{"id":331,"date":"2017-09-22T19:59:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humorproject.com\/2014\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2018-06-05T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T17:25:27","slug":"guestbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humorproject.com\/2014\/guestbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Guestbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Guestbook<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thank you for visiting our website. Please sign our Guestbook and leave us a message. We will include only your name, city\/state, and message in our Guestbook. Feel free to indicate in your Message whether you would like us not to include your last name.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scroll down to read what others have said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>psst &#8230; We screen all entries first to eliminate nefarious &amp; non-humorous entries<\/em><\/p>\n<div role=\"form\" class=\"wpcf7\" id=\"wpcf7-f1422-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331#wpcf7-f1422-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"1422\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"5.6.2\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f1422-o1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><label> Your Name (required)<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" value=\"\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><label> Your Email (required)<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" value=\"\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><label> Your City and State (or Country if not USA)<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-location\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"your-location\" value=\"\" size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span> <\/label><\/p>\n<p><label> Your Message<br \/>\n    <span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-message\"><textarea name=\"your-message\" cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label>[recaptcha size:compact]<\/p>\n<p><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control has-spinner wpcf7-submit\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: none !important;\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"_wpcf7_ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"_wpcf7_ak_js\" value=\"117\"\/><script>document.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );<\/script><\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lynton<br \/>\n<\/span>Like the new look of the site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vance Leopt<br \/>\n<\/span>Congratulations on a great web site. Finding you was like coming home. Continued success.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Urii<br \/>\n<\/span>Fascinating site and well worth the visit. I will be back<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bob<br \/>\n<\/span>Much interesting information on your site &#8211; keep up good work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Anna<br \/>\n<\/span>Great site. I will bookmark for my sons to view as well!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Smitty<br \/>\n<\/span>This website is great! I will recommend you to all my friends. I found so many useful things here. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Linda Kubista<br \/>\n<\/span>Cary, IL<br \/>\nI am a Certified Nursing Assistant at a retirement home in Barrington, IL. I have been a clown there for humor day and have read a lot of books on humor. I enjoy your web site, because of the new jokes, stories and sayings I read to the seniors at the home. Thank you for having this web site!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Contessa Bunn<br \/>\n<\/span>San Leandro, CA<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve completed my Masters in Human Resources and Organizational Development and my thesis was on humor in the workplace. And what I&#8217;ve discovered in my research is that humor is a necessity. Humor goes hand-in-hand with joy, happiness, positive thinking, peace on earth, and all the wonderful things in life. My goal is to have humor part of our corporate culture, so people can have a fulfilling and happy work life.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Carrie Galdes<br \/>\n<\/span>Michigan<br \/>\nYour site looks like fun!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Laura Lee Mistycah<br \/>\n<\/span>We are like 2 peas in a pod. With humor, we can turn this planet into another world. I am always very serious about humor&#8230;Ha Ha Ha. Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Esther Fidler Grossman<br \/>\n<\/span>Brooklandville, MD<br \/>\nMet you in Baltimore-MCC training session -last year! You were wonderful!! Thank you for keeping me on your e-mail list! I keep your Pride and Joy card in my wallet!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Donna Siburt<br \/>\n<\/span>Louisville, OH<br \/>\nInteresting site!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mary M. Boone<br \/>\n<\/span>Chesapeake, VA<br \/>\nI have been receiving your literature and have been dying to go to your conference EVERY year for over a decade. I just did an exploratory research project on the positive effects of humor on our health for a sociology independent research project. It was great fun and very laughable for homework! I have a great interest in the subject, since I know from experience that humor is so important for survival. See you some day. Meanwhile&#8230;.Laugh Out Loud!