December 7, 2007

Into every life, a little levity must fall. Not that levity has much of a place on a blog centered around a book devoted to "the stories behind the images of 9/11." Even so, since much of what I write about concerns visual culture, I thought I would let blog readers know about a new Web-based service that I am advising.

It is called ComedySmack -- the brainchild of a friend of mine named David Moore who is, by night, a standup comic at New York's legendary Caroline's Comedy Club, and, by day, an entrepreneur and bon vivant.

Each weekday, a discerning clan of humor hunters-and-gatherers scour the Net, along with new films, books, television shows, comedy clubs, the news wires, etc., to come up with three choice nuggets of Grade-A comedy. I encourage everyone to sign up, for free, at the link above, and you will begin receiving your Morning Dose of Crazy, in the form of a discrete email blast.

Get smacked.

Well, as long as I'm at it....please, visit Diversity Matters, the Web site and weekly radio show/podcast of my brother, Dr. Richard Friend, that explores myriad issues of diversity in modern life.