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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
July 02, 2008
Savage Mules
As of 5 pm ET, Dennis Perrin's new book Savage Mules: The Democrats and Endless War is #8 on Amazon's political bestseller list. This is a pretty amazing performance, given that all the competition is by people with prominent media perches.
And since the book is all about mindlessly going along with the herd, this is a perfect moment to buy it.
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at July 2, 2008 04:43 PMHas anyone seen the article with Hitchens getting waterboarded?
If Dennis does likewise, I'll buy his book.
Come on. Go for it. You know you wanna keep up with the Hitch.
Posted by: Labiche at July 2, 2008 07:53 PMI guess I should take this opportunity to apologise for buying it from Betterworld.com rather than Amazon, thereby denying Dennis the stat.
Sorry, but Amazon's overseas delivery charges are ridiculous. And I'm a cheap bastard.
Posted by: Rob Weaver at July 2, 2008 08:16 PMI tried to buy it, but my hoof keeps slipping off the mouse; perhaps I'll get my master, Farmer Jones, to buy it for me when (if) he sobers up.
Posted by: cavjam at July 2, 2008 10:09 PMGo Dennis! Party at your house, pardner.
Posted by: Mike of Angle at July 2, 2008 10:19 PMRob -> Really ? I used Amazon many times myself and it seemed reasonable to me then. I'm surely gonna use them again.
Also, how do you even order something on Amazon ? You're from the US/Canada ?
Posted by: littlehorn at July 3, 2008 12:05 AMThey do deliver internationally (Australia in this case), as do some of their associated second hand dealers. But their shipping prices are about $12 whereas Betterworld's are $3. Admittedly, Betterworld sends everything in shrinkwrap (not so good for hardbacks) but I'm not paying someone nine bucks just to chuck a book in a padded envelope or a cardboard box which isn't necessarily more protection anyway. The Strand New York are a pretty good compromise of price and packaging when they have what I want.
I'll stop now before I start to sound like viral marketing.
Posted by: Rob Weaver at July 3, 2008 01:57 AM
