Barb Best

Puddles Pity Party

What’s not to love?

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Clowns

All the world apparently doesn’t love a clown.

Why the haters?

It seems to be hip to see ALL clowns as “creepy” and zombies as cool.

It’s ironic that zombies streaked in blood and oozing death are deemed benevolent while goofy clowns donned in ginormous polka-dots are most likely evil.

Am I alone, but what’s not to love about red rubber noses, orange wigs, baggy pants, exaggerated make-up, and over-sized floppy shoes?

99.9999999999999999% of Hollywood – and everyone on TV – wears fake hair and too much make-up. So what?

For the record

My favorite zombie is “the tall mixed drink consisting of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice.” […]

Do you find much of the news to be absurd?

We live in a crazy world. We might as well laugh at the absurdity of it all.

“Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life’s absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.”

Lewis Mumford

 5 gems from the news you may have missed

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SEND IN THE CLOWNS…

[I]t’s a theater reference meaning “if the show isn’t going well, let’s send in the clowns”;

in other words, “let’s do the jokes.” – Stephen Sondheim

When asked about Robin Williams, most say “sweet.”  I LOVE this!

There’s a classic story about the legendary clown Joseph Grimaldi that comes to mind…

The patient  http://www.historyextra.com/blog/patient […]