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bill<br \/>\n<\/span>Very cool design! Useful information. Go on!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Howard Ness<br \/>\n<\/span>Lafayette, IN<br \/>\nBe human enough to be helpful, holy enough to be hopeful, sprinkled with humor to keep health full. Thanks for the ride, I attended a conference on humor with Joel Goodman presenting about 1980 in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ralph H. Johnson, Jr.<br \/>\n<\/span>Marietta, PA<br \/>\nI am about to make my first order from your online bookstore. What an amazing selection. The Humor Project I hope can help me refine my act as the sit-down comic.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dolores Bryson<br \/>\n<\/span>Cleveland, MS<br \/>\nA participant in a class I am teaching told me about this site. What a great site and how have I missed it??? I have been a trainer for 18 years and have always used humor &#8211; no one ever said training had to be boring. In fact I conduct a Beach Music workshop on how to make training fun. I am so glad to have found this site and will visit often!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dana Foster<br \/>\n<\/span>East Aurora, NY<br \/>\nTrying to locate information on Humor in the Corporate Culture for a research project. Hope you can help.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tom Fleming<br \/>\n<\/span>San Diego, CA<br \/>\nAny helpful suggestions on how to get Executive Management to buy in to your Seminars would be greatly appreciated. My role is new product development and I know that humor is part of the creative, innovative process that leads to imagination and to new products. However, having said that, need hints on how to convince upper management that this is really good for the old bottom line, i.e. new products design.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Karen Copenhaver<br \/>\n<\/span>Kansas City, MO<br \/>\nI was in a store called Doodlet&#8217;s in Santa Fe and purchased Smile on a Stick. Then I went into that web site and found you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Joane Papadakis<br \/>\n<\/span>Chula Vista, CA<br \/>\nA laugh a day keeps the doctor away! Experiencing humor will help heal all ills, body, soul and spirit!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mary Ann O&#8217;Gorman<br \/>\n<\/span>Middlebury, NY<br \/>\nI can always use a good laugh. Hope to see you in Saratoga Springs!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Charlene Harris<br \/>\n<\/span>Herkimer, NY<br \/>\nEverybody needs a little humor in our life. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">David Frazier<br \/>\n<\/span>Cedar Hill, TX<br \/>\nHeard about your site in a class Training The Trainer. Very good stuff here I&#8217;m sure will help me.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Adriane Howard<br \/>\n<\/span>Bellville, TX<br \/>\nI think that this site rocks. I love to laugh and make other people laugh. In the teen world it is very stressed out. But I always find ways to laugh everyday. Thanks for the great site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Barbara<br \/>\n<\/span>Bremerton, WA<br \/>\nI receive your e-zine on a regular basis. Keep up the good work. Looking at life with humor is the only way to cope.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rick Shomion<br \/>\n<\/span>St. Paul, MN<br \/>\nHumor is no laughing matter!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lisa B.<br \/>\n<\/span>Germantown, MD<br \/>\nWhen I was a kid, struggling with many physically painful events, a really old man (he was probably about 23 years old then) told me, If you lose your laughter, you&#8217;ll lose your sanity. He wrote it in my autograph book. He was right. I lost both for a while, but fortunately I have both well intact, and now help others in kind. Keep up the great work, Humor Project!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dan Reynolds<br \/>\n<\/span>Joel: Keep up the good work.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Neil<br \/>\n<\/span>Great site. Loved it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Helene Grover<br \/>\n<\/span>Sydney, NWS, Australia<br \/>\nInitially Robert Holden in England gave me your details, way back. Because my work is conducting laughter and humour workshops in Australia. Thank you so much for the wonderful material I have ordered from you, it has been of enormous benefit. I still plan to come to a conference. All the jest, Helene<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Corrina<br \/>\n<\/span>California<br \/>\nI like this site so much! Very witty and well put together!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cathy Lee<br \/>\n<\/span>This looks interesting. Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kim Donahue<br \/>\n<\/span>Indianapolis, IN<br \/>\nYour site is a nice way to start the day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Nancy Anne McClure-Zeller<br \/>\n<\/span>Slingerlands, NY<br \/>\nBoy, do I need doses of humor regularly in my field. As a Chaplain in the cancer units of a regional hospital, I sometimes feels as if the whole world is dying. I\u2019m looking forward to attending your conference. Anything that reduces stress and lightens the load is most welcome!