The Simpsons, South Park, Everybody Loves Raymond and even VH1’s ridiculous reality shows have one thing in common. They make us laugh, snort and guffaw whenever scenes touch out funny bone. We rely on the sense of humor, the parodies and the one liners of each episodes. Have you ever wondered where the origin of the canned laughter is? The Know- It- All by A.J Jacobs provided me with the answer. Actually, it was passed on to him by reading the Encyclopedia Britannica. In 19th century France, almost every theater was forced to hire a band called a claque from claquer, "to clap." The chefs de claque got a monthly salary from the actors and each claque member has a specialization.
First, we have the reiurs who laughed loudly during comedies. Coming in at second are the bisseurs who shouted for encores. The third group, commissaires were the ones who elbow their neighbors and say "This is the good part" and the last intriguing group was the pleureuses, women who were paid to weep at the sad parts of tragedies.
After acquiring this information, I started to think about other people and myself. Thinking is one of my favorite hobbies especially when I cannot darn sleep at four in the morning. The above mentioned jobs can apply to us, how we approach everyday trivia and the over all presence of tragedy and comedy in our theatrical existence.
Reiurs
Our mothers who would show your baby pictures sans the diapers to your boyfriend/ girlfriend of one week.
Teachers who stifle a laugh when we colored our suns purple instead of the conformist yellow.
Co- workers who make a big deal when we cannot operate the complicated copier/ fax/ laminating machine (which has a paper jam every 5 minutes). I hate it so when somebody asks me to make copies- I suggest going to Staples.
Husbands and Wives who divulge our bathroom habits. The size and odor of our poop. Yes, marriage can be a portal of unromantic comedies.
People on the subway when a person suddenly debates about politics- only with himself.
Bisseurs
Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles asking their children to play Chopsticks on Piano or even Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on violin for the nth time. Guests can turn into reiurs if these folks do this to poor kids. One performance is enough so move on to the next round of beer.
Professors who ask you to rephrase your answer. Either, he/ she half heard it or you are just plain wrong. I bet with the latter.
Groupies and the Homies. Enough said so we cannot live without them. Just ask Axl Rose and 50 Cent.
Children who ask their parents to read "The Runaway Bunny" twice for 5 nights in a row. A bedroom story is cute but for mom and dad who want action in the sack, it can be a killer.
Motivational speakers with their self help books who display a sudden epiphany when you are on pages 3, 10, 15. 22. To continue, just buy the sequel like the Chicken Pox for the Lost Soul Series.
Commissaires
Again, co- workers who elbow you to nod in approval when the boss says something….categorically stupid. Kissing Ass is tantamount to condone inefficiency.
People who like to dabble in politics agreeing with any point from opposing parties.
Subscribers of Maxim, FHM and Playboy. Need I say more? We, women blush demurely when we see Beckham’s abs, chest and tattoos. Let’s stay hush on what’s inside our side drawer.
A stranger in the Subway giddily talks about the weather, recent scandals regarding politicians and Britney Spears. I say Leave Britney Alone! And let me listen to my Ipod.
People who forward generic emails similar to chain letters. If you forward this to 5 people, it means you are loved. Less than 3 people, you are a hermit.
Pleureuses
Women living with jerks.
Women living with a jerk who fathers her children.
Women living with a jerk, fathers of her children and a son of awful parents.
Women who will date jerks.
Women who think jerks can change. ….(this is what I call pure tragedy)
Plenty of stars came out on Saturday for Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards in LA. Rihanna, Chris Tucker, Akon and his family, Tracey Edmonds and her son, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Cameron Diaz, Nia Long, Chelsea Tavares, Tequan Richmond from Everybody Loves Chris, Lil Mama and more.
There are many reasons to celebrate March 31st, 2008. Those reasons could include the opening of the Major League Baseball season or seeing all four number one seeds reach the NCAA Final Four. Alas, those are not the real reasons to celebrate. The reason to celebrate March 31st is due to one man: Christopher Walken.
March 31st, 2008 is Christopher Walken's 65th birthday. The first order of business is to print this Walken mask and wear it. All day. The second order of business is the airing of your Favorite Walken Moment. Yes, many of you are sure to mention cowbells or Fatboy Slim, these do not come close to my Favorite Walken Moment.
My Favorite Christopher Walken Moment is in "Catch Me If You Can". This is an entertaining movie but one scene with Walken and Leonardo DiCaprio seals the deal for me. When they are eating in the expensive restaurant and DiCaprio's character, Frank, tries to give his father (Walken) a brand new car, what happens there is Walken at his finest. He has a small monologue that not only brings tears to my eyes, brings tears to Walken's eyes. Those are legit tears too because there is no edit or cutaway. That is Walken crying.
So happy birthday Chris! Keep cooking those chickens with pears!
It's a hot new look – and new sound – for former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams, and people has your exclusive first listen to "We Break the Dawn," the synth-heavy first single from her album, Unexpected, due in August. (Click play below to hear it, then check out the singer's official Web site michellewilliamsonline.com for more info.)
