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This will make you smile. A BIG smile!

Posted in creativity, from the viewing room, humour, music, video on June 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Oh sometimes somebody just does something simple but original with the internet.
I LOVE this video.
This is one of those videos to watch when you want to smile. It’s heart-warming and just plain JOYOUS

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Happy-go-lucky

Posted in from the viewing room, humour, life, movies on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m a big fan of Mike Leigh, but although there is a lot of humour in many of his movies, they’re generally pretty dark. His latest movie, Happy-go-lucky, is quite different, yet it retains those essential characteristics of Mike Leigh films – I can’t quite explain it but he manages to make you both care [...]

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Laughter and smiling…..two great medicines

Posted in from the viewing room, humour, life, video on January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Dr Tom Bibey’s blog is worth reading. He’s the kind of family doctor I like. He recently posted about laughter and I thought I’d post this just for him and his good wife. Hope you enjoy it!

While you’re here, and if you feel you need something to cheer yourself up try
this [...]

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Randomised Controlled Trial of Parachute Use

Posted in from the consulting room, from the reading room, health, humour, life on December 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Every Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal, now known simply as the BMJ, has some really fun articles. I haven’t opened this year’s issue yet but when I picked it up from behind my door just now a study from old BMJ Christmas issue came to mind. It was a systematic review of the [...]

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The celebration of who you are (the refusal to conform to stereotypes)

Posted in from the consulting room, from the reading room, health, humour, life, video on October 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »

One of the things that depresses me most is the tendency to write off whole swathes of humanity by sticking a label on them and dismissing them. I sat on the train this week and two guys, a Scotsman and an American with a comb-over, spent the whole journey doing just that. Huge numbers of [...]

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Dying for drugs

Posted in from the consulting room, humour on September 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »

One of the doctors who trained me told me “If you send your patient to a man with a knife he’ll use it”. The advice was about referring to surgeons. He meant if I sent a patient to a surgeon it was highly likely that the patient would end up with some kind of operation, [...]

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How to be creative

Posted in creativity, from the reading room, humour, writing on September 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Have you come across gapingvoid? It’s the website of Hugh McLeod who draws business card sized cartoons. His top post of all time is this one on creativity. It’s long but it’s worth it! And some of the cartoons are hilarious.

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The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun

Posted in humour, life, personal growth on September 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »

 
 
I enjoyed this.
 
You might too
 
 
 
 

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In need of more laughter?

Posted in creativity, humour, photography on August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s more to enjoy. Brilliantly observed and very funny.

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Pearls of Wisdom

Posted in creativity, from the reading room, humour, life on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve recently been playing with Stumbleupon and stumbled across this page.
It’s good to read aphorisms and when they are spiced with humour they’re even better.
The “thought for the day” at the bottom of the page captures the tone of the whole piece -
Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that [...]

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