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Michael J. Dykes<br \/>\n<\/span>Olympia, WA<br \/>\nLaughter is contagious: may it become a worldwide epidemic and no hope of a cure in sight!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Janice (Jenny) Herrick<br \/>\n<\/span>Sioux City, IA<br \/>\nI have been ordering from your resource bookstore for years. Started my hospital&#8217;s humor program about 5 years ago, just attended Clown Camp (LaCrosse, WS) this past May, went to China with the Patch Adam delegation and so hopefully I&#8217;ll get to your conference!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lee McCuistion<br \/>\n<\/span>Houston, TX<br \/>\nI went to high school with Joel! He was as funny then&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jersey<br \/>\n<\/span>You guys do a wonderful job! Keep up the good work!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sheila Moss<br \/>\n<\/span>Nashville, TN<br \/>\nGreat project! I loved reading the comments in your Guestbook and seeing all the different ways that humor touches people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Marian Martin<br \/>\n<\/span>Radford, VA<br \/>\nJoel, Just to let you all know we applied for and got a grant to begin our humor project for our local hospital as I told you about previously!! What a Christmas present this is and definitely a HAPPY NEW YEAR ahead!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Linda<br \/>\n<\/span>Your website is just beautiful! I wish you much success in all your endeavors!<br \/>\nWith love, friendship and healing<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Marion Dabulas<br \/>\n<\/span>Susquehanna, PA<br \/>\nI first attended your week-long Humor workshop at Sagamore and decided I really could write. Since then I have turned to more serious writing but always look back and see where it all began. Some of the other conferees literally took me by the hand to help me get started.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Stan Holden<br \/>\n<\/span>Lake Forest, CA<br \/>\nYour site hits the nail on the head about humor in the workplace!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ingrid Fils<br \/>\n<\/span>Ft. Lauderdale, FL<br \/>\nI want to help my friend deal with chemotherapy and radiation cocktails she&#8217;ll soon be receiving. So I&#8217;ve come to your site in search of guidance and humor. All ideas and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Molly Hill Folken<br \/>\n<\/span>Winter Park, FL<br \/>\nI use quotes from Laughing Matters in the Central Florida Chapter of Association for Death Education &amp; Counseling Newsletter, The Connection and the Greater Orlando AARP Widowed Persons Service Newsletters which I edit. We in death education and bereavement counseling need to laugh frequently or we cry a lot! I knew about Joel Goodman when he worked with Sid Simon on Values Clarification. Subscribed to Laughing Matters Vol.7-Vol.11. Meanwhile I&#8217;ll click into your site regularly. After all, Laughter makes the world go &#8217;round. Especially when voting time rolls around!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lynn P. Espy<br \/>\n<\/span>Clarksdale, MS<br \/>\nI read about your website through The ATRA Newsletter with the Gerontology Treatment Network Long-term Care- Does Laughing Matter? I always love to laugh and to see other people laugh but can not remember jokes so this will help me to share the jokes with other people who really need to hear them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jean W Yelton<br \/>\n<\/span>Aiken, SC<br \/>\nHello, I just stumbled onto ya&#8230;.liked ya&#8230;..want to know more about ya&#8230;&#8230;Thanks&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Charmaine<br \/>\n<\/span>Kingston, Jamaica<br \/>\nWe all do need a daily dose of laughter, if only to keep away the wrinkles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mike<br \/>\n<\/span>United Kingdom<br \/>\nInteresting website you got here.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dottie French<br \/>\n<\/span>Ann Arbor, MI<br \/>\nThere is NOTHING better than a good belly laugh to brighten things up!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Carolyn B. Thompson<br \/>\n<\/span>Frankfort, IL<br \/>\nOur learners love when we use your Smiles on a Stick &#8211; thanks!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">John Cassidy<br \/>\n<\/span>Oxford, United Kingdom<br \/>\nNo humour = no creativity = no life<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Glenn Getty<br \/>\n<\/span>Kaneohe, Hawaii<br \/>\nI learned about you from text book An Invitation to Health by Barbara Sayad [ 8 th edition]. I am putting together a 2 hr class on Stress management and plan on including humor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dan Herman<br \/>\n<\/span>Sacramento, CA<br \/>\nSaw you as a link on the Publishers Marketing Association website. Humor has always been a part of my life. Performed as a clown for many years and am currently distributing a humorous puppet video and hospital book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Diane Damiani<br \/>\n<\/span>Westbury, NY<br \/>\nI am looking for a good laugh from time to time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kevin P. Dailey<br \/>\n<\/span>Arlington, VT<br \/>\nThe name of your outfit surfaced while I was wandering around aimlessly in an old issue of Risk &amp; Insurance Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Robin Mendel-Rosenberg<br \/>\n<\/span>Chicago, IL<br \/>\nI read about you in a magazine article.