Bøger af Jamie Reidy

"A Walk's As Good As A Hit" is a collection of hilarious and occasionally poignant essays about a son's attempts to avoid becoming his father. With wit and candor, the author tackles timeless topics - grades, girls, family vacations - of family discord. Eventually, Reidy realizes becoming his old man isn't the worst thing that can happen to him.

More than 30 idiot-proof recipes broken down into a step by step process so simple even a bachelor can understand. ("Open oven door. Slide out rack.") The reader will also learn important rules for getting his apartment date-ready. ("Back to the underside of the toilet seat, the cleaning equivalent of diving in front of a slap shot. Grab the wet sponge and flip it over so that the Astroturf side is the active one. Start scrubbing. Might not be a bad idea to take a page out of Michael Keaton's handbook from "Mr. Mom" and place a clothespin over your nose.") Lastly, the bachelor gets a pre-flight checklist to ensure that he is a "go" for his date. ("Ears. Like an ambidextrous miner, arm yourself with Q-tips and go drilling. Repeat with clean swabs until the tips emerge from your ears still white. Note: For those older than 35, I hate to break it to you but you are a 2:1 shot for ear hair. Snip, snip. Sob, sob.")

This book just might save a dude from death by dust inhalation. Especially one who assumes his toilet bowl cleans itself. Need a college graduation gift? Need a Father's Day present? Need a gag gift for a divorcee? This is the book is for him. "Sweep Her Off Her Feet" gives my cleaning-challenged compadre funny, yet practical instructions for quickly getting his place date-ready. It even provides the list of weapons a bachelor will carry into battle against the dark and dirty forces that have invaded his castle.Kitchen? "Open the fridge. Throw out anything you don't immediately remember buying, won't pass the whiff test or has condensation inside the bottle." Bathroom? "Remember, women use TP every time they go. Every time. You're gonna need a back up roll, brother. Also, spend the extra ten seconds it takes to place the roll on the actual toilet paper dispenser. This, by itself, will distinguish you from 90% of the guys she ever dated."Testimonial: "I wish he had this book forty years ago" - Jamie's Mom Jamie Reidy is an author and recovering slob. His first book served as the basis for the movie Love and Other Drugs, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as "Jamie." (Jamie really likes typing that sentence.)