A friend of mine does amazing things. No, really.  I have a friend who is an actual stage hypnotist.  I’ve been to his shows – it’s one of those sorts of experiences where you laugh so much your face hurts.  I didn’t want to smile for two days afterwards. I don’t want to sound like some kind of corporate shill: I mention because around the office at this time of year, people are gearing up for the usual “what do we do for our Christmas function” type questions.  I don’t know about your work place, but the people around here have a fairly staid set of options: Do some kind of dress-up event around the office, like “soccer teams of the world.”  Usually it’s a social club member who wants to do this, the kind of person with a sticker on Read More …