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false <![CDATA[Free-Range Chickens]]> 2714071 3 In his riotous debut collection, Ant Farm, Simon Rich found humor in some of life’s most desperate situations. Now this former editor of The Harvard Lampoon and current writer for Saturday Night Live has returned to mine more comedy from our hopelessly terrifying world. In the nostalgic opening chapter, Rich recalls his fear of the Tooth Fairy (“Is there a face fairy?”) and his initial reaction to the “Got-your-nose” game (“Please just kill me. Better to die than to live the rest of my life as a monster”). He goes on to present Count Dracula’s desperate Match.com profile (“I am normal human looking for human woman to come to castle. I am normal, regular human”). Later, he gets inside the heads of two firehouse Dalmatians who can’t understand their masters’ compulsion to drive off to horrible fires every day. And in the final chapter, he tackles some of life’s biggest questions: Does God really have a plan for us? Yes, it turns out. Now if only He could remember what it was. . . . Praise for Simon Rich’s Ant Farm “Ant Farm has an imaginative power that can trigger snort-fests. . . . Ferociously creative, this book is for readers craving both smart humor and belly laughs.” –People (four stars) “Savagely funny.” –The New York Times “Hilarious. Open this book anywhere, begin reading, and you will laugh.” –Jon Stewart “Ant Farm is what all humor books should be: full of brief, high-concept musings that you wish you’d thought of yourself.” –Time Out New York “A satirical salmagundi that bites back . . . Imaginative premises abound. . . . As unpredictable as YouTube, as in your face as MySpace.” –Publishers Weekly 2739617 26 8 2008 Free-Range Chickens total:378|5:68|4:136|3:130|2:34|1:10| 378 1352 629 140 4 1 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 14:19:14 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 14:32:55 -0800 2008
I'm not sure this very short collection of humor qualifies as a "book" (on my Kindle, it's exactly the same size as the free samples of books th...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 10:10:33 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 10:25:28 -0800 2009 Each story was only a page or...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 19:30:11 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 19:47:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 28 19:59:45 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 22:57:05 -0700 2008
Like, the Match.com profile for Count Dracula:

"What are your pet peeves? Monsters. I think they are so terrible! Someone should destr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 16:18:29 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 18:00:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:45:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:45:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 17:18:16 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 07:40:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 14:59:36 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 14:24:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:01:30 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:01:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 10 11:43:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 11:57:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:20:07 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:31:18 -0800 2008 My review

It was okay. Very few duds, but I only laughed out loud twice, which is a pretty low lol ratio. Worth your time if you like humor writing, but honestly it's so short and lightweight that you can probably read it while standing in the bookstore pretending to browse. (I downloaded...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:27:55 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:28:16 -0800 2009 Randomly, a food blogger I follow mentioned it. And it caught my eye because Simon and I were in the same class in high school, although admittedly not in the same group of friends. Finally, I got a Sony eReader for Christmas and it was a free download... So what the hell.
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Terrifying childhood experiences:

1) -Got your nose!
-Please just kill me. Better to die than to live the rest ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 14:31:31 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 14:31:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:18:55 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 17:00:51 -0800 2009
This book is amusing and pretty short; I would have been annoyed to pay for it. Nothing made me laugh out loud, tho...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:31:22 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:33:15 -0700 2009 Ant Farm. In part because the gags get pretty redundant. My boyfriend, once again, found the whole thing totally hilarious, however, so part of it is just your sense of humor.more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2714071