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I Can't Believe I'm Still Single: Sane, Slightly Neurotic (but in a Sane Way) Filmmaker into Good Yoga, Bad Reality TV, Too Much Chocolate, and a Little ... Point Anyone Who'll Let Me Watch Football
Eric Schaeffer
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Eric Schaeffer has always believed that when the time was right and he was ready that he would find the Big One (an intelligent, sexy, loving wife).
But his last girlfriend said no to his proposal, and since then he hasn’t met anyone he wanted to have a second date with. This is a wild, sometimes raunchy, sometimes poignant, and always honest account of a semi-famous man’s attempts at love.
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Stop with the phony reviews, Eric!.......2007-10-16
Your fake review are much more entertaining than your actual book. It does look a wee bit suspicious that the glowing reviews are written by people who have never posted on Amazon before. Well, maybe that's why they enjoy your work so much---this is the only book they've ever read. They have nothing to compare it to.
This book does contain one amazing passage. Eric sneaked into Michael Jordan's private pracicte space, grabs the ball and starts playing (univited). When security kicks him out, he thinks it is because he "schooled" Jordan. Not because he was annoying a superstar basketball player's training. Wow.
Still a narcissist.......2007-09-20
Ever wonder why recovering alcoholics and drug-addicts are so often still happy to remain raging narcissists? Here's another shining example of one of them. I think it's high time for a thirteenth step in the Program.
Eric Schaeffer gives yoga a bad name.......2007-09-03
This has to be the worst book I've read since Prozac Nation. Same narcissistic logorrhea. Pretends to be honest with himself, but it's amazing how blind he remains throughout. I have enough confidence in yoga to think if he keeps practicing he might get there, but I found nothing redemptive in 317 pages. He doesn't even like himself enough to breathe between dates. He's the guy you run from, believe me.
A much better read, and real self honesty, though not a great book either, is Sex, Love, and Dharma. This guy hasn't found the one either, but he's a LOT closer, and his path seems way more genuine.
I loved it!.......2007-08-31
This book had my attention from beginning until the end. It was hilarious, thought provoking, real, and emotionally insightful. Eric has obviously evolved such that he is comfortable revealing those inner most thoughts and feelings which most of us would rather die than verbalize to another person. I will encourage all of my friends.....who strive for self awareness......to take this journey.
Inspiring, sweet, insane, warm, in your face, and polarizing.......2007-08-28
I am surprised at the amount of anger this book has received. Eric Schaeffer is opening showing his entire life, good and bad, under a brilliant and well written light. You don't have to like him or respect his choices, but the fearlessness of his honesty is inspiring.
Is his life for everyone? No, but the point of the book isn't Mr. Schaeffer telling the world it would be better if only it was entirely like him. If fact he starts the book saying that's not the case.
The sometimes hilarious, sometimes frustrating choices he makes can be polorizing, but I don't think it deserves the spite some people are giving it.
And I don't think he gives a bad name to Yoga, I think he gives a real quality to it. Nobody is perfect all the time. Nobody is anything all the time. We just strive to be the best person we can be in singular moments of our lives. That is what Eric Schaeffer is trying to do, and I applaud him for it.
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Little Lulu Volume 13: Too Much Fun (Little Lulu (Graphic Novels))
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The good times never end for this gaggle of suburban heroes mastering the treacherous terrain of school, the beach, and of course, Main Street. Junior detective Tubby tackles a case, Lulu regales the troublesome tot Alvin with a tall tale of the wicked Witch Hazel, Annie gets even with the fellers from the clubhouse and much more! Collecting issues #53-57 of the Dell Comics' series Marge's Little Lulu, originally published between November 1952 and March 1953, this brimming volume features some of the funniest comics in known captivity - don't miss it!
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The Spider makes his first appearance.......2007-03-23
The adventures of Lulu and her friends continue as Lulu and Alvin ride a runaway elephant and as Lulu scams the boys as a Gypsy fortune teller. The boys in turn scam Lulu when they build and "launch" a rocket to Mars. Tubby concocts perfume with his chemistry set that turns Gloria into a puppy, and he gives her the Evil Eye when she breaks a date with him. Of special interest in this edition are three Witch Hazel stories, one including her giant son "Calvin." Tubby has been solving crimes for several editions, but this edition marks his first appearance as "The Spider," as he solves, in disguise as usual, the crime of how the egg wound up in Lulu's pop's shoe. TOO MUCH FUN is a delightful extension of these Lulu reprints.
