftentimes, it's about the plausibility of things that makes it funny...

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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
- Robert X. Cringely

Note about the "exploding once a year" thing - we probably need to update that with our current knowledge of the current family of Windows operating systems! I'll bet it's more than once a year... ;) Oh, and of course, this only applies to the Microsoft family of operating systems...

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Saw the following quote on Quotes of the day:

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
- David Friedman

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Did you know that Ronald Reagan was known as much for his charisma, and sense of humour as he was for being President of the United States? Bet you did! But then again... maybe not... (see video clip at the bottom of this post!!!)

Anyway, he had this to say about abortion...

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

And now, for that video clip I mentioned....



A peace note to all my North American friends (that's you!!!). NO, I'm sure NOT ALL of you are like that - don't worry.... :)

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

How true, how true... I didn't know the guy had a sense of humour. :)

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Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
- Ambrose Bierce

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
- Eric Hoffer

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I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.
- Robert Bakker

Anybody else you want to name such an animal after? any 3-letter acronym, perhaps? :P

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