LAUGHING
STATUS: For maybe the first time ever 
in the history of my life, I’m glad I don’t look like Nicole Kidman.
FAVE LINKEY-POO RIGHT THIS SECOND: News that the writers’ strike may be over and done with soon. I’ve missed you, Jim and Pam!
In the book EAT, PRAY, LOVE (buy it if you haven’t read it — seriously), the author goes to Bali and meets a spiritual guru who tells her to meditate by smiling at her liver. Today at work, the office brought in an expert with a similar philosophy. The expert exposed us all to the benefits of laughing, even if we don’t think something is particularly funny. Translated, it meant we all stood around in the foyer and fake laughed (awkwardly, I might add) until — lo and behold – the situation actually became funny. By the end, I had tears rolling down my face and was holding my sides, hardly able to breathe. The expert’s point was that if you throw laughter at a situation, your perspective can change. Even if something doesn’t start out being funny, after a few minutes of laughing — even if it’s not “real” laughter, your body still experiences the benefits — things might look a little brighter. So laugh on, Wayne. Laugh on, Garth.