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So, Do You Like ... Stuff?: A Collection of Things
Inspired by his blog of the same name (which is inspired by what the author considers to be one of the great all-time "Simpsons" quotes), So, Do You Like ... Stuff? is a collection of Mike Kenny's funniest material. Follow the author as he questions whether or not he picked up the correct child from daycare. Watch and learn as he interprets nonsensical hit songs. Feel for him as he attempts to accomplish the mundane tasks assigned to him by his father-in-law. Hide in fear with him as he passively fights off grizzly bears by hoping they go away. So, Do You Like ... Stuff? is a compilation of newly improved, reedited columns and blog posts, as well as original, previously unreleased material. "Stuff" may cover a wide range of topics, but the themes here are common to everyone-family, work, health, ... cat condominiums. The usual. Just, unusually funny.
168 pages, Paperback
First published March 29, 2011
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July 1, 2013
I love humorous writing. Not only do I like to laugh us much as the next guy/gal, I'd say I actually like to laugh more than most people. No topic is sacred, no form of humor frowned on -- I can enjoy a bad joke, a witty satire, a clever (if groan-inducing) pun, whimsy, gallows humor, absurdity, meta-jokes, Internet memes, whatever.
The problem is, most humor is not funny, and when humor fails it's painful. To quote Jimmy James from NewsRadio, "You gotta make 'em laugh, Dave, 'cause there's nothing like the sound of 3,000 people not laughing." (Or something like that.)
Mike Kenny is funny. This collection of personal essays is like a "Best of" Dave Barry, if Dave Barry were a Catholic New Jersey-ite transplanted to Arizona, with an intense hatred of scorpions and a keen ear for song lyrics so bad they're almost good. He comes across as a regular guy, probably nicer than most, who only mocks people who deserve it, and pokes fun at himself above all. Well, and Vanilla Ice, but like I said, mockery is reserved for the deserving.
It's not a philosophical or religious treatise. It's not gonna change the world or end hunger or start a movement; it's just very well written and very, very funny.
The problem is, most humor is not funny, and when humor fails it's painful. To quote Jimmy James from NewsRadio, "You gotta make 'em laugh, Dave, 'cause there's nothing like the sound of 3,000 people not laughing." (Or something like that.)
Mike Kenny is funny. This collection of personal essays is like a "Best of" Dave Barry, if Dave Barry were a Catholic New Jersey-ite transplanted to Arizona, with an intense hatred of scorpions and a keen ear for song lyrics so bad they're almost good. He comes across as a regular guy, probably nicer than most, who only mocks people who deserve it, and pokes fun at himself above all. Well, and Vanilla Ice, but like I said, mockery is reserved for the deserving.
It's not a philosophical or religious treatise. It's not gonna change the world or end hunger or start a movement; it's just very well written and very, very funny.
August 14, 2018
Light, fun observations. Good read.
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