Diversions and random fun stuff!
Ice breakers
Who are Punch and Judy anyway?
The Worldwide Friends of Punch and Judy
Encyclopedia on Punch and Judy
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Other punchy origins ...
Punch magazine Web site and Punch Cartoon Library
Punch, the magazine of humor and satire, was a very British institution with an international reputation for its witty and irreverent take on the world. It published the work of some of the greatest comic writers (Thackeray, P G Wodehouse and P J O’Rourke among others) and gave us the cartoon as we know it today.
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Test your grammar skills!
Enjoy (or torment yourself with) these quizzes from The Guide to Grammar and Writing, sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut.
Inspiration, provocation and punch lines
Creative catalysts, pithy quotes, food for thought and other random irreverence
Capturing creativity
How to enhance the creativity of a person and figuring out the mysteries of the creative process.
By Robert Epstein - From Psychology Today
Television has raised writing to a new low.”
— Samuel Goldwyn, American film producer and motion picture studio founder (1882-1974)
If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.”
— Dave Barry, humorist and columnist
One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways.”
— Peter McWilliams, author of best selling self-help books (1949-2000)
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.”
— Brander Matthews, American writer and educator (1852-1929)