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  <title><![CDATA[My Custom Van]]></title>
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  <default-description>Get ready for the read of your life. Never before has a single book combined awesome vans, unicorns, Billy Joel, and erotic fiction in such a potent combination. A writing tour de force? Perhaps. A reading experience that will sear itself into your consciousness like a red-hot branding iron? Without question.&lt;P&gt;Comedian and basic cable superstar Michael Ian Black unleashes the full fury of his astonishing intellect in this collection of short comic essays. &lt;I&gt;My Custom Van&lt;/i&gt; is a no-holds-barred assault to the funny bone that will literally beat you into submission with hilarity*.&lt;P&gt;How did he do it? How did he create such a fine anthology? Answer: With love. Michael opened his heart and used the magical power of love to write more than fifty thought-provoking essays like, &quot;Why I Used a Day-Glo Magic Marker to Color My Dick Yellow,&quot; and &quot;An Open Letter to the Hair Stylist Who Somehow Convinced Me to Get a Perm When I Was in Sixth Grade.&quot;&lt;P&gt;Maybe you think love is not a substitute for &quot;good writing skills&quot; and &quot;spell check.&quot; Bull pucky! When it comes to writing books, love is the most powerful word processor of all.&lt;P&gt;Sounds pretty great, right? And yet...something is still holding you back from paying the full purchase price of this book. What is it? Perhaps you secretly believe you do not deserve a book this good. Nonsense -- you deserve this book and so much more. In fact, if Michael could have written you all the stars in the sky, that's what he would have done. But he couldn't do that, due to his lack of knowledge in the area of astronomy. So he wrote this book instead.&lt;P&gt;And this flap copy.&lt;P&gt;Enjoy.&lt;P&gt;* Michael Ian Black is not responsible for any actual injuries caused by reading this book.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">7</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Ian Black]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a pretty funny book, but I found that I had to read the essays in shifts. I really enjoyed - sometimes really laughed at - his observations, but I just couldn't read more than a few essays in one sitting without losing a little appreciation for the humor. It's not even that the humor is so m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32509880">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Dec 10 11:23:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was funny, but I did not experience my mind blowing all over my face as was promised by the cover.  I think Black tries a little too hard in some of the 'essays'.  If someone gives this to you as a gift, read and enjoy, but you don't necessarily need to purchase your own copy.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 22 11:16:09 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 26 05:37:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been a huge Michael Ian Black fan for a while (minus that weird show he did with those two other guys on VH1). This book does not disappoint if you like complete nonsense humor delivered with unwavering seriousness. For me this was a much-needed, easy breath of fresh air in between One Hundre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30909263">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 18:05:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My Custom Van and 50 other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face came to my attention when a patron at the library checked it out. In the tradition of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, this book is a series of humorous essays written by Michael Ian Black--an actor you m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40786337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41560022">
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 20:41:15 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 03 20:42:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been a fan of MIB ever since his days on MTV's The State.  I enjoyed Vive La Variety and his runs on I Love the....  I loved the television show Stella.  So I had high expectations for My Custom Van. As with much comedy writing, it was funny, but not as funny as I wanted it to be.  For some rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41560022">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again I feel it is difficult to find a book by a stand-up comedian to be that funny.  I am a fan of Black and loved his stuff on The State, and I would probably love his stand-up but it is just tough for his material to have the same impact in a book.  There were a couple points where I saw a t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65379686">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first, as I read each essay in this book, I thought, &quot;That's not funny...that's not funny either...nor is that funny...&quot; but somewhere around the halfway point of the book my thought was transformed (perhaps bewitched) as was my vagina, and I realized that Michael Ian Black has approxim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70431951">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Oct 17 09:40:24 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hesiated giving this book one star, fearing that some imaginary reader would see this review and snort derisively: &quot;She's such a prude.&quot;  And I'm not.  And least, I don't think I am.  <br/><br/>Much.<br/><br/>Point is, I don't think of myself as particularly uptight about a lot of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33705772">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I laughed out loud numerous times while reading this book, but ultimately have to agree with all the people who've said that the humor starts seeming repetitious after a while. Still, there aren't too many books of humor that are actually humorous, hence the four star rating. Here's the first paragr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30365172">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first started this book, I had some trouble getting into it. I could only read 2 or 3 of the 4-page humorous essays at a time. But as the pages were turned, something clicked, and I couldn't read more than a few sentences without cracking a smile. And I couldn't read more than a page without ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28789786">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66810569">
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a great book to break up the book list.  i like his dry sense of humor anyway, but some of these essays are over the top classic.  like &quot;letters to a squirrel&quot; and &quot;hey david sedaris, why don't you go ahead and suck it?&quot;  but the essay called &quot;taco party&quot; had me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66810569">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My husband, the Captain of Snark, who usually points his lazerbeam eyes and incinerates the piles of books that I bring home from the library with his derision and snootiness, came up to me the other night, whilst slightly tipsy and said &quot;This book is funny&quot;, while dropping &quot;My Custom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52387145">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Ian Black (very famous) is funny.  We all know that.  He can write funny too, although there are a few essays in here that make you think, &quot;What the heck is he talking about?&quot;. But that's M.I.B.  If you've ever read his stuff on the McSweeney's website, there are a couple of rehash...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43134795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42433812">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It would seem that I am Michael Ian Black's target audience -- between the reference to The Yiddish Policeman's Union and an entire essay dedicated to David Sedaris (and why he should just go ahead and suck it), it is clear that he and I are meant to be together. For ever and always.<br/><br/>Call...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42433812">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66877520">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a weird book in that parts of it made me want to vomit, like the dog shit essay, parts of it were just genuinely funny like the infinite monkey probability essay, and parts of it touched my heart in a weird sort of way like the jug band essay or the scented candle shoppe essay. yeah, i am th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66877520">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[   Although its definetly not going to win a Pulitzer Prize or anything this book will make you laugh out loud.  How could you not laugh when reading letters to a &quot;not that cute&quot; squirrel, the results of an experiment involving typing monkeys, and a tragic goodbye to a magic unicorn. When ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45499934">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Holy crap- this is the worst piece of trash I've read in a long time. How can someone be so funny on VH1 and then be so God-awfully UNfunny in print? I guess by writing this book, that's how.  I read 6 of the 51 essays and then threw the book across the room. Sorry to John who was kind enough to buy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39333555">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was gonna give it one star as a joke, but I just couldn't.  This collection of essays by Black brought a smile, and some big laughs to my face.  He sure isn't politically correct.  He sure isn't clean.  He's hilarious as hell.  Some of my favorites include: the unicorn break-up, his joining a jug ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59714637">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been trying to finish this book for at least the last 8 mos.  It's a collection of short stories that are supposed to be funny.  They are so dry that I have a hard time finding any humor in them at all.  I am a sucker for comedy and this just doesn't cut it for me.  I don't know if I'll be ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67902314">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must admit I was disappointed in this book.  I had high expectations.  It's a collection of completely random essays.  I will admit, there were a couple that had me laughing aloud (which I why I bumped up the rating to 3 stars from my original rating of 2 stars...really wish there was a 2.5 stars ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36998024">more...</a>]]></body>
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