MY THOUGHTS
LOVED IT
I don't know how anyone can turn being stabbed in the neck and almost dying funny, but Tim Kreider does! I was touch by his poignant remembrances and descriptions of his attack and the aftermath. Specifically, how he thought up new ways to describe the incident and how the "incident" became it's own entity. He is best known for his satirical cartoons during the Bush era and there are drawings that illustrate his points throughout the book, but I really needed a magnifying glass to read some of them. That is probably just me and old age though. He also tries to see each side of a situation and at time I think he is being too fair. Kreider comes across as a bit unstable but I guess when someone stabs you in the neck, that is your privilege.


There are short essays about almost everything in life. Kreider reviews his love life and that there is a fine line between love and stalking. True friends don't necessarily have to tell the truth about everything. Sometimes you just need to be an ass, even when your mother is dying. Ok, maybe I took that part of the book wrong, but I guess everyone deals with stress in their own way. I think this book is for people who like a skewed view point and anything "normal" is not for them. Ok, I adore books like this.