“Humor in America” (HA!) is a blog dedicated to the discussion of humor and humor studies in America. Affiliated with the "Humor in America Project" at the University of Texas at Austin. Posts are the work and responsibility of the authors and are not edited by the Managing Editor or endorsed by the University. Authors retain copyright to their work. *********************************************************** "The great virtue of humor is that it is philosophizing in action, a bright silver thread in the great duvet of existence. And one can easily engage in it for an hour or two every day." --Simon Critchley, On Humour ************************************************************