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About the Book
Why are the white and orange lines on construction barricades slanted? How was the cellular phone developed? What have coffee drinkers done for the good of mankind?
All these questions and many more are answered in this collection from newspaper columnist Brendon M. Marks. The author enhances our awareness of the world that we live in, and extracts humor from the commonplace events that happen to us all.
This book is a collection of one hundred columns that have appeared in award-winning newspapers and cover a broad range of subjects from aromatherapy to Y2K. The columns are short (usually four to seven hundred words) and most can be read in under five minutes, yet the ideas will hide in your sub-conscious, and a flood of memories will be triggered by an event as ordinary as a blinking WALK sign.
Brendons unique style of dissecting and relating an event or idea has universal appeal to a wide range of readers, because he writes of circumstances from everyday life that everyone can relate to. Stop signs, construction barricades, or brown rings from a coffee cup, all are examples of grist for his mill.
These columns are ideally suited for the topic of family dinnertime conversation and this book is truly an enjoyable reading experience, but be careful where you read it because it will surely make you laugh out loud.
About the Author
Brendon M. Marks was born and raised in rural upstate New York, but now resides in Arizona. An information technology professional, runner, husband, father, and man with a weird way of contemplating life, he has written a tongue-in-cheek, humor column in three newspapers for several years. His columns cover every facet of everyday life and appeal to a wide range of readers. He has a unique ability to see humor in the commonplace and encourages the reader to observe the world from a different perspective. He guides them along paths seemingly plucked from their own memories and experiences, while never losing sight of the fact that life is meant to be enjoyed.