summer reading in hell

11 Things: Summer Reading in Hell

Thursday, July 5, 2007

1. "I'm OK, You're OK" (by Thomas Anthony Harris)

Prologue: Read "I'm OK, You're My Parents: How to Overcome Guilt, Let Go of Anger and Create a Relationship" (by Dale V. Atkins).
Epilogue: Read "I'm OK, You're a Pain in the Neck" (by Albert Voorspan).

2. "Britney & Lynne Spears: A Mother's Gift" (by Britney and Lynne Spears)

Prologue: Stop laughing.
Epilogue: Resume laughing.

3. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the CIA" (by Allan Swenson and Michael Benson)

Prologue: Don't believe what they say or what you think you believe they might have said.
Epilogue: Don't believe what I say or what I think I believe I might have said.

4. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lean Six Sigma" (by the Breakthrough Management Group and Neil DeCarlo)

Prologue: Figure out what the hell Lean Six Sigma is.
Epilogue: Don't confuse it with Sigma Six.

5. "The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Living on a Budget" (by Peter J. Sander and Jennifer Basye Sander)

Prologue: Don't buy this book.
Epilogue: Use savings for beer.

6. "I'm Glad I Look Like a ... Terrorist" (by Ray Hanania)

Prologue: Don't read on flights.
Epilogue: Don't read anywhere really.

7. "His Pregnant Nurse" (Harlequin Romance, by Laura Iding)

Prologue: Figure out what exactly happened.
Epilogue: Hire a good lawyer.

8. "Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue in Chic Peek Behind the Pose" (by Paris Hilton)

Prologue: Barf.
Epilogue: Clean up barf.

9. "The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was" (by Wendy Doniger)

Prologue: Try to determine who she pretended to be.
Epilogue: Wait. What?

10. "The 2004 Annual Defense Report to the President and the Congress" (by Donald H. Rumsfeld)

Prologue: Verify how much you paid in taxes in 2004.
Epilogue: Swear at the top of your lungs.

11. "Depression for Dummies" (by Laura L. Smith and Charles H. Elliott)

Prologue: Skim through it briefly.
Epilogue: Find out when "Happiness for Dummies" will be back in stock.

Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com

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