If you're bored...
...here are some very funny interviews with...Lemony Snicket
...the man behind the curtain
...various football players on the theme of "My Favorite Book"
posted by amcorrea @ 12/15/2004 02:53:00 PM
15 December 2004
...Lemony Snicket
...the man behind the curtain
...various football players on the theme of "My Favorite Book"
3 Comments:
Footbal players' favorite books was a funny one. They went down hill from the first one, though. My own personal favorite is How to Write a Bestselling Self-Help Book: The 69 Fatal Mistakes You Should Avoid by Jean Marie Stine. I once watched an unspirational film in junior high or something about a guy who fulfilled his lifelong dream to become a motivational speaker. He motivated everyone by his powerful story of learning how motivate people by his motivating example of exemplary motavativity. I hope that one day I have the wisdom to tell others how to properly impart wisdom to other others. Someone told me today about a guy here in Britain who wrote a satirical self-help book, which Amazon accidentally filed under 'self-help' rather than 'humor'. Before he knew it, he was receiving 'thank you' letters from people praising him for how much the book helped them. I shudder to think what sort of practical applications they found for his sarcastic advice. I wonder if Jonathan Swift had the same problem when he wrote 'A Modest Proposal'? Welcome to my stream of consciousness... My point is, I hate 'inspirational' things.
Oh, I agree. I just thought it was hysterical. In other words, for me it was *uphill* after the first one! ;) Mind Manipulation: Ancient and Modern Ninja Techniques, anyone?
But what really made me grin were the Daniel Handler interviews...
P.S. And YES--many took Swift seriously with that one! I believe there were riots in the streets... ;)
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