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I’m putting the paperback aside and starting over on the Kobo edition.

Only chapter 3 but I’m loving it already

Three and a half hours listening to the audiobook and I’m disappointed. Mark's childhood was no different from any other kid of the time, nothing unique to nfl anyway. Yes, he turns the bland into funny but It feels more like a standup routine than a memoir. Hope it gets better

This may be on my reading shelf for a very long time. Slowly enjoying every word.

Already laughing !

"Never eat at a place called Mom's and never play cards with a man called Doc" . When in doubt what to read, I turn to Paul Theroux

Emo Philips : "I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. And then I realized who was telling me this"

"I'm always wrong about everything, over and over and over again, and that's why my life improves"

Yoda, "do, or do not, there is no how"

Personal history colours our perception. I know this book will be at least 4 stars. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions changed my vision when it was important for me to see differently. Of course my review will be entirely biased.

Chrissie's image of a young white female in the days of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and the generation gap, are spot on. I know why her parents let her go to Mexico. So they wouldn't have to deal with her, thats why. They had no clue. Chrissie alludes to the unspoken deal they had together, the original "don't ask, don't tell".

When I read that Chrissie went to Kent State, and her high school grad was 1969, I suspected what was coming. By the time I read the chapter heading I was already choking up. She lived the stuff that I watched, that changed who I am, from far away.

Like a fine meal, satisfying, warms my soul. Woman Crush?

"They and their fathers had fought two world wars to defend America, and they didn't see the need for change. They didn't want to rock the boat. We, on the other hand, were only interested in rocking the boat. We wanted to rock." Yes, I can tell I'm going to love this book.

I'm already laughing, right from the start. This is his life he's making fun of. Glad I chose the audio version. It fees like Marty is sitting next to me telling me his best stories.

Chapter one only, but already I know that Kathleen Winter wrote this just for me! she is speaking directly to me, I love it so much, smiling every page.

Digging deep into my bookshelves to find something warm in this cold January. Take me to the Sahara!

Apparently LOL OMG YOLO and such are nothing new. With each new means of communication we find ways to encode for speed, economy and privacy.

Listening to the audiobook with the hardcover ready if I should need it. So far so good. Pace and level of detail is just fine, thoroughly enjoyable.

It`s like I am just getting to know this author. I have read 3 of his books before this one and loved them, but only now see the man behind the author. This trip is deeply personal and he lets us see it without using a lot of words. What a great writer. I try and only read this when I can spend at least an hour in order to breathe in in deeply and not just skim the surface.