“I expect the world of Chris Rodell and Chris Rodell after 40 years has yet to let me down.”
— Quinn Fallon, Columbus, Ohio
“Great read. Funny but real.”
— Kirk Baser, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Who says to be impactful a good review has to be multiple paragraphs long? I welcome all praise and play no favorites when it comes to review word count. But there you have two one liners I think make strong persuaders to anyone fence sitting about buying my books.
Want to see more? I’ve created a page just for book reviews, promos, etc. Check it out at FB “How to Deal With The Stuff That Sucks.”
I took possession of 75 new copies of the soft bound books last Friday and am very pleased that a book that is about dying is causing people to rethink how to live.. Best of all is the reaction. People really seem to be loving it. They’re laughing when they tell me about how they feel. They’re very happy.
You’re all familiar with my bellyaching about money and elusive stability, but I write it all off when I see even one face, one smile, that comes from someone who’s read a book I’ve written.
It’s one of the world’s greatest feelings and I did it all by myself.
• If there are homerooms in Heaven then mine will include Joan Rivers, Fred Rogers, Christopher Reeves and Sir Walter Raleigh. So — cross your fingers! — eventually being a part of that affable group is today’s incentive for me to do something good.
• One was one of history's most bloodthirsty tyrants. The other a humble tender of ovens. But they both bore the same name so there had to be a way to differentiate the two. That's how one became Atilla the Hun while the other Atilla the Baker.
• It’s been said hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe. It was created in the Big Bang. Don't believe it. From my observations, the most abundant substance in the universe is cardboard. It was created by Jeff Bezos.
• Spent a frantic 30 minutes this morning searching for misplaced car keys. Was so elated when I found them I'm vowing to lose them at least once a week.
• If a diplomatic rooster tries to avert a cock fight is it fair to call him chicken?
• I suspect it’s universal for every region to have a neighborly punching bag to make fun of for perceived or obvious stupidity. It’s why N. Dakotans make fun of S. Dakotans, Ohioans mock West Virginians, etc. But is it truly universal? And if so how often are we the butt of the jokes? Like is some alien wise guy on Kepler-23b entertaining his friends by saying, “Three Earthlings walk into a bar …”
• I was stuck in such a long bank line today I actually began twiddling my thumbs. It was a good long twiddle, a fine twiddle. And while in mid-twiddle, it occurred to me my thumbs are the only things I've ever twiddled. Seems a waste. Any suggestions for something else that'd be fun to twiddle? And I mean while I'm in line at the bank.
• The word "astute" means shrewd or mentally sharp. Had the people who coined a word that's pronounced ass-TOOT been shrewd or mentally sharp then astute would mean something entirely different.
• I know so few people who sleep, I propose we stop calling sleep sleep and instead call it, "(Mostly) stationary time where we recline in darkened rooms and ignore one another but the television/devices are (mostly) NOT on." Too cumbersome? I can do better. Let me sleep on it ….
• A horologist (sounds just like it looks) is expert at making watches and clocks and is consumed with all the elements of time. A whoreologist's study is built around mostly hourly increments.
My Go Fund Me account is just $2,204 shy of its stated $7,500 goal. At this point every dollar you donate is going straight to the book account. I went through 50 brand new ones in 12 days and the demand is high. It is earning praise loft enough to have me at least considering entering it in the 2025 TINARA Awards for Outstanding Non-Fiction, but I must continue to stoke the fires. Please consider your donation. GoFundMe-Rodell
Thank you, Jeff! If this book ever becomes a success, it will in large part be because of men like you. Women, too!
Chris’ latest book may be his best yet, and I’ve enjoyed a bunch of them. He has an incredible way with words, and is an entertaining writer!