The other day after bathtime, Nora discovered the funniest thing in the world: Mommy with the hiccups. This dovetails perfectly with the theory that, evolutionarily, humor originates from a shock-relief combination. What better shock-relief pattern than your protective mother suddenly convulsing and releasing a loud sound, followed by her immediate recovery and smile? The randomness of hiccups adds to the suspense, as you never know when the next one is coming.
I think this is my favorite Nora Rasmussen Film yet. She was laughing much more before I got the camera, but it’s still a great moment. And the freeze frame that I use for the title sequence is one of her best pictures, I think.
Evolutionary biologists have historically struggled to understand why the human animal developed a sense of humor. The best theory I have heard comes from watching when infants laugh. Babies don’t truly laugh until about the fourth or fifth month, and they do so as a response to relief after a fright. e.g. Mommy makes a [...]
I’ve been thinking about doing some guitar videos. No good reason, just expressing myself and riding the “consumer-created video over the internet” wave. This is just a test to see how well I could record one and how well hosting it via revver.com works. Revver.com is awesome. It’s better than YouTube and Google Video because [...]
This is a simple little ditty that I’ve come up with recently. It sounds very “Pink Floyd” to me. Hopefully it will be incorporated into a longer song sometime. It’s funny that I don’t have a good way to share only audio on my blog, so here’s a quick video I made. Doesn’t the letterboxing [...]
I’m dreading holding my daughter’s hand while she gets a dental filling tomorrow. She, in her blissful naivety, is actually looking forward to going to the dentist.
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The other day after bathtime, Nora discovered the funniest thing in the world: Mommy with the hiccups. This dovetails perfectly with the theory that, evolutionarily, humor originates from a shock-relief combination. What better shock-relief pattern than your protective mother suddenly convulsing and releasing a loud sound, followed by her immediate recovery and smile? The randomness of hiccups adds to the suspense, as you never know when the next one is coming.
