RUTH H. (txladyrah) reviewed Boogers Are My Beat : More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism! on + 180 more book reviews
The New York Times calls Barry "the funniest man in America". Barry has won the Pulitzer Prise, and his columns are syndicated in more than 500 newspapers.
jjares reviewed Boogers Are My Beat : More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism! on + 3413 more book reviews
With a title like this, it has to be Dave Barry, that irreverent scion of humorous journalism. Can you believe it? The powers-that-be allowed Barry to shadow the 2000 Presidential Conventions and election. If that weren't bad enough, they allowed him to report on the Olympics. The Olympic Committee will probably never let Dave Barry near any of the contests again.
After Barry made mincemeat of the most famous races in the world and blew off the 2000 election season, he was off to more manly subjects: humvees, chain saws and appliances smarter than Dave Barry (most of them already are but there are more frightening ones on the horizon). Then North Dakota comes within Dave's 20-20 eyesight and he ridicules the population (of 15) so mercilessly that the state wants to drop the 'North' so folks think it is warmer than the state formerly-known-as North Dakota. To pay him back, the state names a sewage lifter after the famous pundit.
But the thing that shocked me the most was the addition of the last two chapters. They are the two articles Dave Barry wrote after 9/11/2001. The man can write eloquent prose about serious subjects. Both are memorable but the thought behind 'Hallowed Ground' was particularly poignant.
After Barry made mincemeat of the most famous races in the world and blew off the 2000 election season, he was off to more manly subjects: humvees, chain saws and appliances smarter than Dave Barry (most of them already are but there are more frightening ones on the horizon). Then North Dakota comes within Dave's 20-20 eyesight and he ridicules the population (of 15) so mercilessly that the state wants to drop the 'North' so folks think it is warmer than the state formerly-known-as North Dakota. To pay him back, the state names a sewage lifter after the famous pundit.
But the thing that shocked me the most was the addition of the last two chapters. They are the two articles Dave Barry wrote after 9/11/2001. The man can write eloquent prose about serious subjects. Both are memorable but the thought behind 'Hallowed Ground' was particularly poignant.
