Nice try : stories of best intentions and mixed results
(2019)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
818.602/GONDELMAN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xvii, 249 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062852755, 0062852752, 9780062852755
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
HarperPerennial paperback
"Emmy-Award winning writer and comedian Josh Gondelman's collection of personal stories of best intentions and mixed results"--
CONTENTS
If at first you don't succeed. Nice guys finish dessert last ;
Just give me a minutes ;
A few of my greatest fears, in no particular order ;
1-800-GOOD-PORN ;
A technicality ;
You don't know, now you know ;
Things that make me feel grown-up (in order of increasing adulthood) ;
A worthy adversary ;
Present-tense conjugation of the Spanish verb nadar, which means "to swim" ;
Screech ;
I hope these years aren't the best of your lives ;
It was funny at the time ;
Don't aim, just throw --
...Try, try again. Weathering the tantrums ;
Thanksgiving dragon ;
Some things that I, a childcare professional, was professionally obligated to say to kids ;
Good deeds, unrewarded ;
Have fun ;
Blank postcard ;
Things I have tried
(with varying degrees of success) at the behest of women I was dating at the time or to whom I am married ; Good Will Hunting isn't science fiction ; Sorry, not sorry ; Gap years -- Third time's a charm?. The three true stories of how we met ;
Fish tacos ;
Tickle me fancy ;
A good game ;
Unsung virtue of telling people what they want to hear ;
An element of style ;
Bizzy ;
A partial list of names I call my dog, whose real name is Bizzy ;
"I also do Michael Jackson" ;
Best moments of my wedding #3-10 ;
Don't let the bastards grind you down