Sometimes I read too much news, think too much, and take myself way too seriously.  So my resolution this year is to laugh more.  A lot more.  It was one of my resolutions from last year and some changes just take time.

Below is a link to my favorite Weird Al video. I heard the song, fell out, and then I saw the video.  Donny Osmond shows off his sweet moves as a back up dancer.

I love Weird Al because he goes all out, doesn’t hold back.  Some artists phone it in for their videos and concerts with a vacant look in their eye.  Not Weird Al.

When I hear this song, I laugh at all of my nerdy practices.  My checklists, the excruciating detail and data I collect on paper and in my mind, and vacationing at the Mensa AG.  I’m not so much about the bubble wrap, but I love color coordinated file folders.  I’ve competed in a pinball tournament.  Not only is Stephen Hawking in my library, but so is Richard Feynman and I’ve gone to lectures by both.  I’ve written Fibonacci poetry.

And BTW, the answer is, of course, Captain Picard.

“Omiyage” Kauai Back Story: Web.  2 Sep. 2009.

“Geocaching: Less Cash, More Fun” Mensa Bulletin: The Magazine of American Mensa, April 2009: 22-23.

“Sublime: From Solid to Vapor” Quiet Mountain Essays: Web. 1 Mar. 2009.

“Penny Wise, Pound Foolish” Prism Review, Spring 2009. 59-60.

“Metrolink” Broadside with art by Mathew Digges, Voice In Action, Creative Writing and Modern Languages Department, University of LaVerne, LaVerne, CA, September 2007.

“My Fourth and First AG” Mensa Bulletin: The Magazine of American Mensa, August 2007: 22-24.

“Stop and Go” Prism Review, Spring 2006. 61-63.

“Rind” mo+th: Poetry and Prose for the New Millennium, Spring 2006.

“Rebecca” mo+th: Poetry and Prose for the New Millennium, Fall 2005.

“Toe to Toe” Mean Girls Grown Up: Adult Women Who are Still Queen Bees, Middle Bees, and Afraid-to-Bees. Cheryl Dellasega. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, 2005. 63-64.

“Solemates,” Broadside with art by Mathew Digges, Voice In Action, Creative Writing and Modern Languages Department, University of LaVerne, LaVerne, CA, September 2004.

“Spelling His Way to the Top,” I Love My Job! A Digest of Workplace Wit and Wisdom. Steve Herbelin and Jocelyn Herbelin. Riverbank Books, January 2001.

Untitled. The Noon Quilt Sue Thomas. Nottingham, UK: trAce Online Writing Community, 1999.