January's pleasure reading

While we were in Colorado I was able to read Bossypants, an autobiography by Tina Fey.  It was a quick read, with some chapters sort of like those in The Da Vinci Code and other Dan Brown books.  I really enjoyed Bossypants and it was a nice way to pass time in the mornings and evenings.  I have a thing for (auto)biographies and this one didn't disappoint!  Tina Fey, like David Sedaris, just has a way with making ordinary things funny.  I noticed a lot of parallels between her life and Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, so it was interesting to learn a bit about where she get the inspiration for her writing.

She gave an introduction that I found amusing:

"If you are a woman and you bought this book for practical tips on how to make it in a male-dominated workplace, here they are.  No pigtails, no tube tops.  Cry sparingly.  (Some people say "Never let them see you cry."  I say, if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry.  It terrifies everyone.)  When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.  Also, don't eat diet food in meetings.  

Perhaps you're a parent and you bought this book to learn how to raise an achievement-oriented, drug-free, adult virgin.  You'll find that, too.  The essential ingredients, I can tell you up front, are a strong father figure, bad skin, and a child-sized colonial-lady outfit. 

Maybe you bought this book because you love Sarah Palin and you want to find reasons to hate me.  We've got that!  I use all kinds of elitist words like "impervious" and "torpor", and I think gay people are just as good at watching their kids play hockey as straight people. 

Maybe it's 70 years in the future and you found this book in a stack of junk being used to block the entrance of an abandoned Starbucks that is now a feeding station for the alien militia.  If that's the case, I have some questions for you.  Such as: "Did we really ruin the environment as much as we thought?" and "Is Glee still a thing?" 

... Or perhaps you just bought this book to laugh and be entertained.  For you, I have included this joke: "Two peanuts were walking down the street, and one was a salted."  You see, I want you to get your money's worth."

I also have two Betty White autobiographies and a biography of cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies, to read, so I'm sure I'll get around to those sooner or later.   I read several more books at the end of 2011 but I slacked off on writing them up on here (I slacked off with just about all blog things at the end of the year and will probably slack off until the end of February as well).

Anyway, this was a really entertaining read  :)