Recently, I played in a Quizbowl competition against other schools to qualify for the National Championship Tournament. It is similar to Jeopardy, only with teams and longer questions. Shortly before the last question, my fingers tapped anxiously at the buzzer as I waited for the moderator to get ready. This was the tiebreaker question and I sat attentively at the edge of my chair as the moderator began to read. “A bathroom designed by this man includes a gray-tiled meridienne...

Some people want fortune. Some people want fame. I just want to laugh. I love watching Comedy Central. I enjoy satire. In fact, I even find bad puns and knock-knock jokes to be funny. However, this satisfaction is brief. I might giggle a little, but the full-on laughter just doesn’t come to me. While my friends howl with laughter, I keep a straight face. It’s not that I don’t have a sense of humor, it’s just...

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