The Book Is Almost Here!
Today being Thursday, January 13, I am happily awaiting delivery from my printer (Lightning Source, Inc.) of the first copies of
Coffee at JJ's
, my first book as a self-published author. ...So what's the book about? Well, I think the book's subtitle pretty much explains it: Solving the World's Problems, One Donut at a Time.
Coffee at JJ's covers the antics of a dozen retirees as they gather at JJ's Donut Shop in Monterey Park, California. While there, they swap stories, recollections, light-hearted insults, slight exaggerations and outright lies. Being retirees, most are in their late sixties or seventies.
They have a wide variety of backgrounds, ranging from Ryan who was in a state mental institution (as employee, not inmate), to Jake the truck driver, to Greg the pharmachist's assistant, and Toshi the rod-and-reel store owner. Altogether there are more than a dozen such men, each unique, each with his own stories.
Some are married, some divorced, two have wives who are battling cancer, and a couple of the men are widowed. Two of the men have also had heart attacks -- and I'm now that I think of it, I'm not feeling all that healthy myself.
These guys like to sit in the sun (or inside JJ's Donut Shop when the weather turns too inclement) and comment on anything and everything. They consider it "group therapy." --Or perhaps I should say "we," since I'm one of them.
Take a stroll to your nearest coffee shop and you will probably find a similar group of older men (not geezers; we prefer the term "mature") sitting around, a cup of coffee in hand, apparently doing and saying nothing. --Don't be fooled. There's a world of wit, humor and wisdom in these old men.
Remember: inside every old man there is a young man, dazed and confused, asking, "What the hell happened? When did I get so old?"
But you should also keep in mind that inside every young man is an old geezer, patiently waiting for his turn.
You might want to get yourself a copy of Coffee at JJ's to find out what happened to this particular group of "mature" geezers.
Wanna see the Table of Contents? . . . No? Well, here it is anyway.
1. In the Beginning There Was Coffee -- 17
2. First Contact (with the Geezers) -- 20
3. Fitting In -- 25
4. Lottery Fraud -- 29
5. Group Therapy for Flatliners -- 39
6. Breakfast at Goody's -- 46
7. Romero and the Dead Girl -- 55
8. The Early Shift -- 60
9. Boys Will Be Boys and Men Will Be Boys -- 70
10. Two-Legged Mike -- 82
11. Jake and Four-Legged Mike -- 86
12. Ted's Bear Claws -- 109
13. Lorenzo Catches a Possum -- 114
14. Benny and Backup Benny -- 125
15. How Wallace Avoided Vietnam -- 144
16. Carlos's Judy-Doll -- 164
17. Ryan's Famous Frog Experiment -- 173
18. Frank Glows in the Dark -- 180
19. Inside JJ's -- 190
20. The Windshield Wiper Debacle -- 197
21. Chopped Chorizo -- 202
22. What Do You Guys Talk About? -- 212
Coffee at JJ's is 220 pages long and sells for $12.95. Unless you live in or near Monterey Park, California, the only place you can get a copy is by going to Amazon.com and searching on the term Coffee at JJ's. Ditto for Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com).
This book is so new that, at present, it hasn't yet received any reviews. So go ahead, order a copy and be the first to post a review. And you might post a comment here as well to let me know what you think of this merry band of social outcasts and misfits who like to stop in for a cup of Coffee at JJ's .
Coffee at JJ's covers the antics of a dozen retirees as they gather at JJ's Donut Shop in Monterey Park, California. While there, they swap stories, recollections, light-hearted insults, slight exaggerations and outright lies. Being retirees, most are in their late sixties or seventies.
They have a wide variety of backgrounds, ranging from Ryan who was in a state mental institution (as employee, not inmate), to Jake the truck driver, to Greg the pharmachist's assistant, and Toshi the rod-and-reel store owner. Altogether there are more than a dozen such men, each unique, each with his own stories.
Some are married, some divorced, two have wives who are battling cancer, and a couple of the men are widowed. Two of the men have also had heart attacks -- and I'm now that I think of it, I'm not feeling all that healthy myself.
These guys like to sit in the sun (or inside JJ's Donut Shop when the weather turns too inclement) and comment on anything and everything. They consider it "group therapy." --Or perhaps I should say "we," since I'm one of them.
Take a stroll to your nearest coffee shop and you will probably find a similar group of older men (not geezers; we prefer the term "mature") sitting around, a cup of coffee in hand, apparently doing and saying nothing. --Don't be fooled. There's a world of wit, humor and wisdom in these old men.
Remember: inside every old man there is a young man, dazed and confused, asking, "What the hell happened? When did I get so old?"
But you should also keep in mind that inside every young man is an old geezer, patiently waiting for his turn.
You might want to get yourself a copy of Coffee at JJ's to find out what happened to this particular group of "mature" geezers.
Wanna see the Table of Contents? . . . No? Well, here it is anyway.
1. In the Beginning There Was Coffee -- 17
2. First Contact (with the Geezers) -- 20
3. Fitting In -- 25
4. Lottery Fraud -- 29
5. Group Therapy for Flatliners -- 39
6. Breakfast at Goody's -- 46
7. Romero and the Dead Girl -- 55
8. The Early Shift -- 60
9. Boys Will Be Boys and Men Will Be Boys -- 70
10. Two-Legged Mike -- 82
11. Jake and Four-Legged Mike -- 86
12. Ted's Bear Claws -- 109
13. Lorenzo Catches a Possum -- 114
14. Benny and Backup Benny -- 125
15. How Wallace Avoided Vietnam -- 144
16. Carlos's Judy-Doll -- 164
17. Ryan's Famous Frog Experiment -- 173
18. Frank Glows in the Dark -- 180
19. Inside JJ's -- 190
20. The Windshield Wiper Debacle -- 197
21. Chopped Chorizo -- 202
22. What Do You Guys Talk About? -- 212
Coffee at JJ's is 220 pages long and sells for $12.95. Unless you live in or near Monterey Park, California, the only place you can get a copy is by going to Amazon.com and searching on the term Coffee at JJ's. Ditto for Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com).
This book is so new that, at present, it hasn't yet received any reviews. So go ahead, order a copy and be the first to post a review. And you might post a comment here as well to let me know what you think of this merry band of social outcasts and misfits who like to stop in for a cup of Coffee at JJ's .
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