Hey Kids! Out the Door, Lets Explore!

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Jan 20, Xandra rated it really liked it Shelves: I needed a laugh and Sedaris didn't disappoint. A few times I was laughing so hard, I expected angry neighbors to kick in my door and duct tape my mouth shut while shaking their heads disapprovingly or sighing theatrically at the evidence that I have finally gone insane. And a bit of empathy is essential when it comes to memoirs. For ful I needed a laugh and Sedaris didn't disappoint. For full disclosure, I should mention that this is the first David Sedaris book I've read and it was great.

On the surface, all the trivial experiences presented here are not that interesting. Here we have the blistering drama of the middle class dysfunctional family in s U. I could have done without the fiction stories which I consider to be the low points of the book. Now, if only I could get the damn Kookaburra song out of my head… View all 13 comments.

Feb 07, Melki rated it it was amazing Shelves: David Sedaris is even older than I am. Every year it gets harder and harder to find someone who is BUT, he IS close enough in age that we are basically contemporaries, therefore, his gripes are my gripes, and this makes me happy.

And I, too, get annoyed that no one dresses up for air travel anymore: It's as if the person next to you had been washing shoe polish off a pig, then suddenly threw down his sponge saying, "Fuck this. I'm going to Los Angeles! I guess the only question still remaining is how am I going to get my mother-in-law, a woman who still sends me regular e-mails about the distinct possibility of President Obama's being born in another country , to wear a conical-shaped hat emblazened with the words: View all 8 comments.

Find all of my reviews at: Okay, I do have to remark about how much tastes change. Who the f Find all of my reviews at: Who the fuck was I back then? It appears to be time to learn how to dress my family in corduroy and denim: Sep 24, Barbara rated it really liked it. Humorist David Sedaris rummages through his life to compose the entertaining anecdotes in his books.

Sedaris's stories range from his childhood, through his drug-hazed young adulthood, to his successful career as a writer and speaker. Sedaris was brought up in a large family; had a varied higher education he dropped out a lot ; held an assortment of jobs; met his life-partner Hugh; traveled widely; lived in Europe; and met many memorable people David Sedaris Am Humorist David Sedaris rummages through his life to compose the entertaining anecdotes in his books.

David Sedaris Among other essays in the book Sedaris writes about his father, who liked to hang around the house in his boxer shorts; was captivated by a boy he thought was 'a future Olympic swimmer' on David's pre-teen swim team; touted Donny Osmond as a role model; spanked David for refusing to stop singing 'Kookaburra' after bedtime; constantly put David down; nagged adult David to get a colonoscopy; and more.

As a child David was hurt by his father's incessant criticism and was convinced his dad would have preferred the prize-winning swimmer as a son. David also resented his mother for not interceding on his behalf, and constantly 'stirred the turd' - his mother's term for diverting negative attention to his siblings: David's stories about his family are funny, but also a little heart-breaking.

In other essays Sedaris talks about his compulsion to record everything in his diaries The store had a couple of owls, but not the one David really wanted: Afterwards, Sedaris mused, "The taxidermist The humorist didn't have time for a Mandarin program prior to a jaunt to China, so he made do with a phrase book.

The book was divided into chapters like Banking, Shopping, Border Crossing, etc.

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One section, labeled 'Romance' had expressions like: A sub-section labeled 'Getting Closer' contained phrases like: How about going to bed? Sedaris notes that the booklet didn't include the translation for "Leave the light on" He pictures the vacationer naked on a bed squinting into his or her little book to moan, "Oh yeah! Can you smell it on me? The Chinese people were constantly dredging up phlegm and spitting it out everywhere - on staircases, escalators, sidewalks, walls, and so on. If people weren't spitting they were coughing without covering their mouths or shooting wads of snot out of their noses.

Over dinner one night, a woman acquaintance told David, "We Chinese think it's best to just get it out. Beijing had an "overwhelming amount of shit" - some from pets, but a lot from people. Chinese babies go without diapers, and - when they have to go - their parents direct them to the curb. One friend told David she saw a child go in the produce aisle of Walmart. To which David replied, "They have a Walmart here?

