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Norman can't find a job and he's running out of money. When you are desperate for money, what lengths will you go to get a job?Be careful what you wish for, you may get it. Norman takes drastic measures and they work but have unintended consequences that are bizarre and hilarious. Here is a comedy based on real issues of tech companies and hiring practices.The writer of this story worked with tech companies for 25 years while living in San Francisco. His career as an employment recruiter in SF and Silicon Valley gave him first hand knowledge to paint the accurate picture of living in the tech hub and seeing life inside these companies. Now he lives in LA writing comedic movies and spending his spare time worrying and dodging LA drivers.

The "Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia" packs a hilarious punch with real talk about what it's like to be a woman today--from rebelling against the latest diet trends to dealing with perimenopausal mean girls and attending rock concerts in middle age. For a long time, no one pulling the strings in the comedy world thought that an over-fifty woman from rural Tennessee could make it in the industry. But Leanne Morgan has defied the odds, reaching millions with her musings on hormones, low-rise britches, Weight Watchers, and her opposites-attract relationship with her husband, Chuck. In her charming southern accent, Morgan brings readers inside her quest to find her voice after spending many years trying to figure out what that meant. Along the way, we learn how she grew up as a butcher's daughter, landed a husband with health insurance, honed her stand-up technique selling jewelry at house parties, embraced the glories of aging, and surrendered to the comfort of wearing big flesh-toned panties. Equal parts warm and hilarious, this book is a must-read by one of comedy's rising stars--reminding you that every time life leaves you asking "What in the world?!," something good is bound to come out of it someday.

He's a dashing millionaire who thinks everything in life is one big joke, probably because he bathes in piles of money each morning. He's also my new neighbor, and after a humiliating experience in the cemetery that is my backyard, he becomes my shadow, showing up everywhere just to annoy me.I'm not a fan of happy people. They bother me with their constant grins and rainbows coming out of their ears, and Vander Booth is the king of smiles. Despite my efforts to scare him away with both my profession as an undertaker and my general need for frowning through most of my workday, he sticks around like a bad case of poison ivy.He is gorgeous though. I'll give him that. And when I see the way he coordinates outfits with his grandma just to make her happy, I'll admit my biological clock starts ticking. Add in his fear of real human connections and suddenly I find myself cheering for the guy instead of plotting his death.Though opposites can attract-and boy is my black lipstick attracted to his glow-in-the-dark smile-they don't stay together long-term. And they certainly can't co-exist when they're fighting constantly in a knock-down, drag-out competition for the same piece of land for their business venture. Or can they? Cue ominous organ music...

A hilarious anthology of the funniest bits from Dickens' novels, with a foreword by bestselling author Nick Hornby.Dickens: The Funny Bits is a brilliant anthology of the funniest extracts from Dickens' novels featuring his famous comic characters such as the Artful Dodger, Mr. Pickwick, Mr. Micawber, Dick Swiveller, Mr. Wopsle, and the Aged P. Organized by novel, the extracts act as standalone vignettes or set pieces and are illustrated with the much-loved line drawings from the early editions, including work by George Cruikshank, Phiz, John Leech, and Marcus Stone. Complete with an introduction from author Nick Hornby, this work also includes passages from Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol, as well as the unfinished Mystery of Edwin Drood. This work is a super gift for any Dickens fan as well as any reader with an appreciation of the power of humor.

Age is just a number, but it's also an excuse to have some good-natured fun; this hilarious survival guide for seniors will show you how to age disgracefully. Full of senior sagacity and elderly erudition, this hilarious survival guide is on hand to show you that it really is the life in your years that counts Now that you're a senior, you'll come to realize that there is nothing that can't be fixed by a quick trip to the garden center, that your "bad back" will reliably get you out of any tricky situation and that it's now socially acceptable to call anyone younger than you "Dear" rather than remember their actual name. In other words, now the real fun begins! Encouraging you to laugh, embrace life and enjoy the ride, the pearls of wisdom in this no-nonsense handbook will guide you through all the pleasures and pitfalls of your latter years. Filled with original illustrations and tongue-in-cheek advice on how to keep those gray cells active and the cobwebs at bay, The Little Instruction Book for Seniors will make the perfect gift for retirees or a milestone birthday.

Tolstoy's Gospels in Brief re-told using the characters from Antonie de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince.This is the story of a mysterious little man, fathered by the universe, who, after becoming enlightened by a wise creature, takes up the offer of an assisted suicide by a demonic animal. He does this to save a man. A man who has lost his way in life, by rekindling his innocence and sense of wonder.Jesus died for our sins. He can't do it again. Here, I offer the Little Prince to take his place.