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maureen Madden<br \/>\n<\/span>Houston, TX<br \/>\nEnjoyed!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Laura Colker<br \/>\n<\/span>Washington, DC<br \/>\nJoel Goodman has been making me laugh since we were in high school together.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Anna<br \/>\n<\/span>Hi! Definitely nice and neat site you got there.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dean Figley<br \/>\n<\/span>Ashland, OH<br \/>\nI think everyone needs to laugh sometime during the day. If you can make someone laugh please do. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Susan Badagliacca<br \/>\n<\/span>Northport, NY<br \/>\nI am very interested in bringing more humor into this world and would love for you to send me upcoming events about workshops.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mark Amundsen<br \/>\n<\/span>New York, NY<br \/>\nDoing research for <i>Parents\u00a0<\/i>magazine, where Dr. Goodman is quoted. Love the Web site!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Florence F. Hardesty<br \/>\n<\/span>Silverton, OR<br \/>\nMy husband has a wholesale nursery. I am a nurse. When I told him that our professions are alike&#8211;nurturing the organism, based on science but practical etc&#8211; he agreed but added, \u201cBut Dear, I get to compost my mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Karen Steinfeld<br \/>\n<\/span>Rochester, NY<br \/>\nHow can I get involved with the project? I am a nurse in a long-term care facility. I use humor naturally and it is amazing the results it brings. Bring on the Mirth!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Juanita Edwards<br \/>\n<\/span>Tulsa, OK<br \/>\nSounds neat. I am a registered nurse and can see that this would benefit my job. Would like more information on the project, and any future conferences.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leslie Gibson<br \/>\n<\/span>Palm Harbor, FL<br \/>\nDear Joel &amp; Margie, Thank you for giving me a grant to start The Comedy Connection! You believed in me and our program just continues to grow! We have 2 Clown Colleges going right now! Our hospital Comedy Carts have grown to 24 and we frequently have visitors from around the world! With Love &amp; Laughter, Leslie<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Frosty Erbin<br \/>\n<\/span>Billings, MT<br \/>\nI just got here. It looks like there are lots of resources.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Glen and Jaime Black<br \/>\n<\/span>Grapevine, TX<br \/>\nHeard part of your program on PBS in the Dallas\/Fort Worth area. Chronic pain problem and hope your information will add another tool to the pain tool chest.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Steven Trent Ball<br \/>\n<\/span>Fort Worth, TX<br \/>\nListening to NPR&#8217;s health show, I caught only the last 5 min. but it was enough to remind me what has been lacking in my life. Dr. Goodman&#8217;s comments about laughter in the workplace, reminded me what I have been suppressing, and not being myself. I&#8217;ll be visiting this site often.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sparkey<br \/>\n<\/span>Allen Park, MI<br \/>\nBe the best clown you can be\u2026 always be happy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Patsi Moza<br \/>\n<\/span>Arlington Heights, IL<br \/>\nI am not a human being having a spiritual experience I am a spiritual being having a human experience. Next time I&#8217;ll try being a cat!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Denise A. Saulter<br \/>\n<\/span>Beaufort, NC<br \/>\nHello, I am a professional clown going to school for Therapeutic Recreation. I am looking for current information on the biological and mental effects of humor. Thank you so much!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elizabeth Pedler<br \/>\n<\/span>Buena Park, CA<br \/>\nGood site. Look forward to visiting it more. Faith combined with humor are vital to everyday living.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Martin Lee<br \/>\n<\/span>Mountain View, AR<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been a professional entertainer for 15 years and use as much humor as I can in the songs I do and stories I tell.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jeanne Thibo Karns, Ph.D., CCLS<br \/>\n<\/span>Akron, OH<br \/>\nI am the coordinator of the Child Life program at the University of Akron. Our students train to give psychosocial support to hospitalized children and their families. Humor is a coping skill used by children and parents, often the preferred method of dealing with the stress of medical procedures. I also teach a course on the development of humor in children and families, usually twice a year. Always a great course but I am constantly adding as I find new material to help the students. Students from majors throughout the campus enroll in the course.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sue Roth<br \/>\n<\/span>Durham, NC<br \/>\nAs a nurse working in an adult bone marrow transplant program &#8211; with its attendant high stress, high morbidity, and high mortality &#8211; I find humor to be a sanity-saver for me! We&#8217;ve started a web site. One of our links is a place where we&#8217;re looking for nurses and other health care professionals to share funny, true experiences that have happened to them on the job.