{"id":13221,"date":"2018-03-19T09:17:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=13221"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:20","slug":"speaker-series-the-importance-of-being-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2018\/03\/19\/speaker-series-the-importance-of-being-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Series: The Importance of Being Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2018\/03\/gini-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/friends\/files\/2018\/03\/gini-cover-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright\" size-medium wp-image-1647\"<\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=center>Loyola University Chicago Libraries Speaker Series <\/p>\n<p align=center><strong>The Importance of Being Funny<br \/>\nby Al Gini<\/p>\n<p align=center>Wednesday, April 11, 2018<br \/>\n6 PM \u2022 Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=center>Reception preceding the lecture at 5:30 PM with refreshments provided by Alumni Relations. Book signing to follow.<br \/>\nRSVP encouraged but not required <a href=\"mailto:LUC-alum@luc.edu\">LUC-alum@luc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.algini.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Gini<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of Business Ethics, Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago, discusses his newest book <em>The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Humor can act as both a sword and shield to defend and protect us against life. Humor can, at times, detox if not completely explain some of the unsolvable mysteries of life. And, humor can help us address some of the immediate nagging problems we wrestle with day to day. Humor may not be able to provide definitive answers, but it can arrest and defang our uncertainty. I am convinced that laughter offers perspective, reinforces our humanity, and encourages hope. Humor may not be a cure for all life\u2019s problems but it can be a helpful anesthesia. My attempt will be to offer a serious presentation on humor that is also seriously funny!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":13227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13221"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17620,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13221\/revisions\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}