Dennis The Menace, eat your heart out...!.......2007-02-06
I recently finished plowing through the collected paperback editions of the classic 1940s/1950s "Little Lulu" comics, and wanted to put in my vote... yes! yes! yes! True, it's a little disappointing that the strips are reprinted in black-&-white and not in the original color versions, but the real genius of these works is in the draftsmanship of artists John Stanley and Irving Tripp, and once you get onto their wavelength, even these half-size B&W reprints are a pure delight. They can say so much with such economy -- a single panel of Lulu's unbridled mischief can have you laughing your head off, and here, in this multi-volume collection, you've got a real treasure trove of some of the best graphic-art humor produced in the 20th Century. Great stuff, highly recommended, and major kudos to Dark Horse for making this artwork both available and affordable.
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Eat and grow up.......2006-12-14
"A Little Too Much Is Enough" may not be a novel, but it is a delightful, imaginary memoir of growing up in Hawaii in the '50s.
Mahealani Suzanne Wong is a bright, observant girl in a Chinese-Hawaiian-American family that is in a generational transition from more Chinese to more (Mainland-style) American. This is neatly encapsulated in the short chapter (they are all short) "Still the Same Saimin," in which Mahi recalls the fragrance and taste of saimin (noodles) throughout the years, first at home, then at the fair and the movies, finally at McDonald's in Waikiki.
Food serves the function that plot performs in most novels. There is no problem, leading to a crisis and a denouement. Rather, life for the Wongs is divided into sections marked by nine-course Chinese dinners commemorating weddings, funerals, graduations.
Mahi, clever child, uses these occasions to observe the social maneuverings of her women kin. Aunty Nona, the sensualist who can sell crackseed (local snack, not related to cocaine) to anybody; and Mahi's mother, full of platitudes and pretty good advice; and a host of cousins.
All the Wong women, and eventually Mahi, want to travel, to get beyond the wonderfully supportive but also smothering influence of family.
The men, barely limned compared with the vigorous women in the book, are completely content with life in late Territorial Hawaii. They never leave, or if they do, it is by force, as when Mahi's father, Kuhio, is "shanghaied" to grow up in China. Mahi's brother Buzzy sums it up:
"I could never be like you, Sis. I can never go away from here. I don't care if I never eat sweet pineapple again. But everything else I'm going to keep. They can't charge me fifty dollars for the beach and the sun and the surf. Hawaii no ka oi [is the best], that's what I say. Nobody can make me pay for that."
Nothing much happens in Buzzy's Honolulu. Members of the family and friends go to school, change jobs, marry and divorce, start businesses that succeed or fail. The only novelistic touch is the story of the adoption of Uncle Wing, an extraordinary and touching tale, but that happened long before Mahi was born.
The lack of storm and stress does not at all mean that "A Little Too Much Is Enough" moves slowly. Though it is quickly apparent that all that is going to happen is that Mahi will grow up and move to Oregon (as Tyau did), getting there is all the fun.
Tyau manages a doubly difficult task: She transfers the cadence and lilt of local speech to the printed page without awkwardness (though the non-English words will baffle Mainlanders). And she also manages to do so without slowing to the pace of loquacious local talk.
Plus, Tyau has a way with a phrase. "It's not easy to hold onto poi." "Her skirt rides on her hips like a boat in a storm."
"A Little Too Much Is Enough" is charming, graceful, sentimental and, with one exception, accurate.
This is an Oahu book. When Tyau goes to Maui, there is a serious mistake.
In "Ocean Is for Drowning," Mahi's best friend's cousin goes bodysurfing on Maui and breaks his neck. "Roy's sister told us that a lot of people have broken their necks at Makena, but nobody puts up a warning sign, because the hotels don't want to scare away the tourists."
Wrong all around. At the time of this novel, there weren't any hotels in Makena or anywhere nearby. Oneloa (also known as Big Beach, where I suppose this incident occurs) has a fearsome shorebreak, but there never were any signs, so the hotels cannot be responsible for their absence. (There still aren't any hotels at Big Beach; it is now a state park.)
( I did not like Tyau's second novel, Makai, nearly as much.)
A memorable, heartwaring novel of post WW II Hawaii........2002-03-03
This is Kathleen Tyau's second novel about life in post WW II Hawaii. Like it's predecessor, A Little Too Much is Enough, it conveys a sense of what life in Hawaii was like foe the native, local Hawaiians through the eyes and experiences of one family.
This is a much more expansive book than it predecessor. It introduces elements of the impact of mainland society into the picture through expatriate's returning home for a visit, providing for a comparative look at shared memories that begin in Hawaii during World War II and continue to a present in the 1970s from divergent viewpoints.
