Weekend Miscellany
Glorious day: Very few commitments, other than two girls soccer games. If I get out in time, I'll stroll over to the high school baseball field and volunteer in the concession stand for awhile. It's supposed to be 56 and sunny with zero chance of precipitation.
In fact, there's virtually no precipitation in the forecast for the rest of the month, and it's already been a dry April. I've seen drought references here and there. Are we looking at a potential drought this summer? I'm thinking about getting a rain barrel for the garden. Anyone have any thoughts?
GKC Lecture
This event is taking place just two hours from my driveway: “G.K. Chesterton on Humor,” by Ian Ker. I like humor, I like GKC, and I like Ker. Alas, it starts at 8:00 my time, which means I'd be exiting south Chicago in the dark and getting home around midnight, on a work night. That wouldn't happen even for a live Elvis show.
I obviously don't know what Ker is going to say, but I assume he's going to hammer home the idea that the mind is struck by incongruity. Chesterton pointed that out: incongruity is the fulcrum of laughter. I think this point is well illustrated in today's comedy world of randomness, when funny guys throw out things from left field for humorous effect.
More Humor
I'm not a big fan of the cutesy web articles, but this one made me smile at least six times: 21 Absolutely Worst Things in the World. I can't describe it. You just have to go look at the pictures, then juxtapose the title of the piece with the pictures. Incongruity.
