Sun 13 Jul 2008
Posted by sandi under fun
No doubt you’ve already seen this and have been happy for WEEKS…but I have just discovered it.
Now that my baby birds have flown away, this is my new way of cheering myself up. Watch it and enjoy–be sure your volume is turned on!
"Richly textured, insightful novel..." Library Journal
"Shelton delves into family relationships with humor and empathy, making this a pleasurable read." Booklist
"Fine blend of humor and poignancy." Hartford Courant
Prologue
The letters come to me by the box load, carried upstairs to my office by Carl the Mailroom Guy, who drops them off and says cheerfully each time, “Well, here’s some more trouble for you to solve.”
"A zany, affecting first novel...Plenty of laughs here." People magazine
"A skillfully constructed, economically written novel that is funny, sad, and almost painfully accurate about human failings." Boston Globe
"A delightful beach book...Funny/sad and frantic/romantic, but with serious undertones....A great read." Hartford Courant
Chapter One
The fact is, I’m in the process of panicking in front of Dan Briggs. We’re sitting in my living room late on Sunday night, and although I only met him a month ago and nothing has been said outright, the air has a sudden crackle to it that even I know means it’s time we decided whether we’ll sleep together. We’ve kissed three times—although not yet tonight—and he’s called me on the phone five times, and we’ve gone for two walks that turned romantic. That adds up to one overdue sexual encounter by today’s rules, I believe.
July 14th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
You’re an empty-nester again (literally!).
July 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
P.S. I’m glad to see that WordPress and YouTube have put their differences aside and are now friends.
July 14th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Ha ha, Bobby…you’re exactly right! I didn’t think it was going to be possible to get Wordpress and You Tube to bury the hatchet, but it turns out there is one tricky little thing you have to do, a visual editor box you have to uncheck…and voila!!
July 14th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Oh, yes, isn’t this fun? If you go to his site, he’s got an outtakes video that is even better. It’s at http://www.wherethehellismatt.com I think.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Caryn, you’re absolutely right! The outtakes video is great! It’s amazing that this guy was able to do all this…each time I watch it, I see more and more.
July 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
This video makes me very very happy, too!
July 19th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Matt and the dog whisperer in your next post have in common the most wonderful kind of masculinity.
This is a great video. We all like to dance, don’t we?