There are parts of Sarah Silverman’s memoir, The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee, that are very, very funny. Most of them involve her family, primarily her father and his accent, written out phonetically and played for great laughs. And Silverman, like many comedians, is great at poking fun at herself, and it’s fun to laugh along with her. She also tells great stories about the men and women she has worked with over the years — doing stand up with Louis C.K., the writers on The Sarah […]
The Ballad of Susan and Roland
Oh, this is definitely one of the best Dark Tower books. We’ve known all along that something terrible happened to a girl named Susan Delgado, and that this terrible thing affected Roland deeply, turning him into the man he is now. And here, in Wizard and Glass, we learn the whole story. “True love, like any other strong and addicting drug, is boring — once the tale of encounter and discovery is told, kisses quickly grow stale and caresses tiresome… except, of course, to those who share the kisses, […]
See Also: You Did It to Yourself
Another celebrity memoir, in which said celebrity overcomes a difficult childhood through personal strength and the ability to laugh at his-/herself, and is now wildly popular for said ability. Aisha Tyler’s Self-Inflicted Wounds is also the second celebrity memoir I’ve read in the last week (the first being Kristen Johnston’s) in which the writer was ridiculed mercilessly for her incredible height (both ladies are 6 feet tall), but now a general consensus would indicate that their height contributes greatly to their general hotness. “I was still very much a kid […]
Addiction and Triumph
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. […]
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