Tag: Kate Baggott
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How to treat a broken heart: An instruction guide
Kate Baggott Ontario, Canada Human beings are callous creatures. We pursue our own agendas, desires, and happiness at the expense of those who would love us. We have all done it. We have all disputed the purity of another’s love. We have all had our hearts broken in turn. We all know this state;…
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A difficult diagnosis: Humor—how we laugh at doctors
Kate Baggott St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada “Clown Car.” Photo by Oliver Gouldthorpe on Flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0. “To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it,”1 silent film star Charlie Chaplin wrote in his autobiography. Chaplin’s words do not exactly connect the funny bone to the humerus, and…