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A Couple Points Of Light, Part 1: The Gift Of Laughter From Mark R. Harris

5/28/2020

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      It's definitely not the best of times. But it's probably not the worst of times, either, considering how bad times can actually get, and have gotten throughout the course of human history, usually for reasons of our own making.
       Still, for most of us  this is a time when we could all use a bright spot in our day, a little  something to give us a brief smile, a pleasant moment, a little point of light.
       To this end, I'm going to post a series on a few people who, during this time of worldwide sickness, sadness, and uncertainty,  are using their Facebook pages to share a bit of daily laughter, comfort, or diversion to brighten our days. 
       As I have only a couple of subjects to write about at this point - subsequently it'll probably be a short series - I'm going to call the series A Couple Points of Light,  the idea being to share these Facebook pages with anyone who might like to become followers and enjoy a little point of light in their day.   

              My first point of light is  Mark R. Harris.
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    Mark R. Harris, PhD, teaches American literature, Shakespeare, postmodern literature, and writing at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He's written two novels,
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...as well as literary articles on Borges, Hawthorne, and the fiction of Mark Twain. His verse has been published in several poetry reviews. And Dr. Harris is a connoisseur of jokes, which he shares daily on his Facebook page.
        Now, lots of people share jokes on their Facebook page. But Mark Harris shares consistently  great jokes. Awesome jokes. Funny jokes.
       His joke shares began popping up on my Facebook feed shortly after we friended, our acquaintance having been made from sharing the same publisher, Black Rose Writing.

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     One  joke was funnier than the other. I loved them all. On days when I didn't see a Mark R. Harris joke on my time line I'd hop over to his Facebook page in case I'd missed one. In fact I still do. A few days ago Facebook notified me that I was a Mark R. Harris Top Fan. (I'm not sure how Facebook knew that, but I can't deny that it's true. In fact I'd venture to call myself a Mark R. Harris Superfan).
      I contacted Mark and asked him where he found such an abundance of great jokes. He replied:
     "Where do I get the jokes...from searching around Facebook, pretty much. I scroll through my feed each day and save any jokes that I think are really funny. Sometimes they are from Facebook pages like Facebook Puns, or Dad Jokes, and sometimes they are something one of my FB friends has posted. I keep a file of them and pick one each night to post.

      The jokes he posts  are often of the double-entendre variety.
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     However some require a bit of cultural savvy to appreciate,
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...while others might take a moment to figure out.
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     Some are groaners,
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...and some are just uncategorizably funny.
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      Those are just a few. The jokes on Dr. Harris's Facebook page are great in number.
      Mark shared as his reason for posting his found jokes, "(I'm) Just trying to brighten someone's day,"
       And he does indeed. You can follow his jokes on his Facebook page, Mark R. Harris.

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Sam Harris link
5/29/2020 06:33:31 pm

Dr. Harris's sense of humor is great and was very instrumental in shaping my own. Thanks for highlighting these!

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Patti
5/29/2020 06:37:45 pm

Glad you enjoyed, Sam.

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