In 2023, Dean Kinsella's 'NoContextsBrits' social account united the whole world with love, laughter and affection for our little island, Great Britain, amassing more than two million unique followers and becoming a global phenomenon. Brimming with hilarious, heartbreaking and honest memes, 'NoContextBrits' is a genuine reflection and representation of what it truly means to be Great and British in the 21st century. Everything Is Great is an affectionate and occasionally alarming guide to modern Britain through the eyes of the very best memes curated since the channel began in 2021. With facts, stats and laugh-out-loud content from Dean himself here is all the wit, wisdom and wonder that followers of the account have come to love. From the Great British public to the best cuisine in the world, weather to history, music to absolutely dreadful parking, Everything is Great is a memoir (or meme-oir, if you will) of everything that is great about being British without being all weird and nationalistic about it.

Kassondra Rockswell moved to Atlanta, GA with her young daughter in 2008 to further pursue her career as a vocal artist. Thinking it would provide some steady income while she advanced her craft, she stumbled into the restaurant industry as a server. She immediately noticed some disturbing consistencies among the black diners. Most of them were extremely difficult to serve, and many did not care at all about tipping properly. Trying to understand this kept Rockswell awake at night. She began venting her frustrations on napkins and scraps of paper at work, which transitioned into journaling about it at home...which evolved into this amazing book. Rockswell's got the audacity to tell Black folks that, not only are they not tipping properly when they dine out, they are also exhibiting completely unacceptable behavior in restaurants.With courage and literary finesse, Rockswell examines how the institutions of slavery and sharecropping helped to create today's restaurant tipping system and how all this is connected to the controversial tipping habits of American Blacks.Weaving her reader through hilariously true tales of uninformed diners and famous celebrities with abusive behavior, Rockswell gracefully intersects fair wage, racial discrimination and sexual harassment with laughter, hope and promise.BLACK FOLKS DON'T TIP is a delightful treat from beginning to end--enlightening, educational and entertaining.

This is a companion to Ass Soul's Rule's You're a Magician... & You Just Don't Know I.T.It's hard to know where to begin figuring out your own magical-I.T. or even keep track of what you've figured out so far, so this workbook solves that dilemma. Think of I.T. as training wheels helping your find your way and balance as a Magician as you get to know I.T. better than you do.Choose your own Adventure Learning Insight & Contemplating Experientials!

"Single woman seeking: father of my future children. I'm temporarily employed and living with my parents." Who wouldn't bite at a line like that? So hot.The only perfect thing about Charlie MacAfee Bates is her perfectly disastrous dating record. Despite her love-life fails, she's ready to storm the holiday dating scene to find her magical match and gain her biggest wish-a perfect little family full of squishy babies. Armed with her checklist of ideal qualities in a man, and a magical dating app, Charlie is determined to have Mr. Perfect wrapped up under her tree by Christmas.All Nick Linwood wants for Christmas is to stay perfectly grumpy. His house may be decked with boughs of holly, but he's not fa-la-la-la-looking forward to the anniversary of his ex leaving him at the altar. Nursing a broken heart, Nick has become withdrawn and too grinchy to enjoy anything about the holidays. That is, until a beautiful redhead answers his job posting, draws him out from behind his work, and charms him without even trying.Oblivious to Nick's attention, Charlie follows misguided online advice that sends her on a streak of terrible dates. With her Christmas deadline looming, what will it take for her to realize Mr. Perfect only exists on paper and Mr. Perfectly Right for Her has been working beside her all along?

La cremazione di Giacomino è fissata alle 15 e 35 in punto. Alla cerimonia partecipano alcuni, e pochi, conoscenti perché il defunto non lascia solo ricordi piacevoli. Come si usa dire, però, un autore continua a vivere attraverso le sue opere. E se il suo funerale si rivelasse anche la sua migliore commedia? Il testo viene qui presentato in una versione per 2 uomini e 3 donne. Ma tutti i ruoli possono essere interpretati indifferentemente sia da uomini che da donne.

"Less something said, more something done."Caroline Gardiner is a Moon child, Momma bear, Veteran, Life-Cycle Celebrant/Wedding Officiant, daydreamer, and lover of Love. She lives in Southeastern Massachusetts with a couple of crazy cats, Bonnabelle and Pistachio.

Paws for thought is an exploration of life seen through the eyes of (wo)man's best friend. Via a collection of short stories we experience emotions ranging from humour, loss and love as well as the boundless energy of a soul thoroughly content with his lot in life.

