I sat down to write a “how u doing” type letter to my friend, Jim Thompson aka “James” “Jimbo”, a world class laughter creating machine on what would have been his 40th birthday.   Happy Birthday Dude. Dude, Duude, DOOD: How are you? I just wanted you to know I’m thinking about you on this [...]

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Anybody still out there? Bueller. Bueller. Anyone? Giggle On Land As many of you noticed, I’ve been underground for a while. I haven’t had much energy or desire to spend time in Giggle On Land. This is not because I’m depressed or worse, because I’ve stopped laughing. I am perfectly content at present and thanks [...]

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Don’t Bitch Slap My Funny My beloved funny got smacked right out of my pretty head at the end of October. Bitch slapped nonetheless. I HATE when that happens. My Giggle said going…Going…G-O-N-E! Suicide punched me square in the gut, AGAIN, and now I am left pondering the meaning of “Jim Suicide Squared” or should [...]

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Late last night I received an email with tragic news about the loss of another friend to suicide. The news came with a copy of his suicide note, a well written 9 page letter which I am not at liberty to share. This friend, ironically named “Jim”, was the one who inspired the name “Giggle [...]

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Laughter, an Antidote to Grief Neil Chethik, editor for the Open to Hope Foundation, posted a question to his contributing writers last week: “How has giving helped you in grieving?” My immediate thought was “Great Question” and I set about to write a brief synopsis about grieving, giving and giggling called, Using Laughter and Playfulness [...]

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