A collection of the author's columns sheds new light on such topics as elections in Florida, uncooperative kitchen appliances, RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot, the Olympics, and owner's manual safety warnings.

"You're not doing it right." Writer/comedian Michael Ian Black has been hearing these five words all his life. And now--on the eve of his fortieth birthday--he is finally beginning to wonder why. As a husband and father living in the suburbs, Michael asks the question so many of us ask ourselves at one point or another: How did I end up here? (And also: If Fat Kevin Federline succumbs to his own wasted potential, what does that mean for the rest of...

Tim believes in the ripple effect caused by a single person making an effort to positively change their surroundings. "I've never seen a situation that couldn't be made better with humor..." Tim's"keep it funny" philosophy is ever-present in his daily life; his goal is to impact yours. "I think it's been entirely too long since most of us have had a really good 'belly laugh'...I want to change that." Throughout these pages, Tim reminds us of the benefits...

Simon Rich was editor of The Harvard Lampoon and is currently a writer for Saturday Night Live. He finds and shares humor in with insights into our world.

The best-selling author offers a new collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battle-scared America he discovered when he resumed touring.