What Makes Something Funny?

I read the book, so you don’t have to.

Half a second before the funny part. (Author’s photo)

I don’t even remember what the heck book it was; I spent most of my first year of grad school watching TV and regretting my very existence.

Much of this was because I did not major in psychology as an undergrad, so I had to either test out of, or take classes in, the basic basics. Snooze. Of course, the entire time I was thinking, Shakespeare wrote…