TRAGEDY AND COMEDY

One of my greatest pleasures in life is making people laugh--even if I'm the punch line.  Without going into details, over the last couple of weeks I've been dealing with a series of tragic events involving a number of people close to me.  We are now at a point where all I have to do is pick up the phone and say "How are you doing today?"  Laughter ensues.  Sometimes even belly laughs.  I've always rather enjoyed treading that very fine line between tragedy and comedy.