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tracey Asher<br \/>\n<\/span>tracyasher_2000@yahoo.com<br \/>\nI use humor as much as possible in my work as a Recreation Therapist in a psych hospital.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cheryl Ann T. Oberg<br \/>\n<\/span>Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br \/>\nI am a professional clown \/ humor therapist. I work with people big, tall short and small. . . living with cancer. . . surviving abuse. . . humor in the workplace. I am always looking for more information in all of these areas.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Melinda Stellar<br \/>\n<\/span>Fort Worth, TX<br \/>\nI had a mastectomy 10 years ago\u2026 doctors gave me a few months to live\u2026 HA!! Best thing that ever happened to me (really!). Ah Humor\u2026 would not leave home without it. I have more fun than anyone I know. Going on the comedy stage one of these days\u2026 already had an invite from a local club.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jimpson<br \/>\n<\/span>Thank you for your site. I have found here much useful information&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gloria Willis<br \/>\n<\/span>Scottsdale, AZ<br \/>\nHaving dessert first&#8230;. I thought I invented that! It is a great idea. A backwards dinner is a fun idea&#8230; especially if liver is being served for the entre. Keep up the good work. We all need to laugh more and take our selves less seriously. Laughter cures a lot of ailments.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cathy Wiseman<br \/>\n<\/span>Indianapolis, IN<br \/>\nI loved the ideas on Daily Laffirmations. They sound fun and positive and we will all try them in our household. Our grandson especially likes the idea of having dessert first!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Joseph R. Foster<br \/>\n<\/span>Frederick, MD<br \/>\nKeep up the good work. I add to and read my Tickle Tome regularly. What a way to get a pick me up!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">John MacGillivary AKA MacNut<br \/>\n<\/span>Brockville, Ontario, Canada<br \/>\nJust got back from attending the Comedy Magic Workshop in Norfolk, Virginia with Steve Kissell and a great group of people. It is through them that I found out about The Humor Project. I have been clowning since 1957. God Bless.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kevin Griffin<br \/>\n<\/span>La Crosse, WI<br \/>\nBesides being a creative historian and a deadbeat actor who read too much history, I do as much humor as possible. As my Father O&#8217;Malley says, Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. Unless you have REAL GOOD health insurance. Other notable Irish funny family members include Mohandas Maloney and Ole O&#8217;Brien!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sassy Frass<br \/>\n<\/span>Your website is great and humorific!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Diana Hawbacker<br \/>\n<\/span>Manchester, CT<br \/>\nI found your site listed in an elementary education journal. Your link was listed under Web sites containing tips on how to use humor in your presentations and I think it was a GREAT link for ElementK to list.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Brenda Inglis<br \/>\n<\/span>Abiline, TX<br \/>\nI heard about you in an article that appeared in Modern Maturity magazine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jodi P.<br \/>\n<\/span>Lincoln, NE<br \/>\nHave enjoyed your site very much. Humor is extremely important in my life today, and my physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health have improved 100% because of it. Keep up the good work. I vill be bock!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ertugrul Cepni<br \/>\n<\/span>Istanbul, Turkey<br \/>\nI like witty humor. That is why my most favorite is Will Rogers. I do like to laugh and promote laughter. I am new to your page. Keep smiling..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Susan Davey<br \/>\n<\/span>Milwaukee, WI<br \/>\nRainbow Randa is my clown name. Wanted to check out your site. I&#8217;m in need of healing humor myself, my sister died last week and I&#8217;m hurting. I&#8217;m very aware of the healing power of humor and since I&#8217;m at work thought I&#8217;d check it out. There is so much in your site, I love it, thank you I needed the laughter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Missy Corbat<br \/>\n<\/span>Anchorage, AK<br \/>\nGreat Site!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Barry R Sims<br \/>\n<\/span>Rhoadsville, VA<br \/>\nThis is a great site! I have written and self published a book of puns that I have thought up over a period of more than 15 years. I would like to find out how to submit this book to a publisher of humor so that it could get widespread distribution.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Becky Bryant<br \/>\n<\/span>Phoenix, AZ<br \/>\nYour website was mentioned in the article on humor in the workplace in the &#8216;For the Record&#8217; our Medical Records publication. I always try to have a positive, fun outlook on life and keep the laughter coming &#8211; Thanks for the website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Christina A. Welch<br \/>\n<\/span>Berlin, CT<br \/>\nVery cool! So glad to connect with you on-line &#8211; humor is everywhere, even on-line!