দেশের বাইরে আসলেই মনে হয় ওই দেশের প্রতি ভালোবাসাটা পরিপূর্ণভাবে বুঝা যায়, সেই দেশের প্রতি একটা অন্যরকম টান অনুভব হয়। আমিও তার ব্যতিক্রম ছিলাম না। সেই দেশের প্রতি তীব্র ভালোবাসা টের পাই কানাডাতে নামার এক সপ্তাহ পর থেকেই। সেই ভালোবাসা এবং আবেগ থেকেই প্রতিদিন বিভিন্ন ব্লগে লেখালেখি করতাম, আর সেজন্যই বোধহয় এই গ্রন্থে কানাডার পরিচিতি থেকে বাংলাদেশ নিয়েই লিখার সংখ্যা বেশি। তারই ধারাবাহিকতায় এই ছোট ছোট মজার ঘটনা গুলোকে একটা প্লাটফরম-এ নিয়ে আসার প্রয়াস নেই পরবর্তীতে, এই প্রয়াসের ফলাফলই এই ছোট বইটি। লেখাগুলোতে নানা বিষয়ে অসম্পূর্ণতা থাকতে পারে, নানা ধরনের অসঙ্গতি থাকতে পারে, তবে এখানে যে ঘটনা গুলো বর্ণনায় নিয়ে আসা হয়েছে সেগুলো লিখার প্রতি আমার আন্তরিকতার বিন্দুমাত্র কোনও ঘাটতি ছিল না। কতটা ভাল লাগা বোধ এনে দিবে জানি না, তবে এটা বলতে পারি, আমার পক্ষ থেকে চেষ্টার কোন ত্রুটি ছিল না। আমার লিখাগুলো আপনাদের কে এতোটুকু আনন্দ দিতে পারলেই আমি সার্থক মনে করব। রিপন কুমার দে, ডিসেম্বর ২০, ২০২৩,

Anything and Everything needed to make a legitimate case for a Palestinian State, condensed into a simple, easy-to-follow, format. Probing questions and issues Addressed include: - Previous Non-Jewish, Sovereign States in the Land - The Multitude of Palestinian Leaders Interested in Peace - A Florilegium of All Peace Agreements Honored by the Palestinians - Palestinian Contributions to Science and Technology, and Other Intellectual and Financial Success Storie and Many other topical details. Truly a "Must-Read"! It makes for a terrific gift!

Unforgettable wisdom, activities fans will love, and unforgettably funny guidance from the Golden Girls are now in one hilarious and heartfelt book! How can you thrive in each stage of your life? Pull up a chair in the kitchen as this hilarious book explores milestone moments and offers golden advice and fun activities through the wise and witty perspectives of everyone's favorite foursome. How would Dorothy approach a difficult situation in a friendship? What are Rose's tips for saving money? What's Sophia's recipe for the perfect lasagna? And what advice would Blanche impart about picking up a date? All of these relatable topics--and more!--are tackled in this book. Topics include family, finances, friendship, health and wellness, style, dating, and aging. An energetic, eye-catching interior design and light activities throughout makes this dip-in-dip-out book a fun reading experience--and a great gift for any age and any occasion.

You are cordially invited to participate in my absurd but heartfelt attempt to help save this nation from corruption, stupidity, and evil beings of one sort or another. No Common Sense is a genre-bending political satire-based update of Founding Father Thomas Paine's original Common Sense. An argument and a declaration for independence and freedom from a totalitarian king. Using my fake but funny original concept, a reality fairytale about Donald Trump and the big bad government, I try to enlighten and humor my readers about the need to stand up to a terminally corrupt and authoritarian federal government. Our unique freedoms and rights as American citizens are in danger. Like the classic Common Sense, No Common Sense is concise, around 34,000 words, and aspires to motivate Americans as the original did in 1776. A couple hundred million people either love or love to hate Donald Trump, and would be interested in this book. Whether you love or hate him, he is currently being piled on by our out-of-control federal government. He has been persecuted, harassed, and setup for the past eight years. If an ex-president of the United States and current front-runner for a second term can be targeted for prosecution, then who is safe? He has been spied on, fraudulently setup numerous times, had his property raided, family and associates, including his attorneys, harassed, and threatened. Trump is now uniquely charged with crimes no one else has ever been charged with. He is eligible for well over 700 years in prison, if convicted. Imagine what the government could do to any one of us.

A satirical often controversial viewpoint on one individual and his daily post on social media for 10years lifespan.

