Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.
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260 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Presents a humorous reflection on the boundaries of acceptable social behavior and how to annoy, disgust, and insult others in spite of these boundaries.
Notes Toward a Definition of the Inappropriate: An Apologia 1 -- The Puerto Rican Lockhorns Reunion 4 -- The Turds of Billyburg 10 -- Hot Blooded 15 -- A.I. Wanna Rock 'n' Roll All Night 18 -- Revising the Footlicker Story 33 -- Notes Toward a Philosophy of the Inappropriate 43 -- Mooning: A Short Cultural History 44 -- My Ass Life in the West 64 -- The Difference Between Chickens and Goats 70 -- An Inappropriate Commonplace 81 -- On Late Style 85 -- Are You Hot Enough to Play with Journey? Todd Rogers Is 87 -- Pulling the Muse's Finger: A Fartspotter's Guide to Poetic Passings of Wind 119 -- Two Imitations of Christ 133 -- Bob and Tom's Fish and Fry 135 -- Queries 142 -- Takin' Care of Jesus 153 -- The Case for Upsizing 170 -- An Inappropriate Discourse 186 -- Goodbye to All Them 189 -- Garden Path Paragraphs: Variations on Eggs, Faith, Doubt, and Fathering 199 -- The Talk Box Reveries 221 -- Yes I Tan: The Indoor Tanning Diaries 233 -- Timeline of the Author's Inappropriate Acts, Selected, c. 1968-Present 244 -- Acknowledgments 257.