Synopses & Reviews
In the winter Olympics, they keep adding things to slide downhill on and then call the competition an event. It used to be just skis and bobsleds. Now they've added luge and snow-boarding. I'm waiting for them to have an event exclusively for Flexible Fliers. I'd get mine out. People trying to be nice say, What's wrong with being old? It's a dumb question to which I have a ready answer: I'm going to die before you do; that's what's wrong with it. President Bush has proposed what he calls a plan for preventing forest fires by letting the lumber companies cut down more trees. He says clearing some of the forests will mean fewer fires. This is comparable to killing every other baby at birth to reduce deaths from starvation. George W. Bush is not the smartest President we ever had by about 40, but he is a good person. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are now 288,291,993 people in the United States. I hope we don't decide to have a celebration when we hit 300 million because it's nothing to celebrate. Empty lots have been disappearing under houses, apartment buildings and office structures all my life. The more people we have, the more buildings we put up. We don't need any more people. If God was rewriting the Bible, I think He'd delete His advice to be fruitful and multiply. We've multiplied enough already. I am not a great writer, but I don't write badly very often. This passes for good writing.
Synopsis
Celebrate the holidays with a new collection by America's favorite commentator and bestselling author. Riffing on everything from coffee percolators to the state of the union, Andy Rooney tells it like it is.
Synopsis
Every Sunday evening, millions of viewers tune in to 60 Minutes to hear Andy Rooney riff on everything from coffee percolators to the state of the union. Millions more read his weekly newspaper column. Why? Because Rooney tells it like it is. But Rooney fans have never seen him quite like this. Andy Rooney is plain frustrated by what's going on in America and the world. Why can't Americanslet alone our presidentspeak English anymore? How do we expect to fight a terrorist enemy that we can't even locate? And when did capitalism go so terribly wrong? This book isn't all heady stuff, though. Readers will also get the familiarand hystericalRooney gripes about everyday foibles, such as the impossibility of physically locating your driver's registration, of purchasing a genuinely healthy breakfast cereal, or of enjoying a college reunionunless everyone ends up in their nighties, that is. PublicAffairs is pleased to present its fifth collaboration with Andy Rooney. Loyal Rooney fans and anyone who enjoys a good laugh at life's absurdities will be thrilled to add it to the bookshelf during the holidays.
Synopsis
Celebrate the holidays with a new collection by America's favorite commentator and best-selling author
About the Author
Known to millions for his regular commentary on the television newsmagazine 60 Minutes, and his weekly syndicated newspaper column, Andy Rooney is also the author of numerous bestselling books. He has published four previous books with PublicAffairs: My War, Sincerely, Andy Rooney, Common Nonsense, and Years of Minutes.