David Sedaris rules. I like "Me Talk Pretty One Day," but looooooved "Naked." It was one of those books where I'd start laughing to the point of tears in the living room, then drive everyone crazy by saying, "No, wait, you guys, I gotta read you this part." Salon's got some great audio clips of Sedaris available for download. The one of him reading his essay about working for a communist furniture mover is pretty fabulous. Speaking of funny folks from NPR, I picked up a book called "Lipshtick" at Half-Price Books a few months back by Gwen Macsai. She's no Sedaris, but bits of it are hysterically funny. Good point about the Jewish Vikings. I've found the use of the term "for chrissakes" (along with "goddam") to be hilarious ever since I read The Catcher in the Rye in 8th grade, so I guess that's my excuse. Maybe the speaker in that post was a Jewish Viking Devotee of J.D. Salinger. Yeah, that's it.
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