Why is it that no matter how much you spend on a toy for a kid when they are little, ultimately, it’s the box they decide to play with?! Sure they love the toy inside, but that has only one use….what it’s intended for. But the box…well, that can be a castle, a spaceship, a […]
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Humor is a universal phenomenon, but what is funny, is not. Every culture laughs, but we all have different guidelines on what we find funny. The British humor (like Monty Python) is different than American humor, which differs from street humor like Def Jam. Luckily, humor has three common denominators.
Recently, I was asked to present what they call in the business world, as the “Great Impostor” routine, to a very large corporation. Simply put, it is when you go into a corporate setting pretending to be one of the high level executives, outside specialists, or leaders in their field when in fact, you really
Joke: Since it was written in the will, “Being of sound mind. I spent every cent before I died.” No matter what your topic is, no matter how interested the audience is, and no matter how great a speaker you are – there is a limited amount of information that an audience can take in
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Quote: “A person with a sense of humor doesn’t make jokes out of life, they merely recognize the ones that are already there.” The ideal situation when presenting any kind of lecture is to make your audience feel that you are one of them—just with a bit more information. You want the audience to feel
Quote: “Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and the other guy has an even better sob story.” If you’re still wondering after all these weeks, “Why should I use humor in my speaking?”, then I better write another column! But for those die hards who are still joke shy, let’s look at some
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I was abruptly awakened at 3:10 A.M. to the sound of a painful cry. A gut wrenching cry of a soul that no longer can stand his predicament, a cry of misery in the pit of man. It was a sound I have been hearing for the past three months ever since my dad came
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Monthly Motivational Quote: “Inhale Life, Exhale Pain” – By Spencer Patterson Hi Guys, Feels like it’s been ages since I’ve written to you, and as usually, tons have happened. Hope you all are enjoying your summer so far. Okay, so last I left you….I had just spent a night in a haunted castle and was
Pretzels, Coffee, Moving and sleeping in a tree. August 2006 Read More »
Capo Update May 2006 Memory Tricks – Sand Dune Buggy’s – Screenings and Soldiers Homecoming Hi Guys, Last I left you I was defrosting from the Ice Hotel in Quebec. This is going to be a quick Capo update…yeah, yeah I say that every time and then 10 pages later you are still reading… Okay..first
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HI Guys, Last I left you I was headed for the Ice hotel in Quebec, Canada. Since then a lot as happened…no really?..Not in Capo’s life…yup…just as I think it might be a slow month, things are full steam ahead…just the way I like it. First I’ll tell you about the upcoming live shows in
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