This is my innocent and humorous recollection of the disasters and successes I have encountered in the male dominated sport of Drag Racing, when it was in it's infancy, back in the 1970's in the UK.
Although the subject is about real estate, when you start this work, you will realise this is not about houses but about people and their emotions and, most importantly, letting go of your own ego, because that is going to get smacked around on a regular basis.
One of the most savage critiques of Modernity ever written on so-called Democracy (in its many forms), Meritocracy, What is Truth - Fact or Fiction, the Mass Media and Individualism.
The author is a typical construction worker, who has spent most of his life hiding a big secret from his family, friends, and work mates, then at the ripe old age of sixty-one decided to throw caution to the wind and come out of the closet in a big, big way, by starting Tawebutterflies, a support group for other transgender suffering souls and their partners, but with a lifetime of construction humor thrown in.
The Seven Paperweights is set in 1982 and takes the main character, Eve Watson, through a reflective journey spanning over thirty years whilst contemplating the seven paperweights bought from a fairground gypsy.
Never in my life did I ever contemplate composing a book of Poetry so I didn't and my apologies to those of you out there who thought I would dare categorize it as such when comparing it to the classics.
Imagine two first time European travelers venturing in France trying to navigate a new culture, a different set of social rules of etiquette add to that a truly sophisticated language and you have the perfect formula for disaster.
A collection of true anecdotes, most with hilarious outcomes, some naming and shaming the famous, all grouped together under the headings of Shave, S**t, and Shower.
The book is about 2 brave cats, Ninja and Leo along with their neighborhood friends Fingers and Tigger both cats as well and an ally red and birdy robin birds that reside in a big oak tree in the yard-defending that yard in a small home in Murfreesboro Tennessee against 2 crazy dogs Rowdy and Chichi in their struggle for attention equality from their human owners the 3rd dog in the story is Cocoa who takes no side in the struggle but trains the ninja kitty into being more like a true ninja.
After reading the latest biography of baseball legend Mickey Mantle, the authors hero, he was stunned to realize that his own life had, in his later years turned out much like Hall of Famer Mantle; a life of deep regret, guilt, depression and alcoholism.
As a science teacher/administrator for 46 years at all education levels, elementary through graduate school, the author witnessed a variety of classroom situations that were not only funny, but often very instructive.
Thomas Wolfe may have said that you cant go home again, but nobody told Jewell Mattingly Garrett, who, once more, takes us back to rural Buck Creek, Kentucky, circa 1977, to re-visit the goings-on in her own hectic life (through new personal diary entries), in the lives of her growing family (via more letters to her younger, more sophisticated sister, Ruby JaNelle Mattingly Clarkson, in Falstaff, Arizona), and in the lives of her friends and neighbors and the world at large (in her weekly newspaper column in the local Beattyville Weekly Word).
How To Litter-Train Your Hoarding Pack-Rats In order to maintain your sanity while living under the same roof with a hoarding pack-rat, you must come to terms with your priorities.
This book is the third in a series of the misguided advenures of four men and their beloved pets who continue to pursue the ultimate dream, the coveted prankster title.
"e;Would I Lie To You"e; is a book that makes witty and satirical comments about how we live our daily lives in this fast paced race we all call life, it highlights the silly things we all do, what we buy, see, hear, ad do, and it uses captioned pictures to poke fun of our daily lives and activities as we do them.
A Doctors Perscription for Laughter is a joke book for those persons with greif and depression who can benefit from laughter and for those persons who enjoy jokes.
Those a Y'all Who Voted AGAINST the "e;CURRENT"e; Tit-Turd MASSA President Obamma Ramma Administration ALREADY Believe Whay's in This Here Book WITHOUT Readin' it, BUTT (and I'm a Showin' Ya My REALLY BIG BUTT Agin) The REST a Y'all Need ta Git OFF'n Yer DEAD ASSes and Yer DAMN Tater Couches and READ My DAMN Book So's Ya Don't Make THAT Mistake Agin (NOR Another'n JEST "e;Like"e; it), SOOOOO Ms Sarah Palin.
Losing her husband Dennis unexpectedly in 2011, at the young age of 47, Debra was faced with handling grief in the only way she knew how, with strength, grace and much laughter.