It's a big new step for Williams, whose previous two albums focused more on her gospel roots – and it has the pop seal of approval from Mathew Knowles (aka Beyoncé's father), who's releasing the disc through Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records.
AP Photo/ Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Richard Termine
This is getting serious, folks. From the New York Times:
New York magazine’s longtime classical music critic, Peter G. Davi
AP Photo/ Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Richard Termine
This is getting serious, folks. From the New York Times:
New York magazine’s longtime classical music critic, Peter G. Davis, will be leaving the publication. Mr. Davis, who had been at New York for 26 years, said yesterday he was asked to sign an “agreement of separation” because the magazine decided it no longer needed a full-time classical music critic. “It’s euphemistic for being fired,” he said. A spokeswoman for the magazine, Serena Torrey, said she could not comment on the terms of his departure or whether he would be replaced. “We do plan to continue robust classical music coverage and criticism,” she said.
Davis is among the best music critics working. The story of the firing is typical of a pattern. Publication gets rid of full time classical critic but says it still intends to cover the art form aggressively. Yeah, right. Via ArtsJournal.
Mr. T once brought a sick child out of a coma with his mere presence.
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Former star once stunned a sick child's family by bringing him out of a coma - after doctors begged the actor for help.
The poorly kid fell unconscious in Detroit, Michigan in the mid-1980s - and the only physical movement he made was in response to hearing Mr. T's name.
And when the mohawked star was in town, he stopped by the hospital to visit the ill boy - with miraculous results.
"Somebody told the doctors I was in town, so they called me down there. I closed the curtains and prayed. Then, as I was walking down the hall, the kid suddenly came out of the coma and hollered out."
Human beings are obsessed with sex. According to psychologists, men think in sex about fifty times per day. That is a lot considering that during most of the day they are supposedly working, studyingHuman beings are obsessed with sex. According to psychologists, men think in sex about fifty times per day. That is a lot considering that during most of the day they are supposedly working, studying or doing some other productive activity.Women are not obsessed with sex but they are fixated with love and that ultimately ends up leading to the bed.Through time, those regulating the functioning of society have tended to censure sex and have tolerated it only for the purpose of reproduction. Religion, which during 99.9% of history had a predominant role in policy making, almost always adopted this position. The Church demonized sexual intercourse and classified it as bad, evil, or immoral.Considering the extremely low level of technological development of the world during the bulk of history, it could be said that such a position was inevitable.Since there were no artificial contraceptives, sex translated almost always into pregnancy and that created a burden on a society that was always enduring hunger. Bringing more people into a hungry world was not the ideal thing and by condemning sex, religions succeeded in restraining the strong sexual urges of people. Such a policy thus, ultimately acted as a contraceptive.There was also the problem of the demolishing effects that numerous pregnancies had on women. Up until the nineteenth century, women in Europe and America who would make it to their forties would usually die from cancer in the uterus. Since women would start having children in their teens, by the time they reached their thirties they had given birth to more than a dozen babies. Such intensive activity of the reproductive organs would frequently translate into a rapid deterioration of them.There was as well the problem of sexually transmitted diseases, which have existed since the earliest of times. AIDS is of recent creation but syphilis, gonorrhea, and many others have preyed on humans for centuries and during all that time there was no way to treat them. The technology to cure them appeared only until the twentieth century.An apologist of religion would thus argue that humanity must thank the creeds of this world for having helped society to deal better with its troubles during those hard epochs.The truth of the matter is that religions systemically hindered the efforts of scientists to come up with solutions to the many problems that sex causes. Had they not imprisoned and murdered so many scientists, sooner would contraceptives and antibiotics made their apparition.It was actually religions which prolonged the suffering of humanity. There is thus no good that came from the irrational position of the Church. At present, religions continue to condemn sex as immoral while offering no credible alternative other than prayer. Worst still, is that they continue to oppose science in all its fields and not just in those dealing with reproduction.Science demonstrates that sex is not immoral or evil. It is just a mechanism of survival, like so many others, that was drilled into our genetic structure over millions of years of evolution. Without a very strong drive towards copulation, our specie would have disappeared in its early stages because during the bulk of history infant mortality was extremely high and life expectancy extremely low. A rapid system of reproduction was thus needed and without a very potent sexual urge it would have not been possible.Although not immoral, sex nonetheless, still has the potential to wreck havoc on an individual and over an entire nation. However, like everything else, the solution is not prayer or moral preaching, but technology.MINI-BIOGRAPHY
Charles Sabillon did High School in Texas and has undergraduate degrees in Philosophy, Economics and Law as well as a masters and a doctorate in International Relations. After the PhD, he undertook post-doctoral research in the fields of History, Economics, and Ecology. He has taught Economic History at a university in Switzerland and speaks fluently English, Spanish, French and German.For more information go to: Source: Penis In Vagina
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