Thanks to the Titan Missile Museum, I was one of the guests on the Jay Parisi Show (KNST 790 AM) live broadcast event from the Titan site on Thursday June 19. It was great to see behind the scenes and talk about the book and the story behind it. How do you get from the Atom Bomb to the Atomic Cocktail Party? (One drink at a time.)
Not just in my strange mind, but the whole atomic pop culture thing. It's black humor, a fist in the face of death. It's eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die, carpe diem, live life to the fullest, stop and smell the roses, and by golly, laugh more. But live and write with panache instead of cliche.
Jay was great, willing to look at all sides of an issue, and to go a little deeper on the questions instead of staying on the surface. I talked a little bit about "why humor"--because we learn better with emotion attached to the learning experience. Think about the best teachers you had--they motivated you by fun or fear.
I vote for fun, or as in the case of nuclear powers, fun and fear.
I hear i have a new nickname: The Margarita Girl.
That's me, an edu-tainer.
Slainte! Salud, amor, y el tiempo para desfrutarlo!
(Health! Health, love, and the time to enjoy them!)
Maurynne Maxwell, aka Em, aka Rev, muses on life, the universe, and everything.
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