Alice's best friend, Annabel Lee, is coming back to Maui after years in Florida, but she has been preceded by her son, Wick, who is romancing Alice's daughter. Alice is beside herself with the preparations of Annabel's return and flooded with memories of their lives growing up together at St. Andrew's Priory after the war. As if all this weren't enough, Alice's daughter has announced she's broken up with her husband and is now seeing Annabel's son after a visit to their family in Florida.
Like it's predecessor, this is a book rich in detail and evocative of a time past that not too many people really know about. It stands as both a fascinating character study and history lesson as well.
On the whole this is a better written and more sophisticated book than A Little Too Much, but I thought the earlier effort was a better story as it captured much more effectively the spiritual and mystical side of native Hawaiian culture, which is almost totally absent from this effort. Nonetheless, both are excellent and I would recommend either in a heartbeat.
A rich, passionate novel about growing up in Hawaii........2002-03-03
Set in post WW II Hawaii, "A Little Too Much is Enough" chronicals the life experiences of a young Chinese-Hawaiian woman growing up in Honolulu from the perspectives of various members of her extended family. A very rich, colorful, highly ethnic portrayal of Hawaii's development into a major tourist location and that development's effects on the native population. Several core incidents and experiences are told, and re-told, through severl different voices and perspectives, yeilding a rich texture in which one comes to savor the totality of the experiene's effects on the entire Wong family. Delivered in a highly vernacular Hawaiian voice throughout, "A Little Too Much is Enough" in the end stands as not just a wonderful story, but also as a rich, multicultural experience
A wonderful book about families and growing up........2001-06-07
I must respectfully disagree with the previous reviewer who stated that the book was disjointed and didn't make sense. It is a warm, wonderful story with chapters that tell different stories from the point of view of some of the main characters. Not at all difficult to understand, and in a way it is like putting together pieces of a puzzle. By the end of the book you will be sorry that it has ended. A bit like Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club, with wonderful characterizations of the family and all the aunties and uncles. The Hawaii setting is great too, but the themes are universal. Highly recommended.
Excellent look at transcultural upbringing.......2000-03-25
In this novel we can experience the cultural influence of the family, the society and the double standards that are commonly felt while growing up in a place other than your birthplace. It looks at our own perception of ourselves and how we see other people looking at us. Very good.
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Everyone wonders at one time or another what goes on behind the glass doors and brass plaques down at the bank. How do they make all those obscene profits? Well, not that a spy was planted or anything, but here in tales of extreme credit â€~silliness’ and personal “Debt Hell,†everyone can relate to the author’s personal voyage into retail temptation, slide into too much debt, then personal bankruptcy. It is here in the process of coming back to financial respectability, that he reveals what he believes are the 7 Secrets that will add more to YOUR, not the banker’s bottom line! Here is a cautionary tale and a good amount of research and experience that will show young & old:
• The tips, tricks, and secrets banks and advertising executives use to get you to (unfairly) part with your hard-earned money!
• How even small numbers of credit lines can grow like â€~crazy’ to become a “Gorilla†on your financial back and what you can do to avoid them!
• What some modern day banking fees and financial corporate debt resellers can do to drain your accounts, tie up your retirement savings plans, children’s college funds, and keep you â€~enslaved’ to your boss!
• What the danger signs of “Bankruptcy Road†are, and the credit repair â€~scams’ you need to avoid
• What is the psychological â€~babble’ that financiers use to make you feel that you need them and not the other way around when you need some money?
• How to use 10 inspiring ways to credit, not debit your accounts!
• Multiple methods to improve your privacy, protect your banking information, and guard against IDENTITY THEFT, the criminal scourge of our times!
• And much, much more! So if you have ever wondered…
“Why can I not GET more, and KEEP more money in my bank accounts?â€or…“WHAT is it that Bankers and other financially successful people know that I don’t that keeps me POOR and constantly juggling, while others thrive?†…then this book is for you!
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Foreword by Jac Fitz-enz, author of The ROI of Human Capital
The importance of an organization's human capital -- its people -- cannot be overstated or overlooked, but like any other asset, it must be carefully managed and monitored. The people in a company reflect the investment not only of money, but also of the time dedicated to developing and executing projects and programs. Investing in Your Company's Human Capital presents five strategies for establishing appropriate levels of investment -- monetary and otherwise -- in workforce initiatives. The book addresses four overarching questions:
* How much should we invest in human capital, and is it possible to spend too much?
* Why is it important to invest (and invest properly) in human capital?
* What measures should be monitored? (the author identifies 24)
* What are the roles of the CEO and other executives and senior team members?
