ROTFLMBO (Do I Have That Right?)

I'm normally a rather serious person, I think. But underneath my mature and responsible veneer I am something of an idiot. Well maybe idiot isn't the right word, but I can't think of what is the right word.  What I'm am trying to explain in this inarticulate and confused fashion is that I like to find things to laugh about.

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For years I've found myself wanting to laugh at the most inopportune times, like in church during a sermon, when confronting an angry person, or at funerals.  Some strange trigger is flipped in my head and inappropriate and amusing (amusing to me anyway) ideas flash into my mind.

When watching movies, I'd far rather watch comedy than drama.  Same thing with blogs.  I am moved to tears by spiritually meaningful blog posts. My brain is stimulated by thought-provoking blog discussions on the human condition.  My creativity is awakened by Pinterest and knitting and crafting blogs.  But my true love is humor blogs.

And my most favorite humor blogs?  Those that take the crazy happenings of a normal day and find the humor in them.

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When I was a kid Erma Bombeck, who I view as one of the great humor writers of the 20th century, wrote a syndicated column featured in our local paper.  Now, I was just a kid and she wrote about being a wife and mother, foreign territory to me.  But even then, I knew funny when I read it and eagerly flipped to her column which was always good for a laugh.

Humor is an amazing tool.  It is good for

• chasing away dark and angry thoughts
• dispelling depression and gloom
• banishing worries
• occupying a brain that is dwelling over and over again on a problem.

In celebration of humor I'd like to share a few of my favorite funny blogs.

Experienced Bad Mom shares what life is like as a mother of two who just keeps getting it wrong.  MOV (mothersofbrothersblog) is another mom blog, but with a slightly more twisted view.  Her inspiration, Muse (or should that be her alter ego Muse?), is also entertaining in a kind of too hot to handle scary fashion.  My most recent find is Chatty Crone.  I'm new in her neighborhood, but she already has me laughing.  Her all-over-the-place blog makes me chuckle, or at least smile, every time.

If you need a laugh, or just love to laugh because it makes you happy, visit one of these entertaining women.  And please share some of your favorite humor blogs with me too.