Once again Shani Stein Ratzker takes on a humorous voyage, detailing her adventures this time as a parent of four vivacious boys. It is a book filled with personal anecdotes, funny stories, advice and encouragement on getting through the parenting years with joy and positivity. Momtales will allow you to let go of some of the stress of motherhood as you find yourself relating to the stories in this book and connecting with the author's struggles. From the craziness of carpools to vacationing with kids, from pushing through exhaustion to reclaiming yourself along the way, you will enjoy this timeless ride through the parenting journey.

Perfect for fans of CYANIDE AND HAPPINESS and DINOSAUR THERAPY - MR. LOVENSTEIN PRESENTS: FEELINGS takes readers on a rollercoaster of emotions that we deal with everyday. Get ready to catch feelings in this brand-new collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics, including exclusive never-before-seen comics that can't be found anywhere else. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll wonder if the tingling sensation in your stomach are butterflies...or something...else...! Massively popular webcomics author J.L. Westover follows up his Eisner-nominated debut by taking readers on a rollercoaster of emotions in MR. LOVENSTEIN PRESENTS: FEELINGS.

More tales from Fur After Dark adult only archives. Anthropomorphic fantasy encounters, stories like those told around the camp fire to thrill and enthral.Returning with much loved characters from previous book and some new faces.Paperback edition. 123 colour pages 8.5x11.00.Created, written, and drawn by Eric W. Schwartz.

Companion animals come in many forms. We usually think of companion animals as dogs and cats but I personally have met companion animals in other forms: chickens, a goat, a snake, an opposum, eagles, toads, and rats as well as dogs and cats. Most of these encounters are happy ones though often stranger than fiction! These are my true stories of special animals that have graced or perhaps distrubed my life and defininetly left lasting impressions forever. My life is better for each encounter, each relationship, each joy or sorrow.

In the 22nd volume of The Complete Peanuts, new in paperback, Schulz's cartooning has never been more expressive, and the strip continues to surprise and delight. Welcome Andy to the cast of characters, as all three dog brothers reunite to cheer on Snoopy, who bounces back from a bout of pneumonia. In other news, Charlie Brown is a baseball hero after hitting a game-winning home run. Linus lobbies the White House to nominate Snoopy for an open Supreme Court seat (alas, he doesn't make the cut). And Woodstock discovers his long-lost grandfather's diary, recounting the indignities of life trapped in a (gasp!) birdcage. The Complete Peanuts is the publishing project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, each volume of this series features two successive years of newspaper strips (dailies and Sundays), plus bonus material such as celebrity introductions, interviews, and a brief biography of Schulz himself.

A new box set collects the latest two volumes (Vols. 21 and 22) of the paperback series. The Complete Peanuts is the publishing project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, each volume of this series features two successive years of newspaper strips (dailies and Sundays), plus bonus material such as celebrity introductions, interviews, and a brief biography of Schulz himself.

Kurt Tucholsky was a brilliant satirist, poet, storyteller, lyricist, pacifist, and Democrat; a fighter, lady's man, reporter, and early warner against the Nazis who hated and loathed him and drove him out of Germany after his books were burned in 1933. His contemporary Erich Kaestner called him a "small, fat Berliner," who "wanted to stop a catastrophe with his typewriter." The New York Times hailed him as "one of the most brilliant writers of republican Germany. He was a poet as well as a critic and was so versatile that he used five or six pen names. As Peter Panter he was an outstanding essayist who at one time wrote topical sketches in the Vossische Zeitung, which ceased to appear under the Nazi regime; as Theobald Tiger he wrote satirical poems that were frequently interpreted by popular actors in vaudeville and cabartes, and as Ignatz Wrobel he contributed regularly to the Weltbühne, an independent weekly that was one of the first publications prohibited by the Hitler government." Tucholsky, who occupied the center stage in the tumultuous political and cultural world of 1920s Berlin, still emerges as an astonishingly contemporary figure. As an angry truth-teller, he pierced the hypocrisy and corruption around him with acute honesty. Imagine a writer with the acid voice of Christopher Hitchens and the satirical whimsy of Jon Stewart, combined with the iconoclasm of Bill Maher. That's Tucholsky in a nutshell. Like Hitchens, Tucholsky wrote a mixture of literary essays, social observations, and political commentary. His irony made the line between his "serious writing" and his "entertainments" almost invisible. The fashionable outsider watched the political "center" disappear, and, in the end, he found himself catapulted out of society altogether. His career was sandwiched between the two most deadly events of his century: the bloodbath of World War I and the scourge of Nazism. Just as the first war launched Hemingway's lifelong career as a wounded tough guy with a soft spot for guns and broads, Tucholsky discovered the reflexes of an escape artist. He was equally elusive as a writer. In today's world, a journalist isn't supposed to write plays, and a playwright isn't welcomed as a novelist. But in 1920s Berlin, Tucholsky was dealing with postwar realities that required shouting from the rooftops, and any rooftop would do. Kurt Tucholsky is one of Weimar Germany's most celebrated literary figures, loved by his many readers and hated by the Nazis. The poet, journalist, and satirist who was at the center of the tumultuous political and cultural world of 1920s Berlin still emerges as an astonishingly contemporary figure. But he was more than just an angry truth-teller; he was also one of the funniest satirical writers of his era, depicting everyday lives during the rise of modernity.The iconic translation of Harry Zohn, a literary figure from Vienna himself, presented Tucholsky to an American audience for the first time. Long out of print, Zohn's book is now being republished in a new edition.

