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IT'S PUNDEMIC...49 REASONS TO LAUGH DURING THE PANDEMIC

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  49 Coronavirus and Quarantine Jokes to Retrain Your Face to Smile It's a pundemic. By  Emily Kelleher   Updated Oct 20 2020, 1:21 PM   Humor is essential, even — or especially — in tough times.  Shared laughter  gives us strength in adversity and can help us feel a bit more in control when  the future looks uncertain . Most important,  funny jokes  — even funny  coronavirus  and quarantine  jokes  — bring us together and help us to feel connected, one pandemic quarantine pod to another. And laughter literally makes us stronger: Recent studies have found that a  good laugh  can boost our dopamine levels and even shore up our immune systems. So, while we all obviously continue to take COVID-19 very seriously, and follow the  recommendations from the CDC  and the WHO, we also  need to laugh  and to have a few moments in the day that  feel lighter . A few pandemic  jokes  might ju...

MORE TIME AT HOME

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We are all spending more time at home and will probably need to continue to do so for a while longer.   Depending on the makeup of your family, your home is now a home office, a gym, a virtual classroom and considerably more meals have been prepared in your kitchens in the past six months than normal. Some businesses have undergone a metamorphosis that has shown them that maybe they do not need the big commercial spaces for their employees.   They realize that they can be just as productive with their work force offsite which will cut expenses. If this scenario sounds familiar, it may be worth exploring what moving would look like for your situation.   To analyze the options, you will need to know what your home is worth and what the net proceeds will be after selling it. You will need to know what homes are available with the amenities you are looking for together with the prices and mortgage money.   Depending on the interest rate on your current mortgage, th...