You may have noticed that The Mirth Manifesto begins with the instruction to raise one foot before commencing its recitation. We are not, in fact, just messing with you. In truth, we would like to assure you we are actually very serious about this stage direction. Taking a solemn vow is often accompanied by a …
How beautiful the April snowFalls from above to down belowThe flurries dancing to and froYet nothing rhymes with orange The snowflakes snuggle, nesting deepAnd all the cars dress up like sheepTheir wooly flocks all snug for sleepHow sad, the lonely orange Such ease for most to find a dateYet some must quest through endless fateAnd …
One of the beautiful things about the universe is that there is no sign at the entrance with a big marker that says, “You must be this tall to ride this ride.” We’re all allowed into this strange adventure in the Milky Way. Now of course there are those who think this is actually quite …
Not being scientists ourselves, we are going to oversimplify this and likely incur the ire of those who actually are, but, in general terms, The Law of Conservation of Mass goes something like this: The law implies that mass can neither be created nor destroyed, although it may be rearranged in space, or the entities …
The betterment of one’s own education is a noble pursuit, but really, if you’d just like a good laugh sometime, subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Day email. It really is amazing, the language we humans have crafted in order to explain the universe to ourselves. And that’s just in English! Actually, …
We, the Bored of Directors, would like to welcome you to the first official meeting of The Serious Mirth Society. We’re delighted you’re here. Our second meeting will very likely involve hippos (so take heart), but today we want to start with the elephant in the room (not a hippo), and that’s death. It’s one …
The Serious Mirth Society 