If like me, you grew up feeling you intimately knew movies you'd never seen, you might also enjoy these writings on MAD by authors & cartoonists. (Roz Chast & Art Spiegelman contribute short comics.) I was especially intrigued by pieces on the few women contributors and the Jewish influences on MAD, including a Talmud comparison! It needed pruning because there's a *lot* of repeated info, but overall a fun, nostalgic read.
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so-soI always thought these books were satire. There is some good advice, but most of us won‘t retain the information, or do the training. Hopefully, we won‘t find ourselves in these situations either. The quicksand scene from The Never-Ending Story was one of the traumas of my childhood. I don‘t plan on having to follow directions for an escape in the first chapter 🤞🏻
pickOh, wow, that last entry really got me. 🥺
The majority of the book is full of sly, wry observations about slightly-larger-than-life characters making up a small, rural town, that, by the author's admission in the preface, is reminiscent of seventy or eighty real towns, and the characters are likewise somewhat of a pastiche of real people encountered. 1/?
Okay, where‘s the petition to bring these stamps to USPS??
Article Link: https://apnews.com/article/britain-monty-python-stamps-royal-mail-d3f6f873f2ac30...
pickBook #11 of 2025: “All My Friends Are Dead” by Avery Monsen and Jory John
Sometimes you have to take a break from packing to read a book.
pickFunny, with Trillin‘s iconic dry wit, this was a pleasant weekend read. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
You don‘t like it when
he does it to you — but that‘s
none of my business. 🐸🍵
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #kermitthefrog #whyaremen
pickThis is the first book in the series! Lots of fun facts/stories in it!
My mom and I watched the new South Park episode today. 😏 What a fantastic way to start my vacation. 😘🤌🏻 #iykyk #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #fluorescentfascist
