Hey Paul, maybe you should pretend that you want to write a favorable review of this book and have the author attend some big time writers extravaganza in Seattle. Tell him he'll be the "featured new writer," and that the "featured new writer" from last year went on to be on the bestseller's list. He'll need to buy his own ticket out to Seattle, of course, and then once he's bought it send him an email that says, "Psyyyyyyyyyche!"
If you go to the website, he does have some really funny things - check out his response to the person who was looking for easy-to-conceal weapons - but the crank-yankers comparison is apt. However, I'm willing to bet that Paul intentionally scraped the bottom of this barrel for the most egregious example to use here.
The real reason that this book is useless is that it's yet another compilation of someone's blog. I learned my lesson when someone gave me a copy of "F'd Company" for Christmas.
I'm with @5: There are some gems on the website. I particularly liked the one where he posed as an ex-Marine (or ex-Navy man or whatever branch of the armed forces he picked) in response to a woman looking for a babysitter. But it belongs on a website, not in a book.
@5 and 6
I kind of think that if when you scrape the bottom of the barrel you come up with stuff that bad, it's a legitimate thing to point out. For me it puts a taint on the rest of it--he may be funny at times, but he's still an asshole.
that site gave me some lols when i first saw it, over a year ago. does that make me an asshole creep? you sound a little butthurt, paul. maybe you should write a full page letter denouncing the author, and run it next week?
@3 I think that is an absolutely stupendous idea. And, thanks, Paul, because I have absolutely no time to read by someone whose idea of a good time is mocking a woman who had the courage to get out of an abusive relationship.
The real reason that this book is useless is that it's yet another compilation of someone's blog. I learned my lesson when someone gave me a copy of "F'd Company" for Christmas.
I kind of think that if when you scrape the bottom of the barrel you come up with stuff that bad, it's a legitimate thing to point out. For me it puts a taint on the rest of it--he may be funny at times, but he's still an asshole.
props to @3. lovely idea.
"We are who we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be."
he claims to be an asshole in the title...how truly deceptive of him
get over it.