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He Died With a Felafel in His Hand by John Birmingham
epub |eng | 1994-01-01 | Author:John Birmingham [Birmingham, John]

* * * Brendan There were four of us living in St Kilda. A student, a chef, a doley and Leo, whose parents owned restaurants. Leo drove the delivery van ...
( Category: Essays August 20,2015 )
I, Justine by Justine Ezarik
epub |eng | | Author:Justine Ezarik

I don’t know who was more excited about the whole thing, though: Joe or me. Because he graciously agreed to perform his ceremonial “unboxing” not once but twice, so that ...
( Category: Essays July 25,2015 )
Perfect Figures by Bunny Crumpacker
epub |eng | 2011-05-11 | Author:Bunny Crumpacker

Now I look for the numbers of Fibonacci instead I find the universe AND BACK TO EIGHT Eight didn’t start out as one circle on top of another; rather, the ...
( Category: Essays July 20,2015 )
The Snark Handbook - Clichés Edition by Lawrence Dorfman
mobi |eng | 2012-12-30 | Author:Lawrence Dorfman

“At the end of the day” (Also known as “When all is said and done”)—THE fall back cliché for the manager/leader who has no idea what to do or how ...
( Category: Essays June 13,2015 )
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog (2010) by Scottoline Lisa
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Scottoline, Lisa [Lisa, Scottoline,]

Mona Lucy Smile I just lived an episode of Emergency Vet. Tune in. The star is Lucy, my old golden retriever, who is still rockin’ after thirteen years. Her eyes, ...
( Category: Essays June 13,2015 )
The Ferrari in the Bedroom by Jean Shepherd
epub |eng | 2010-06-16 | Author:Jean Shepherd [Shepherd, Jean]

“It certainly does,” I replied, my confidence rising as I noticed that Susskind had a bit of dried chicken soup on his lapel. “It’s not that I want to hide ...
( Category: Short Stories June 12,2015 )
Barrel Fever (2010) by Sedaris David
epub |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Sedaris, David [David, Sedaris,]

In her second year of high school Vicki dropped out of the chorus because the teacher was an asshole. “I’m still into music like you wouldn’t believe,” she said. “But ...
( Category: Essays June 12,2015 )
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy by Adam Carolla
epub |eng | 2010-11-02 | Author:Adam Carolla [Carolla, Adam]

TAXES I’ve had an impacted assful of people on the left who bitch and moan about how the rich don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes. You may not know ...
( Category: Essays June 12,2015 )
A Sensitive Liberal's Guide to Life by An Uptight Seattleite
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:An Uptight Seattleite

I was leaving the Bakery a while back with a baby and a four-year-old in tow when a man followed me out the door to point out, accusingly, that we ...
( Category: Essays June 12,2015 )
The Smartest Book in the World by Greg Proops
epub |eng | | Author:Greg Proops

ADA LOVELACE (1815–1852) The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves. —Ada Lovelace An enchantress of numbers, Ada Lovelace was the first computer ...
( Category: Trivia June 12,2015 )
Notes From the Underwire: Adventures From My Awkward and Lovely Life by Quinn Cummings
epub |eng | 2009-07-07 | Author:Quinn Cummings [Cummings, Quinn]

Years before, when she had applied for her current job, “Must have my own bathroom” certainly wasn’t on my mother’s wish list; but, as luck would have it, the only ...
( Category: Women June 12,2015 )
I Don't Have a Happy Place by Kim Korson
epub |eng | | Author:Kim Korson

Lemons & Limes • • • • • • I was supposed to be resting. If I didn’t lift anything over ten pounds, avoided exercise, strenuous activity, sex, and air ...
( Category: Essays June 12,2015 )
Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want but Won't Be Getting by Adam Carolla
epub |eng | 2015-05-26 | Author:Adam Carolla [Carolla, Adam]

So, to be honest, I was kind of afraid to have kids because of how lackluster my parenting was. I waited a long time to reproduce because I wasn’t sure ...
( Category: Parenting & Families June 11,2015 )
When the Balls Drop by Brad Garrett
epub |eng | 2015-05-05 | Author:Brad Garrett [Garrett, Brad]

15 Dating after Forty-Five Dating when you’re middle-aged means you bring to the table a plethora of experience that it would have been impossible to possess earlier in life. And ...
( Category: Actors & Entertainers June 11,2015 )
The World's Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key
epub |eng | 2015-03-24 | Author:Harrison Scott Key

Something inside me died that day; something else came alive. All boys have a bridge to their fathers, or sometimes it’s grandfathers, uncles, teachers, a gangplank over which stagger the ...
( Category: Essays June 11,2015 )

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