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Angela Rodriguez<br \/>\n<\/span>El Paso, TX<br \/>\nThis is a cool website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Peggy Rogers<br \/>\n<\/span>Tucson, AZ<br \/>\nLook forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mary C<br \/>\n<\/span>Pittsburgh, PA<br \/>\nI attended a workshop in April where your presenter actually was the best of the group! I was cleaning out some old stuff and found your catalog. You will be hearing from me soon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">M.J. Tabak<br \/>\n<\/span>Pinecrest, FL<br \/>\nLooks like an interesting site. Lately I have lost my sense of humor and need some help finding it. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Karen McCall-Baer<br \/>\n<\/span>Mt Holly, NC<br \/>\nI am an Educator Intern from the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System working with Central Piedmont Community College. The person in charge of my internship, just returned from a conference in Colorado where this website was on a list of the 7 top recommended sites to visit. He wanted me to visit it and review it for the campus faculty newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bob Hughes<br \/>\n<\/span>Waverly, NY<br \/>\nI like your WEB site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sheryl<br \/>\n<\/span>Oloron, St Marie, France<br \/>\nI am really glad that such a site exists because I find laughter to be very helpful in everyday life. I was glad to find out about it and will come again as often as I can!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Paula J Weidemann<br \/>\n<\/span>San Jose, CA<br \/>\nI found you from reading the <i>2000 World Almanac<\/i>where I found the Institute for Totally Useless Skills and you were a link on the web site! \ud83d\ude42 Yeeee-Haaaa!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Elza<br \/>\n<\/span>Hi, good morning to all of you&#8230; Nice Guestbook \ud83d\ude09 !!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Louise Templeman M.D.<br \/>\n<\/span>New Port Richey, FL<br \/>\nMaybe more companies will join on and realize how much stress can be relieved when humor is used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Patti Finkel<br \/>\n<\/span>Kalamazoo, MI<br \/>\nLaughter really IS the best medicine. Thanks for a terrific site!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Peter Kaufman<br \/>\n<\/span>Richmond, VA<br \/>\nYour website was recommended by readers who submitted their favorite creative resources.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Andre van der Merwe<br \/>\n<\/span>Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa<br \/>\nA laugh a day is better than an apple a day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bobbi Chester<br \/>\n<\/span>Jupiter, IN<br \/>\nReading an article in Classroom Connect that referenced a site that referenced this site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sherry Miller<br \/>\n<\/span>Jupiter, FL<br \/>\nLoretta LaRoche told me about this site.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">James M.<br \/>\n<\/span>Orange, CA<br \/>\nYour site is the best on the web.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gary R Kock<br \/>\n<\/span>Emporia, KS<br \/>\nI am a counselor educator and licensed professional counselor. I am interested in the therapeutic effects of humor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Smiley Sue<br \/>\n<\/span>Sydney, Australia<br \/>\nI really believe in the benefits of smiling and laughter &#8211; what better way than by injecting some humour! And if you were to visit me at home, you&#8217;d be witness to the 90-odd-piece smiley collection that I have scattered around. I&#8217;ve added a page off your site as a link in mine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dr. James Lin<br \/>\n<\/span>Singapore<br \/>\nWould appreciate receiving e-news and cost of inviting you over here. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Linda Tatum<br \/>\n<\/span>Junction City, KS<br \/>\nI am looking forward to this site and to see what it is all about.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bobbie Speich<br \/>\n<\/span>Eagan, MN<br \/>\nYour resources have enhanced my talks. My clown character Nurse Heart does talks working with Alzheimer&#8217;s residents and staff. I look forward to your e-zine each year. Keep up the great work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Angie Shepard<br \/>\n<\/span>Rome, GA<br \/>\nThanks, I can always use a laugh and\/or a really big smile after working with sick children all night. I tell them some of the things I read on the net and it makes them smile just because I&#8217;m smiling while telling it, I think.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Mario Precopio<br \/>\n<\/span>Kissimmee, FL<br \/>\nYou\u2019re correct about laughter is the best medicine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Doug Fry<br \/>\n<\/span>Phoenix, AZ<br \/>\nLaughter is the cure for the illness of life itself. Look into the mirror each morning and start with yourself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sonny Sturn<br \/>\n<\/span>Austin, TX<br \/>\nHumor is like an ice cream on a hot hot day&#8211; it melts in your hands.