false 2463172 1 It was an epiphany: The moment two friends showed Luke Dempsey a small bird flitting around the bushes of his country garden, he fell madly in love. But did he really want to be a birder? Didn't that mean he'd be forced to eat granola? And wear a man-pouch? Before he knew it, though, he was lost to birding mania. Early mornings in Central Park gave way to weekend mornings wandering around Pennsylvania, which morphed into week-long trips to Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Florida; anywhere the birds were. "A Supremely Bad Idea" is one man's account of an epic journey around America, all in search of the rarest and most beautiful birds the country has to offer. But the birds are only part of it. There are also his crazy companions, Don and Donna Graffiti, who obsess over Dempsey's culinary limitations and watch in horror as an innocent comment in a store in Arizona almost turns into an international incident; as a trip through wild Florida turns into a series of (sometimes poetic) fisticuffs; and as he teeters at the summit of the Rocky Mountains, a displaced Brit falling in love all over again, this time with his adopted country. Both a paean to avian beauty and a memoir of the back roads of America, "A Supremely Bad Idea" is a supremely fun comic romp: an environmentally sound This Is Spinal Tap with binoculars. 2470368 22 7 2008 A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All total:43|5:0|4:2|3:1|2:1|1:0| 43 154 108 25 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 10:53:54 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 08:04:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 21 18:14:02 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 18:15:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:06:23 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:54:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 06:08:16 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 19:26:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 22:49:49 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 22:18:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 12:13:23 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:17:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 19:12:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 19:19:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:38:01 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:17:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 04 12:55:32 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 14:55:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:36:13 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:38:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 10 09:13:07 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 01 19:17:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 12:57:35 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 10:17:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 18:55:17 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 18:28:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 06:05:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:05:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 13:12:52 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:13:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:34:42 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:44:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 12 10:38:59 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 10:35:03 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 10:35:57 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:24:41 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:28:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 31 12:34:05 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 20 22:24:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 12 12:16:28 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 08:57:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2463172