Charlie Finley

Broschiertes Buch

Are We Having Fun Yet

Beschreibung

Think of fun as a food--a daily sustenance, healthy, reducing our stress and making us laugh. This flavorous tome is divided into three servings. Part I includes 19 short stories about pranks I've pulled that were fun to create, or even to live through, in the first person. Part II features my three days at Woodstock and two 10-day white-water canoeing adventures that were fun for my wife and me with several friends. Part III offers samples of bogus letters, fake newspaper articles and signs that were fun to post, just to inflict some preposterous poking. It's all wrapped up with a final chapter, A Starter Kit for Budding Pranksters. Do I have the credentials to scribe a book such as this? I have no advanced degree in prankology, won no awards for humor, but over the past 40 years have played plenty of capers on friends, relatives, neighbors, legislators and even one governor; and as far as I can recall, I have never been sued for any of my foolishness. We all need a spoonful of honey each day. Whether spontaneous or contrived, exhaustive scientific research has shown even a small dose of fun is essential for our mental health, our happiness and our outlook on life. It's not just for kids; if you're not having some fun, your cup is not full. Are We Having Fun Yet? makes a great gift for all occasions--lots of good ideas--good clean fun.

Autor

Charles F. Finley, Jr. would like to call himself a Virginia native but, alas, the last 58 years living in various locales of the Old Dominion count for naught. He is chagrined to admit he was born in Washington, D.C.; however, when his parents realized the increasing hazards of urban living, they moved to the Smoky Mountains of rural North Carolina (Fontana Village). After home schooling and scrimmaging with three colleges, he finished at Duke University, earning a master's degree in the exciting field of forest economics! After two years with the Army Corps of Engineers (1967-69), and 25 years in the forestry not-for-profit world, in 1995 he founded Verbatim Editing, offering editorial workshops, and publishing 70+ books for various authors. Today, he continues to publish his own quarterly forest landowner magazine, Appalachian Woodlands. What credentials does Charlie have to scribe a book such as this? His parents often targeted him with increasingly sophisticated pranks, teaching him the value of humor, advising him not to take life too seriously. "Are We Having Fun Yet?" draws on what is fun for him--more than 40 years creating elaborate practical jokes, mailing outrageous bogus letters from fictitious government agencies, and enduring white-water canoeing adventures. He still rides his motorcycle and books gigs for two ukulele bands, The Ukesters and Cool Hand Ukes. He resides with his wife, Brenda, and 500 others in a lavish "correctional unit" (aka, senior independent living residence) near Richmond, Virginia. At 79, he estimates his final release about ten years hence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bookbaby
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798350977325
• Artikelnr.: 71945765