It's funny what makes people laugh and what doesn't.

And it's different for each person.

Suggesting that you can avoid attending your father-in-law's races, for instance, would strike most people as selfish or petty or thoughtless or unsupportive.

But given just the right set of circumstances, it becomes hilarious to that one person.

Humor is such a personal thing. At least it is for me.

Sure, there are those talented individuals who can make an entire room laugh. I'm not one of those people.

But I do have a gift for seeing the lighter side of most situations, and am usually not shy about expressing it.

More often than not, I come off as a smartass. That's really not my intention. I rarely am trying to be mean, just funny.

But to those rare few who get me, who share my sense of humor, it's a wonderful thing.

Back In The Saddle

Well, as it turns out, I couldn't stay away from Facebook.

To recap: in an effort to scale down and unplug a couple of months ago, I suspended my Facebook and Twitter accounts, and started a new, much-scaled back Twitter feed.

But once the initial pride of being able to say "I'm not on Facebook (anymore)!" wore off, I began to feel...disconnected.

Things were going on, and I didn't know about them.

But even more basic than that: I missed the attention.

Unless you live with a spouse who doesn't think you're the least bit funny and three kids who think your picture should be in the dictionary to illustrate the word "lame" and three animals who only humor and tolerate you because you feed them, you can't begin to know the sheer agony I felt at not having a creative (okay, "creative") outlet for my special brand of humor (okay, "humor").

So, I'm back.

And man, does it feel good.