The Difference Between a Musician and a 14-inch Pizza...

I know it may sound hackneyed, but I love to laugh.  I believe most people feel the same.  I have yet to meet a person who actively despised laughing or laughter.  Sure, I have had my run ins with cranky, curmudgeonly individuals but I choose to think that their lack of humor was more due to the situation at hand than any deep-seated hatred of being jolly.  Everybody is entitled to a bad day, I suppose.  But for the life of me I cannot figure out how some people make it through the day without laughing.  It is as if they think that if they laugh they would suddenly be seen as "less than adult".  I try to see the humor all around me.  Whether it's the humor that accompanies my paycheck (those are hilarious!) or my wife holding a little Halloween spider costume we got for Samurai Jack and making it dance around the living room, one of the best gifts God gave us is the ability to laugh. 

"It is a serious world, kid.  Stop joking around."  At heart, I am just a big kid.  Because of that, I thoroughly enjoy making those around me laugh.  Getting a laugh at something I have done or said ranks right up there with playing guitar and I can understand why so many people pursue comedy as a career.  If I wasn't the bustling professional that I am, I would either be a touring musician or a comedian.  Unfortunately the biggest obstacle to my pursuits of either of these lofty goals is a crippling sense of stage fright.  Deep down I am a painfully shy and introverted person who would be easily dissuaded if I thought the crowd was laughing at me and not with me.

But with my friends and family, I have no shame.  Hearing those little voices laugh always brightens my day.  NT is become quite the little comedian herself.  She says things that, for the life of me, I do not know where she got it.  Sure, she's stuck in potty humor right now.  Nothing cracks her up more than saying "poopy".  When she laughs, SJ laughs.  It is so heartwarming to hear bubs and his sissy laughing together.  I was down on the floor today playing with them and I was pretending I was a bull.  NT would fall to the floor and I would roll her over with my head.  She would laugh and bubby would laugh.  Then I would "attack" bubs and he would turn and squeal.  Had someone looked through our living room windows at that exact moment, they might have thought that a) this guy is being really mean to his kids or b) this guy is having a seizure of some sort, perhaps I should stop peeping in this window and call for help.

Jokes are a great way to bond with people.  Sharing a laugh can be a powerful introductory tool or it can be a way for others to get to know you better.  What a person laughs at can say more about their character than an hour long interview.  So, in an effort to help you, dear reader, understand me a bit more clearly, here's a couple of my favorite jokes.

Why does a drummer leave his drumsticks on the dashboard of his car?
So he can park in the handicapped section.

If a man is alone in the woods and talking to himself, is he still wrong?

A doctor is testifying at a criminal trial.  The lawyer is questioning the doctor as to if he had made absolutely certain the victim was dead.
"Did you check his pulse, Doctor?"
"No, sir I did not."
"So you can't be absolutely positive that he was dead then can you?"
"Well, let me put it this way sir.  His brain was in a jar in the other room.  But for all I know he could still be out practicing law somewhere."

A little boy goes up to his dad and says, "Daddy, when I grow up I'm going to be a musician."
Daddy says, "Son, you can't have it both ways."

These are just a smattering of jokes I find hilarious.  Hopefully you got a chuckle or two.

Oh yeah, the difference between a musician and a 14-inch pizza?
A 14-inch pizza can feed a family of four.

Some of the funniest people I've ever met, have been your average, ordinary folk.  You got to be able to laugh at yourself...