Blogical Righting

Seeing as it's my last blog post I thought I would end my online blogging career on a light-hearted note and talk about (and tell) jokes. There are many different types of jokes, including one-liners, puns, anti-jokes, etc. They can be told in varying ways as well, and the style in which they are told is probably the most important factor in determining how good a joke is. I think we can all agree that we love our favorite comedians because of their attitude and demeanor. Yes, they may have nice punchlines and clever ideas, but it's really the way they convey the messages with their body language and intonation that sells the jokes and warrants laughs. There are so many jokes told all the time, that it is hard to settle on one singular funniest one, however, the following joke has been widely agreed upon as good: Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses.  He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.  The other guy whips out his phone and c

I've always enjoyed playing tennis. My sister, my dad, and I used to play together a lot when I was younger. I remember a lot of late school nights spent on the court goofing around but also playing seriously until the lights turned off at the park. At that time I took lessons at Atkins Tennis Center, but stopped before middle school because however much I liked tennis, the sport was always second to soccer in my mind. When I came to Uni, though, my feelings changed. This is not to say that I became more passionate about tennis, because that was not the case, but I came to appreciate and enjoy the sport more. A few years after I stopped playing and trying to improve seriously at Atkins is when my soccer team became much more serious. We got a new coach in particular that worked us, scolded us, and screamed at us more intensely than anyone had before. Our team then became on ice, and where before every soccer practice for IFC (the local soccer club I was in) was enjoyable and prod