Introducing... My New Blog!

Here's to trying new things! (My husband also doubles as a personal bartender and it ranks high on the list of reasons why I married him).

I am bringing it back to 2010 with a blog! I have a lot of things on my mind and social media just doesn't cut it (I think we all know that it's primary use is for sharing cat videos anyway).

I have been quietly percolating about science - the good, the bad, and the not real. I hoped for changes to be made to solve our pressing problems, but I keep seeing the needle move in the wrong direction. To feel better about the state of the world, I turned to comedy. For years, on any given night you could find me either watching someone perform the art, or trying it myself. I quickly realized that comedy held the key to our problems.

To say that many people feel unhappy with the current state of the world is an understatement. Yale's most popular class in over 300 years is, "Psychology and the Good Life", a course about how to be happy (backed up by science!) (1). If those privileged Ivy League kids can't be happy, how do the rest of us stand a shot? I am joking of course ( Yale, please hire me).

It doesn't matter what your core beliefs are, conservative, liberal, flat earther, there is a common feeling of unhappiness. Gas is expensive, home ownership is damn near impossible in certain cities, and I might have to start a GoFundMe page to afford grapes.

We have real issues and yet, we can't have a conversation to come up with solutions because of the polarization we face. There is one medicine that I can prescribe as a PhD doctor, that is to think critically. Too cheesy? I'll work on it. But critical thinking can be tough work and in a not-so-kind world, it might not be a straightforward path. So, like Mary Poppins said, (because Julie Andrews is right about almost everything), we need a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down, a.k.a. comedy.

Cue 90s grunge music - that's where I come in. I am bringing you facts, comedy, and common sense all rolled into 1 easily digestible post.

Week, after week, I'll be here going through the issues that matter and poking some fun at the ones that really don't.

Until next time, remember to dream big, love fiercely, laugh often, and sparkle.

References

1. Laurie Santos: Psychology and the Good Life [Internet]. The Aspen Institute; 2018 [cited 2025 Feb 13]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZizdB0TgAVM&t=27s