Review: This is terrible! I'm finishing them the day I buy Kirkland's books!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2012
Did you ever buy a book that was so good, you couldn't wait to get to the end, and then unhappy that the end meant that it was over? Well, it's been rare for me, but Kirkland (my Canadian Dave Barry - a title which I'm going to make stick) is that rare humorist, now novelist, who takes day-to-day activities or "catastrophes" and sees the humor or puts the humor in them.You start reading, and one blog or column (he does both) just kinda runs into another and, before you know it, it's over. Not that you can't read them again, but this isn't like mindless movies where you can let your mind wander and if your comprehension was good the first time, rereading just doesn't give the same kick as the first time through.Well, that's Gordon Kirkland. I've written a few blogs like his - like MY angiogram and worse - but the very thought of being this prolific AND consistent is mind-boggling. What most of us learn - yes, learn from Kirkland is that we've basically lived similar lives if taken from a daily perspective, and we can relate. Lord knows, the best I've ever done is two pack abs which then ended up as 24 ounces of fat (be my guest, Gordon). I've been in a hospital - 7 weeks in fact - where my 2 AM nurse looked like Godzilla, but with a little morphine drip became Anne Blythe (I'm old! which says something for the care Godzilla and a few questionable doctors actually gave me).So, thanks Gordon. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to afford catching up to your cornucopia's output of humor, but I'd be willing to learn to budget for them ... as soon as my wife explains the principles.EW