Give Humour a Chance
It’s the birthday of humorist and essayist P.J. (Patrick Jake) O’Rourke, born in Toledo, Ohio (1947). He chose to be a writer because he said, “It was the ’60s—there was no quality control on anything. If I wrote, who’s to say that I wasn’t a writer?”
He said, “Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you’re explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.”
O’Rourke’s most recent book is Peace Kills: America’s Fun New Imperialism, which came out last year, in which he wrote, “Wherever there’s injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it’s happening.”
From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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Yes. Humor is wonderful therapy. There is a physical link between anxiety and laughter…Thanks for the suggestion about writing about not writing. I’m on pg 4 of the autism project. I just needed a kick.
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I think humour is the best medicine for what ails a person.