A practical approach to an often mishandled asset, Investing in Your Company's Human Capital is a valuable tool for driving any enterprise's bottom line.
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Investing in Human Capital - the right way!.......2005-09-02
As an HR executive, I always enjoy reading Jack's books for the depth of content, and well-researched data and cases. This newest book, Investing in Your Company's Human Capital, is a model case study in HR business planning and measuring what matters. For those HR professionals that struggle getting a seat at the table and justifying expenditures, this book is a must read! It is possible to align HR to your corporate and business goals. Jack shows you a simple approach to show HR yield by using the ROI principles and by following the rule that less is more.
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A very realistic view...........2007-01-05
This book is great on many levels, and even though it is a little older, much of the context still applies to the NHL of today. It is unfortunate this book never received more attention because it uncovers so many truths that your average hockey fan probably never knew. It definitely has a bit of that conspiracy-theorist edge to it, but that is one big reason why I love it. If you are the type of person to stroll through life and accept everything that is dished out to you, you probably won't like this book. If you are the type of person who likes to question the powers that be, you will love it.
Why were teams in places like Minnesota, Winnipeg, and Hartford moved to sun belt cities where people could care less about hockey? Why was there a need to add 9 expansion teams from 1991 to 2000, severely watering down play league-wide? What caused the play in the NHL to become clutch-and-grab goonery over the years, and goal scoring to diminish? Why do the NHL and its teams feel the need to replace traditional team colours and crests with cartoon characters and ridiculous pattern and colour schemes? How has an attempt to "Americanise" the game alienated more American fans than it has attracted, not to mention Canadian fans? Why were things like FOX network's glowing puck, goalie catching gloves the size of large pool skimmers, and hundreds of frivolent rule changes bad ideas?
This book explains all of these questions and much more. If you are a traditionalist in general, not just in regards to hockey, you will appreciate this book. Klein and Reif did very well here, my only complaint is that they may be a little too extreme at times with their views (we can't expect everything to be just like it was in the 50's and 60's and before), but the traditional view overall is positive I think. Small changes are good, abandoning so many traditions that fans love, like the NHL did in the name of the almighty dollar, is certainly not good at all, and the writers do a nice job of highlighting this.
Couldn't even finish...........2004-02-02
Oh my gosh.... I couldn't go any further than chapter 3 on this one! This book could have been cut down to one chapter-but is 231 page's of b***hin'. I'd think that tese guy's had there nagging wive's write it for them! I'm glad it was only a $1.
Visionaries.......2003-12-10
Bought this book when it originally first came out in 1998, and I reread it again at the start of each NHL season. Nothing's changed. Klein and Reif were right on the money with every item five years ago, and the miserable state of NHL hockey today is testimony to the stupidity of the powers that be who run the game (and run the game into the ground). In spite of it, the writing is stylish, highly intelligent, entertaining and often hilarious. Still the best state-of-the-game book out there. A must for every hockey book shelf.
Need Some Cheese to go Along with this Whine..........2002-11-26
The concept for this book was a good one, and there are certainly things which need to fixed with the game of hockey, but this book comes across as nothing more than a rant which has no basis in reality or common sense. Sure some of the new uniforms are ugly...is that really one of the biggest problems of the game? Organized protests by the fans at NHL games? Riiiight.
This book does make some good points, but too bad they are lost under the complaining tone of the book.
Dead on accurate.......2002-10-20
For hockey devotees only (including former hockey devotees grown disenchanted):
This is a sharp look at what made Mario Lemieux retire a few years ago: the fact that the game is not what it used to be, i.e. skill players not allowed to show their skills properly, having often been replaced by holders, grabbers, fighters, etc., and how the game has become very hard to watch over an 82 game season with an overly expansionized league.
Though the book could've been written in a bitter ticked off tone, it is actually well-written, easy-to-read and humourous. Also offers reasonable suggestions for improvements of the league and the game.
Though a few years old now, what was written is still currently applicable - things haven't changed much. Worth finding.
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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A231953. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: To improve its declining combat readiness the Army is requesting a significant budget increase. The Army plans to use the increase for primarily improving quality of. life issues. This thesis argues that this plan is inadequate and will result in only marginal readiness gains. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the underlying causes of the readiness crisis and to offer an alternative framework for reversing the decline. This thesis begins by defining readiness from the perspectives of operational and structural readiness. It then explores the critical readiness questions of: What should be ready? What should it be ready for? and When should it be ready? The thesis also examines the impact of the drawdown and commitments to peace operations (POs) on Army readiness. To illustrate the influence of these variables on readiness, this thesis develops a readiness threshold model that measures the capacity of a given force t
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