The memories that people have of dogs they have loved and lost are almost always of the animal in his final years; somehow, those are the images we treasure most. There is a reason. Old dogs can be rheumy-eyed and grump, gray of muzzle, graceless of gait, eccentric of habit, pimply, wheezy, lazy, lumpy. But that is not the whole of him. The old ...
One of the last places you'd expect to find fun is in an elementary-school janitor's cleaning closet. Creator Jef Mallett has given life to Renaissance janitor Edwin Frazier, better known as "Frazz," who took the job at Bryson Elementary School as a struggling songwriter. He then surprised everyone by sticking around after selling his first hit ...
When every hiccup sounds like the call of doom, each stomach pang hints at incipient cancer and a headache means its time to firm up your last will and testament, this book provides just the relief you need. Gene Weingarten, who has spent his whole life immersed in the eclectic details of bizarre symptoms, self-diagnosing every minor ache as a ...
Two of the country's most original humor writers confront myths and stereotypes to establish once and for all that women are funnier than men--and vice versa. Illustrations.
A brilliantly original, laugh-out-loud funny, and ultimately poignant exploration of hypochondria is offered by someone who inadvertently discovered the cure for all imaginary illnesses that plague the hypochondriac mind.
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