Cinnamon Rolls

Dough

1 cup hot water (100-110ºF) 

4  tsp dry yeast (2 packets)

4  Tbsp granulated sugar 

4 Tbsp salted butter, melted

2/3 cup whole milk

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp salt

Cinnamon Filling

12 Tbsp salted butter, room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

2 Tbsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

Cream Cheese Icing

8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature

4 Tbsp salted butter, room temperature

2 Tbsp whole milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups powdered sugar

Mix water, sugar, salt yeast 5 minutes until frothy.  Add milk and butter. Add flour to liquid into metal bowl.  Mix dough and let rise in covered bowl until doubled.  Flatten dough out into rectangle.  Spread filling, roll up into a log, cut into sections, and place sections into oiled glass pan.  Cover with plastic and allow to rise.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  Mix Icing and serve. 

13 Comedy Structures

1. Setup and Punchline

Structure: Establish a premise (setup), then deliver an unexpected twist (punchline).

Example: “I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.”

2. Rule of Three

Structure: List two normal items, then a third that’s absurd or unexpected.

Example: “I like my coffee like I like my mornings: hot, strong, and sadly necessary.”

3. Callback

Structure: Refer back to an earlier joke or line later in the performance for comedic effect.

Example: First joke: “I’m terrible at directions.” Later: “Which is why I ended up at a dog wedding.”

4. Exaggeration / Hyperbole

Structure: Take a situation or characteristic and blow it way out of proportion.

Example: “I’m so bad at cooking, even my smoke detector files complaints.”

5. Irony / Incongruity

Structure: Present a situation opposite to what is expected.

Example: “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

6. Observational Comedy

Structure: Humor comes from noting the absurdity in everyday life.

Example: “Why do they put locks on 24-hour convenience stores? Are we really worried about 3 AM bandits?”

7. Wordplay / Puns

Structure: Play with language, double meanings, or similar sounds.

Example: “I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down.”

8. Misdirection

Structure: Lead the audience to expect one outcome, then surprise them.

Example: “I have an inferiority complex… but it’s not a very good one.”

9. Self-Deprecation

Structure: Make fun of yourself, often to build rapport.

Example: “I’m on a seafood diet. I see food, and I eat it… mostly because I can’t cook.”

10. Parody / Satire

Structure: Imitate or exaggerate a style, genre, or person to highlight absurdities.

Example: Making a dramatic movie trailer about doing laundry.

11. Call-and-Response / Interaction

Structure: Engage the audience or another character, often leading to humorous exchanges.

Example: Comedians asking, “How many of you…?” and riffing off audience reactions.

12. Absurdism / Surreal Comedy

Structure: Create humor by embracing the illogical, bizarre, or nonsensical.

Example: “I bought a cat to guard my house. Turns out he only guards my socks.”

13. Contrast / Juxtaposition

Structure: Place two contrasting ideas, characters, or situations side by side for effect.

Example: “I’m a vegetarian… except for when I see bacon. Then I’m a terrible person with good taste.”

9 Laughter Triggers

surprise, embarrassment, superiority , release,

configurational, incongruity, recognition, ambivalence , coincidence 

Comedy Club Names

Laugh: chuckle, giggle, guffaw, snicker, titter, cackle, chortle

Levity: frivolity, lightness, flippancy, silliness, lightheartedness, cheerfulness

Zany: goofy, wacky, eccentric, comical, kooky, loony, madcap

Chuckle: laugh, giggle, chortle, snigger, titter

Buffoonery: clowning, tomfoolery, horseplay, foolishness, jesting, silliness

Hoopla: commotion, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, brouhaha, ballyhoo, excitement

Hubbub: noise, commotion, clamor, tumult, racket, uproar, hullabaloo

Hullabaloo: commotion, noise, fuss, uproar, hubbub, racket, pandemonium

Tomfoolery: clowning, foolishness, silliness, horseplay, shenanigans, buffoonery

Loony: crazy, nutty, kooky, wacky, daft, insane, mad

Shindig: party, celebration, bash, gathering, event, reception

Daft: silly, foolish, stupid, ridiculous, crazy, idiotic, senseless

Kooky: wacky, eccentric, bizarre, odd, zany, loony, nutty 

Joker: comedian, clown, comic, humorist, jester, prankster, trickster, wag. 

Hilarity: glee, cheerfulness, merriness, festivity, cheer, mirth, joviality, gayety; 

funny, amusing, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, farcical, sidesplitting, rib-tickling, too funny for words, humorous, entertaining, comic, 

chuklesome, priceless, a scream. a hoot, killing, boisterous, merry. amusing, entertaining, animated, high-spirited, lively, witty, droll, merry, jolly, jovial, jocular, mirthful, cheerful, vivacious, sparkling, uproarious, boisterous, noisy, rowdy, wacky

Classic Club Names: Zanys, Funny Bone, Comedy Cellar, Mothership, Comedy Store, Loony Bin, Comedy Catch, Yuk Yuks, Hilarities. Side-Splitters. Levity Live, Funny Farm. Helium. Laugh Factory. The Punchline.

Names: Giggles, Kooky, Chuckles, Daft. Shindig, Hubbub, Hoopla, Tomfoolery. Lunacy, Shenanigans, Hullabaloo. Just Kiddn, Kidders. Premise, Tagline, Setup, Punchline, Callback. Loosescrews. unhinged. pandemonium, uproar. 

Historical Corrections

Assad did not use chemical weapons. Civilians in Ghouta were initially attributed to chlorine, which is now being called sarin. Obviously, it's a false flag. Russia accepted Bidens' offer (media gaffe) to get rid of Syrian chemical weapons to avoid war. Western-backed Syrian rebels did use sarin routinely .

Turkey's early peace plan was taken seriously by both sides but UK PM pressured Zelensky to not accept.

The Taliban have again outlawed opium in Afganistan and poppy cultivation has dropped 95% since 2021 being replaced by Myanmar, Shan State, Golden triangle area by the Hmong and other minority groups.

Fall of Rome (A Problem of Religion)

False Religion = No Charity, No Virtue.

No Virtue = Drugs and Sex

Drugs and Sex = Broken Families

Broken Families = Poverty.

No Charity = No Social Justice.

Ceasar promises Social Justce.

State Welfare = Free Bread and Circus

State Welfare = No Accountability.

State Welfare = Budget Deficit.

Budget Deficit = Expansionism.

Expansionism = Mercinary Barbarians.

Mercinary Barbarians (Foeterati) = Unstable immigration.

Cut Welfare = Revolt and Insurrection.

True State Protects Religious Rights

Charity/Welfare is the Right of Religion

True Religion Rehabs Unvirtuous.

True Religion Preserves Family and the State.