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Book of the Day: The Friars Club Encyclopedia of Jokes

GiggleSugar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:45:00 -0700

In the mood for a corny joke? An offensive joke? A thought-provoking joke? Or just a really funny joke? Well step right up to The Friars Club Encyclopedia of Jokes. (More than 2,000 of them from folks as disparate as W.C. Fields and Wanda Sykes.) When I think of The Friars Club and their celebrity roasts, I think of a red-faced Dean Martin smoking a cigarette and insulting Don Rickles with off-color humor. Turns out, the private club that's been a haven for entertainers has been around since 1904, and they've been holding their roasts since 1950.

Although you'll find old-school jokes in the encyclopedia that might make your PC meter go haywire, you'll also find such gems as the following from Mae West: "I like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign." Rrreow!

Book of the Day: The No Cussing Club

GiggleSugar — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:00:00 -0800

Meet McKay Hatch. At 14 years old, the most "cyberbullied kid in the world" (this is your brand, kid, really?) decided he was going to get his friends - nay, the world! - to stop cussing. (You know this is all in the service of getting into Harvard, or Bob Jones University.) But I have two observations, McKay. One, I've been cussing since I was able to walk, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. (The English language would be poorer without cuss words!) And two, with a name like McKay Hatch, you should be out stirring up trouble and writing crazy poetry. Just a thought. Check out the gallery below to see the amazing products the No Cussing website sells as well as to see some of its illustrious members.

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Guess What This DIY Book Is About?

GiggleSugar — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:35:00 -0800

Do-it-yourself books are all the rage. This one suggests you can improve your love life with its DIY project book. Guess what this DIY book is about?

Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids' Letters to President Obama

GiggleSugar — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:19:42 -0800

A few days after President Barack Obama was elected as the 44th president of the United States, kids from all over the country were asked to send him letters giving him advice, making requests, and just generally being cute and hilarious. I am totally getting Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids' Letters to President Obama, and I think you should, too! Here are some particularly funny and touching excerpts:

"Dear President Obama, I want to tell you hi. Do you work with Santa Claus?" - Sergio Magana, age 5, San Francisco
"Dear President Obama, I think you should get a Labradoodle and name it Soñador (it means "dreamer" in Spanish) . . ." Lydia Sumner, age 10, Seattle
"Dear President Obama, I really hope you put America back together. No pressure though." - Sheenie Shannon Yip, age 13, Seattle
"Dear President Obama, When you are president, don't eat junk food. Junk food makes you fat. Your family shouldn't eat junk food, either, because it is not healthy. Obama, you rock." - Amy Ramirez, age 8, San Francisco

Enjoying these? Well why not read more.

"Dear President Obama, I know you want to save the earth, but people don't want to clean. . .I always dream of cleaning the world with you. . ." - Stephanie Gonzalez, age 7, Los Angeles
"Dear President Obama, You should not smoke when you are president! There are simple reasons. Because you will die by smoking, and then you will not be president! But I want you to be . . ." - David Lopez, age 7, Los Angeles
"Dear President Obama, I have a great idea for you: you should set up a special phone, a special place just for kids to call the president if they find things that are dangerous and can affect people, like someone smoking. This would be a special place for kids to talk to Barack Obama and let him know what's going on." - Dhamaril Nunez, age 9, Boston

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Flashback: Hygiene For the Worker

GiggleSugar — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0800

This awesome book, Hygiene for the Worker was written in 1912 and can be found on this amazing Internet book archives site. (Click on that link and it's like having the book in front of you - you can turn the pages and everything!) My favorite piece of advice for the worker involves how to handle women ~~on their periods~~ when they're being visited by "the curse." The following hilarious passage is from page 172. Interested? Then read more.

The hygiene manager of a modern factory or works will take into account only modern, scientific understandings of Female Biology. As a result, retiring rooms should be made available, where employees afflicted by The Curse during working hours can immure themselves. Such rooms should be equipt with a bell or horn, so inmates can signal the hygiene manager or his deputy, so they may signal a cab or ambulance to remove her from the workplace.

Wow. Can you imagine pulling that today? "Yo, manager, I got The Curse. Call me an ambulance, will ya?" I can't wait to flip through the rest of this! (Thanks, Boing Boing!)

Book of the Day: The Truth About Chuck Norris

GiggleSugar — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0800

Finally! The truth about our beloved ass-kicking American ninja extraordinaire, Chuck Norris, otherwise known as "the world's greatest human." (I find it hard to believe, though, that The Truth About Chuck Norris was on the New York Times best-seller list. Although I guess stranger things have happened. Like, say, the success of The Hills or Paris Hilton.)

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

GiggleSugar — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World tells the story of Dewey from kittenhood to cathood. And what a story it is. In 1988, the kitten was abandoned in a Spencer, IA, library in their book-return box (!). He was then adopted by librarians and named after the Dewey decimal system by townsfolk in a naming contest. This furry little book worm slept in the stacks, hung out with patrons, and generally added some awesome cat ambiance until he went to the big cat library in the sky in 2006. His remains are buried near the library front door, and now there's a book about him - a book I can't wait to get my paws on.

God's Gift: Over 100 Studs, Stallions and Dreamboats from the 70s and 80s

GiggleSugar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0700

Did someone say "studs, stallions and dreamboats"?! Yes, please! I need a review copy of this baby, so I can share some pics with you guys of Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon (stud), Tom Selleck (stallion), and David Cassidy (dreamboat). I wonder what distinguishes a dreamboat from a stallion from a stud? I guess I'll just have to get this book and find out! (My only concern? No beefcakes.)

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Book of the Day: How to Avoid Huge Ships and Other Implausibly Titled Books

GiggleSugar — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0700

For 30 years, The Bookseller magazine has searched far and wide for its annual weirdest book title. In How to Avoid Huge Ships and Other Implausibly Titled Books, it has compiled some of the strangest ones to date. (The first pick set the bar for weird: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice. Sexay!) Click here to find out how you can contribute an opening paragraph to a title you like! And for my favorite picks, read more.

1980: The Joy of Chickens (Prentice Hall)
1984: The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today (Constable)
1985: Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts (Westwood Publishing Co)
1986: Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality (Brunner/Mazel)
1994: Highlights in the History of Concrete (British Cement Association)
1996: Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers (Hellenic Philatelic Society)
2002: Living With Crazy Buttocks (Kaz Cooke - Penguin)
2003: The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories (Kensington Publishing)
2006: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification (Harry N Abrams)

Book of the Day: The Museum of Bad Art - Masterworks

GiggleSugar — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:00:00 -0700

The Museum of Bad Art, located in a basement somewhere in Massachusetts, describes itself as "a unique institution dedicated to the celebration of artistic effort, however misguided." And by misguided, they mean ill conceived, misshapen, and ridiculously cute. I'm a fan of so-bad-they're-good movies, books, and music. Why not art? Creepy-cute is where it's at! To buy their new book, click here. (Check out the gallery below for some of the masterpieces they've gathered from "curbside trash piles" and thrift stores.)

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