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kimberly Miller<br \/>\n<\/span>Springfield, VA<br \/>\nI attended your humor and creativity conference with a co-worker. It was my first time to the conference. I thought it was a wonderful.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Peter<br \/>\n<\/span>Excellent site. Bookmarked and added to favorites!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cathi Cardone<br \/>\n<\/span>East Hanover, NJ<br \/>\nI&#8217;m embarking on a new career as a dental hygienist and I think it is important to use humor to help the patient relax by either making them laugh or just distracting them from letting their fears overtake them. I plan on trying to incorporate humor into my practice in a fun and respectful way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Linda Ure<br \/>\n<\/span>Perth, Western Australia, Australia<br \/>\nFuntastic! One of the great things I remember about my father is that he always told jokes at the dinner table. Food for thought. His sister developed dementia but never lost her sense of humour! Cheers from sunny Perth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Renie Cunningham<br \/>\n<\/span>British Columbia, Canada<br \/>\nThis is the greatest bunch of humor information in the world! Keep passing the laughs around the world! Love ya!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ginger Underwood<br \/>\n<\/span>Mangilao, Guam<br \/>\nI met Joel Goodman in Minneapolis about 3 years ago at a PBMA conference for Public Television and I would like to invite him to come to GUAM in October 2000 and help us celebrate our 30th Anniversary of providing public television to our island community. He mentioned to me then he would love to come to Guam one of these days. I thoroughly enjoyed his workshop and still have his book <i>Laffirmations; 1001 Ways to Add Humor to Your Life and Work<\/i>. Come to the beautiful island of Guam!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Shanan Thode<br \/>\n<\/span>West Bloomfield, MI<br \/>\nI love your books.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Britney<br \/>\n<\/span>Excellent site. The cool design and is a lot of helpful information.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Linda Lee Trahan<br \/>\n<\/span>Coventry, RI<br \/>\nMy friend has a web site with a link to yours.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ron Owens<br \/>\n<\/span>Montclair, NJ<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t think that a sense of humor is essential to get you through, try being an accordion player while attending high school in the 60&#8217;s! Now it is I who do the laughing as I think about the things I&#8217;ve done, the people I&#8217;ve met, and believe it or not, the money I&#8217;ve made. Eat your heart out, ye guitar players.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Alison<br \/>\n<\/span>Centreville, VA<br \/>\nTo err is human, but to laugh about it, is to make others forget the mistake you just made!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dee Sheets<br \/>\n<\/span>Salisbury, MD<br \/>\nI have attended the Humor\/Creativity conference twice and it is SO worth attending over and over again. In the future, I will once again bring more friends with me to experience a higher level of humor, creativity, and fun because of their attendance at the conference!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Brett Currie<br \/>\n<\/span>Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada<br \/>\nLove the site, and the story by Linda Welsh, \u201cFlight of The Clown Noses.\u201d Looking forward to checking in regularly in search of laughter. Great work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kady<br \/>\n<\/span>Houston, TX<br \/>\nI hoped to be humored and to laugh at all the jokes ya&#8217;ll send me. thank you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ken \u201cSomething\u201d Wong<br \/>\n<\/span>Hong Kong, China<br \/>\nPlease pass this to the Managing Director of Humor Project. I am the owner of the number 1 jokes site in Hong Kong. The Humor Project is an excellent idea. I am also working on the same area. Perhaps we can do something together. Regards, Ken<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Alice I Smith<br \/>\n<\/span>Lutz, FL<br \/>\nLaughter is important to keep perspective and balance in life.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Irene<br \/>\n<\/span>Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines<br \/>\nI like your site very much! Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">June Schmidt<br \/>\n<\/span>Wildwood, IL<br \/>\nYour catalog is a treasure of books on humor, and I have several. My site on stress includes humor as one of the ways to beat stress. It is also one of my own personal ways to keep life in perspective. Thank you for your efforts.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Roz Trieber<br \/>\n<\/span>Owings Mills, MD<br \/>\nAs a health educator specializing in stress management, I am joining your team. I have found humor to be the universal prescription for just about everything. I now have an additional set of letters after my name, NFL (naturally funny lady). So stand up and smile!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Velassery Bose<br \/>\n<\/span>Rome, Italy<br \/>\nI like humour.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lyn Rosenthal<br \/>\n<\/span>West Palm Beach, FL<br \/>\nAs an 11-year breast cancer survivor, there is nothing that has been more important to me than humor. Keep laughing!