Wow, this was way better than expected. I know Kristen Johnston primarily as Sally from Third Rock, as I’m sure you do, too — but don’t expect more than the briefest mention of Third Rock in this book. It is not a memoir about her “life in show business”. Guts is a book about addiction — starting with a drinking problem (in high school), adding on pills and culminating in an ulcer tearing open in stomach in London in 2006. “It was a dark day indeed when I was forced to admit […]
Parenting for the modern world
I’ve read one of memoir by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (and I have one more in my queue), but this book, Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic, focuses much more on parenting than the last (I’m Kind of a Big Deal). It’s funnier, too, in my opinion. That might just be because I can relate more to evil children who won’t sleep than to driving around celebrities in a limo. “I need friends who understand my limitations and have lowered their expectations. They get that although I said I’d […]
www.27bslash6.com
“Evil Online Genius” is correct. Even if you’ve never heard of David Thorne, you’ve probably read something by him. The series of movie posters created for a co-worker with a missing cat? That was him. The guy who tried to pay his chiropractor with a picture of a spider? That was him. He’s a graphic designer, but he spends his time tormenting others (usually through email), then posting those things on his blog, 27bslash6. Assuming even half of what he writes is true, he’s an asshole. […]
Nothing “Instant” About It
I like to read funny memoirs and autobiographies, especially by funny ladies, but I never purchase these books because they’re such quick reads. I hate spending $10 to $15 on a book (and it’s always new, you can never find these at Half Price Books) that I will finish in an afternoon and likely never read again, even if it was fun to read. Therefore, I usually borrow these books from my lovely sister, who has similar taste in the funny-ladies-and-occasionally-dudes-write-books genre. Sadly, she doesn’t purchase ever […]