A series of essays offering a humorous look at commonplace items and occurrences. (Summary by Nick Bulka)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - Unsolicited Personal Adornments
09:08 - Chapter 2
02 - Shelf Culture
10:07 - Chapter 3
03 - Portable Pigeonholes
06:42 - Chapter 4
04 - Simile
02:34 - Chapter 5
05 - The Beatified Race
07:18 - Chapter 6
06 - Jouez Balle
05:46 - Chapter 7
07 - The Art of Packing
08:29 - Chapter 8
08 - Agriculture Indoors
09:24 - Chapter 9
09 - Snowy Bosoms
03:09 - Chapter 10
10 - Interior Desperation
07:18 - Chapter 11
11 - The Writing on the Screen
05:30 - Chapter 12
12 - Musique Glacée
05:54 - Chapter 13
13 - The Care of the Husband
06:10 - Chapter 14
14 - Terminology of Tardiness
02:36 - Chapter 15
15 - Oppressors of the Meek
08:17 - Chapter 16
16 - Putting Pedagogy Across
06:58 - Chapter 17
17 - Coaching From the Side-lines
04:30 - Chapter 18
18 - Fast and Loose
04:15 - Chapter 19
19 - The Primrose Pathology
03:03 - Chapter 20
20 - Fightier Than the Sword
08:14 - Chapter 21
21 - Enlightenment
04:45 - Chapter 22
22 - Holiday Misgivings
05:32 - Chapter 23
23 - All, All Are Gone, The Old Familiar Facades
03:03 - Chapter 24
24 - My Museum
06:12 - Chapter 25
25 - On Chairs-And Off
06:14 - Chapter 26
26 - The Night of the Fleece
11:56 - Chapter 27
27 - Black Jitney
10:33 - Chapter 28
28 - Light Breakfast
13:06 - Chapter 29
29 - The Man Opposite
06:36 - Chapter 30
30 - Lucy the Literary Agent
05:34 - Chapter 31
31 - The Creeping Fingers
08:47 - Chapter 32
32 - The Man With the Hose
07:29 - Chapter 33
33 - Those Symphony Concert Programs
05:23 - Chapter 34
34 - How to Know the Instruments
04:12 - Chapter 35
35 - Notes on Pianos
05:20 - Chapter 36
36 - The Life-drama of a Musical Critic
07:11 - Chapter 37
37 - The Survival of the Fattest
04:32