You keep recommending excellent comedians, @honey! I remember seeing a show where he was being honored by Mitch Hedberg and at that moment I was fascinated. I remembered it now with your post. I also remembered that at that time they were talking about how humor can be an escape route for introverted and shy people. And that's what Mitch Hedberg did: use humour to show (or hide) a part of it. Like you, I think there's no better therapy for those gray days than laughter. You have to laugh even if it's about yourself and even about life, because in the most trivial things, there's humour. With this post by Mitch Hedberg, I remembered other humorists you've brought here, and I see a club of men with problems, with tragedies, addictions, who cover up with the clown's mask. I'm not saying that there aren't comedians with relaxed and stable lives, but it seems that there is something of a defence mechanism in this profession. Grateful for your post, @honeydue. And as I say: until the next smile. ;)