Sage advice straight from the mouth of the world’s most pointed puss! My human is moving in with her boyfriend, so we’ll have to leave our apartment and my perfect birdwatching perch. I need to know how to get rid of him! Our pet sitter smells weird. Is there any way to make her less [CONTINUE READING]
Jan 052011
Many people ask me why I wrote my book, Sitting on Cold Porcelain. It actually got placed on my “to do” list when my children were growing up in Philadelphia, PA. I was inspired by humor writers’ like Erma Bombeck. In Aunt Erma’s Cope Book, Erma pointed out the fact that TV and children dominated [CONTINUE READING]
The Book of the Dead by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson – Following their Herculean – or is it Sisyphean? – efforts to save the living from ignorance, the two wittiest Johns in the English language turn their attention to the dead. As the authors themselves say, “The first thing that strikes you about the [CONTINUE READING]
Staying in is the new going out. Media like The New York Times and ABC News report a return to old-fashioned, low-cost game night, and retailers have seen sales of games rise 20 percent in the last year. Now comes The Ultimate Gamebook for Grown-ups, an extraordinary collection of more than 300 games for friends [CONTINUE READING]
Doggone it! No matter how carefully you organize and plan, some dog comes along and eats your day. Could be the computer freezes, or mom misplaces her purse over at the assisted living center, or a brand new granddog is experiencing separation anxiety. In The Dog Ate My Planner, Pat Snyder offers the sandwich generation [CONTINUE READING]
Thanks to all who participated in Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit giveaway at The Book Faery Reviews! Two lucky readers who left a comment were randomly chosen for a copy of the book by Steve Lowe and Alan MacArthur, with Brendan Hay. The 2 tops winners are…Genevieve Larson & RobynL. Winners will [CONTINUE READING]
“It isn’t just you. Written by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur, with Brendan Hay, this is an encyclopedic attack on modern culture so hilariously bitter that it actually becomes uplifting. If you hate chick lit, Che Guevara merchandise, pop Kabbalah, cosmetic-surgery-gone-wrong-as-TV-programming, DVDs with ads you can’t skip, or any of a few hundred other insanely [CONTINUE READING]