With his debut memoir, "The Eighties: A Bitchen Time To Be a Teenager!" enjoying success, Tom now turns his attention on lessons he's learned during his 45 crazy years as a member of the human race.24 chapters of poignancy, humor, and poignant humor. Chapters include, "That the Paul David Hewson urinal?" - "Brushes with the spirit world aka WTF was that?" - "Don't mess with a mother's love, or Don't be a d*ck to your little sister!" You're sure to have a favorite!Prepare to laugh and cry . . . sometimes at the same time!

Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, and Jimmy Kimmel--these comedians are household names whose satirical takes on politics, the news, and current events receive some of the highest ratings on television. In this book, James E. Caron examines these and other satirists through the lenses of humor studies, cultural theory, and rhetorical and social philosophy, arriving at a new definition of the comic art form. Tracing the history of modern satire from its roots in the Enlightenment values of rational debate, evidence, facts, accountability, and transparency, Caron identifies a new genre: "truthiness satire." He shows how satirists such as Colbert, Bee, Oliver, and Kimmel--along with writers like Charles Pierce and Jack Shafer--rely on shared values and on the postmodern aesthetics of irony and affect to foster engagement within the comic public sphere that satire creates. Using case studies of bits, parodies, and routines, Caron reveals a remarkable process: when evidence-based news reporting collides with a discursive space asserting alternative facts, the satiric laughter that erupts can move the audience toward reflection and possibly even action as the body politic in the public sphere.With rigor, humor, and insight, Caron shows that truthiness satire pushes back against fake news and biased reporting and that the satirist today is at heart a citizen, albeit a seemingly silly one. This book will appeal to anyone interested in and concerned about public discourse in the current era, especially researchers in media studies, communication studies, political science, and literary and cultural studies.

Book Description: A Short Interlude "A Short Interlude" tells the humorous tale about twelve people who got trapped in a lift. Their physical, emotional, and psychological resilience will be put to a test under the accidental locking, their personal stories, revealed in the narration, by a mouthpiece or a blabber, or the character itself.

This duet paperback includes: Running from the Garden with Eden I've read enough sexy romance books to know that when a knock comes at my door at three in the morning, with hot mafia men on the other side, things are about to get spicy. They say they're here to take me as collateral for my missing husband's debt, but when they find him dead, now I have to pay the debt. Maybe that means I'll be a mafia wife to the grumpy crime daddy, Tommy? Too bad he can't stand me. I should be scared-terrified, even-of what could happen... Except I'm way too excited to play out my many dark romance fantasies. Not My Bodyguard's KeeperWith half of the Pelligini security detail dead, I have no choice but to have the sexiest man I've ever met as my bodyguard. Is he an amazing bodyguard? No. He's terrible. Is he amazing in bed?No comment.But this isn't some hot mafia romance story, no matter how much my sister wants it to be. With her missing in an attempt to become a "crime mommy," and my other sister distracted, rekindling an old flame, the last thing I need is to babysit a mediocre bodyguard. Only thing that could make this worse is if someone gets abducted... **The Pelligini Crime Daddies Duet is a spicy PARODY mafia romantic comedy, intended for mature audiences.**

Discover a hilarious and stomach-churning journey through "The Vomit Dictionary: The Little Book of Barfs" by Jack Springler. From the "Autobahn upheaval" to the "Zemaitija heave," experience a whirlwind of regurgitative adventures in this quirky exploration of gastronomic disasters. A Lithuanian regurgitation with flavors as diverse as its vivid descriptions, this book is a must-read for those with a taste for the absurd.