Where have I been? I was unaware of the judgmental map phenomenon until I ran across this old post of Dustbury’s in which he remarks on the judgmental map of Oklahoma City. I immediately did a little searching and, sure enough, there is a judgmental map of Chicago here. I think it’s a little inadequate. According to the map I live between “Koreans” and “Indians & Hasidic Jews” which isn’t entirely correct. Much as I love it I’m sure I could come up with something snarky about my neighborhood.
The concept is funny but the execution of it less so.
As Edmund Kean is alleged to have said, dying is easy; comedy is hard.
Humor is the most difficult of all literary genres. I have many gifts and I appreciate them but of the gifts I do not possess the one of which I’m most envious is the ability to write humor.