Sedaris's 'forensics stories' are generally more sardonic than funny, but I got a few laughs. In one story, a self-satisfied woman slowly reveals that she stole her newly paralyzed sister's husband and wed him at a grand affair; in a second tale, a man goes crazy when same-sex marriage is legalized, and murders his wife and daughter; and in a third monologue, a high school coed goes on a class trip to England and returns completely 'anglicized' This story really IS funny.

I'd highly recommend the book to people who like humorous memoirs.

You can follow my reviews at https: Jan 12, Lyn rated it liked it. David Sedaris makes me laugh.

I love to read, want to encourage reading every chance I get, but here, in this one instance, let me invite potential readers to listen instead. The audiobook is the key. His delivery, nasal and borderline effeminate, is perfect. Sedaris has the timing of a veteran comedian and he is just too funny. Let's Explo David Sedaris makes me laugh. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, his collection of essays, short stories and observations might be my favorite work from him that I have read so far. David walks us through his childhood in North Carolina and we visit again his family and partner.

Sedaris is also a world traveller and his wit and sharp eye for detail abroad make for some memorable and hilarious scenes. A funny, enjoyable visit with a talented man. Feb 21, Elyse Walters rated it liked it. I enjoyed some parts of the book more than others. I kept thinking It would have always would be much more fun to 'hear' David Sedaris reading these stories -rather than read them to myself.

It wasn't my 'favorite' book --yet I laughed. View all 6 comments. Dec 30, Sam Quixote rated it liked it. The hi-larious humorist David Sedaris returns for another collection of rib-tickling, side-splitting… ok, enough of that!

In Attaboy, he chokes out a neighbourhood boy he wrongly mistake The hi-larious humorist David Sedaris returns for another collection of rib-tickling, side-splitting… ok, enough of that! Standing Still was my favourite story. Easy, Tiger also made me laugh as Sedaris reviews the differences between learning Japanese and German languages on tape.

This scenario appears on both: That said, most of the essays are fairly ordinary and unmemorable without anything funny or impressive happening. Also included are six fictional monologues dotted throughout, all of which are mega-crappy and added nothing. Most are predictably liberal caricatures of conservative stereotypes - easy, unimaginative targets to make fun of. These were definitely the worst parts of the book.

Like, I'll call in to the next fund drive and they'll say "I'm sorry but our records show you gave Diabetes with Owls two stars. We don't want your money. Maybe it was because I listened to the audiobook and hearing the howls of l I feel like I'm now on some sort of NPR blacklist for not liking David Sedaris.

Maybe it was because I listened to the audiobook and hearing the howls of laughter at some of the essays while not finding them funny is reminiscent of my least favorite kind of social interactions. I mean, are upper middle class people so stuffy that they've never heard of "crop dusting" or is this the whole "live studio audience" anticipatory laugh phenomenon that creates exponentially larger laughs that jokes deserve? Either way, "people don't dress well at airports" or "Chinese people eat weird food" are not really compelling things to read about, and neither are his multiple stories involving dead, dying, and injured animals, or stories where he uses "Black" or "Latino" accents, or when he talks about his time in voluntary poverty.

Hey Kids! Out The Door, Let's Explore!

It just reeked of "this is not for you" and boo to that. View all 3 comments. Jul 07, Wendell rated it it was ok. It is no happy work to break the hearts of tens, but I can do nothing less than my duty. So here it is: David Sedaris is not funny. He is not clever, observant, witty, pithy, or trenchant.

He is not deadpan or droll. What he is, is not funny. I do not argue that he has never been funny or that he may never be funny in some theoretical future. A quickie to bulk up the manuscript. Review quote "This masterwork fully reveals the powerful contribution of exploration to the development and learning of young children. It provides clear and practical suggestions for how exploration of their neighborhoods can serve as provocations for children to deepen their knowledge and understanding of important aspects of their own environments.

This book offers a wide range of practical suggestions for teachers that can readily be implemented with both preschool and primary school children.

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About Rhoda Redleaf Rhoda Redleaf spent her career serving many areas of the early childhood field. As a trainer, she spent much time helping caregivers gain the knowledge they needed to teach and nurture children during their most formative years. She has been a child care center director and public school teacher and has authored several books and articles. Book ratings by Goodreads. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews.

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