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vicki Snyder<br \/>\n<\/span>Rochester, MN<br \/>\ngreat website!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Donna<br \/>\n<\/span>Garden City, NY<br \/>\nTry to laugh everyday! I really believe it keeps you young.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Donna Short<br \/>\n<\/span>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br \/>\nI just wanted to say HI and have a jolly day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Eduardo Martinez<br \/>\n<\/span>Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic<br \/>\nAs my mother language is Spanish, it is very difficult for me to say how much I enjoy your website. I love this type of humor&#8230;Hey! I did it! I wrote the comment in English! THANKS!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Francis O&#8217;Donnell<br \/>\n<\/span>Hilton Head Island, SC<br \/>\nI have participated in Humor Conferences at Saratoga Springs and one at the Sagamore Conference Center.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pat Joyce<br \/>\n<\/span>Glens Falls, NY<br \/>\nEnjoy your site&#8230; it&#8217;s nice to have such creative neighbors in our area!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gwen Rose<br \/>\n<\/span>Richmond, VA<br \/>\nI heard about your through a class on caring clowns.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Patricia B Ross<br \/>\n<\/span>Wellesley, MA<br \/>\nThank God there&#8217;s someone working on the development and dissemination of healthy humor! Definitely a growing industry!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Vera Kirsher<br \/>\n<\/span>Mt. Shasta, CA<br \/>\nI read about your website in a magazine article. For several years I have been a volunteer for a Respite group. Two years ago my husband had a severe stroke and is confined to a wheelchair. We are finding out how important humor is in our lives and in the healing process. Looking forward to delving into your website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Chuck D Williams<br \/>\n<\/span>Leavenworth, KS<br \/>\nLooks good, sounds great.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Diane Brekhus<br \/>\n<\/span>Orange, CA<br \/>\nlove to laugh &#8212; you provide laughs!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">William Sullivan<br \/>\n<\/span>Albuquarque, NM<br \/>\nThis website is great.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bill Brooks<br \/>\n<\/span>Alamosa, CO<br \/>\nIn past years I&#8217;ve enjoyed your Laughing Matters magazine. I was so glad to see the web site to get back in touch with this great source!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monica<br \/>\n<\/span>San Jose, CA<br \/>\nJoke, Joke, and more jokes&#8230;ha! that&#8217;s funny!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Evelyn<br \/>\n<\/span>South Bend, IN<br \/>\nInteresting!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Patsy Lackey<br \/>\n<\/span>Mongomery, AL<br \/>\nSearching for something funny to lift my spirits. I got on Internet. I believe humor can be haling to our mind, body, and soul.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Queen Adamson<br \/>\n<\/span>San Francisco, CA<br \/>\nI was born a \u201claugher\u201d and its great to find The Humor Project. Keep up the wonderful work you do.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cheryl<br \/>\n<\/span>Sydney, NSW, Australia<br \/>\ni have just found u today and have signed up for tee-hee mail. Looking forward to receiving a regular dose of humor to brighten up my day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Stacee Anderson<br \/>\n<\/span>Towanda, KS<br \/>\nI am looking for a mentor to assist me in developing my speaking business ie humor. You have a wonderful site and I look forward to laughing with everyone!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lisa Tuttle<br \/>\n<\/span>Wynnewood, PA<br \/>\nI discovered your wonderful site in the process of editing the scholarly journal Death Studies, where your International Personal and Professional Skillshop, \u201cHumor and Stress Management: Tickling Stress Before It Tackles You\u201d was announced to its readers. I look forward to returning again and to sharing the site with others. Thanks for the fun.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Madeline Begun Kane<br \/>\n<\/span>Bayside, NY<br \/>\nI enjoyed visiting your site. By the way, I just referred a fan of my workplace humor to your site and Speaker&#8217;s Bureau.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Amanda<br \/>\n<\/span>A fantastic site and brilliant effort. A great piece of work.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Nicole<br \/>\n<\/span>Thank for making this valuable information available to the public.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bob<br \/>\n<\/span>Very good web site, great work and thank you for your service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Svetlana<br \/>\n<\/span>Thanks for your project. I like this site. KEEP IT UP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Joon<br \/>\n<\/span>Excellent site, added to favorites!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Shirley<br \/>\n<\/span>I&#8217;ll be back&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guestbook Thank you for visiting our website. Please sign our Guestbook and leave us a message. 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