Pocket Idiot's Guide To Tailgating

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Summary: Puh-lease
Review: As book reviewers go, Tim Rogers (see below and then see further below) makes VoodooLord7 look like javagirl24, on a good day. His reviews are mean-spirited and thinly veiled axe-grinding. Just because Mr. Rogers is pale, pasty, and balding does not mean that everyone else who reads books is obsessed with personal appearances. In my previous review of Tim Rogers' review of David Blend's Rosie Pocket Tail Guide, I happened to mention David Blend's bitchin' fro. You would, too, if you saw it, believe you me. But one should in no way at all infer that I am fixated on style over substance, not like some reviewers who review reviews. (Mr. Rogers, I'm looking in your direction.) I value an author's work for other reasons: Is he or she a nice person? Am I related to the author? Does the author have a funny-sounding name? Is the author wealthy, and, if so, does the author frown upon paying a book reviewer for a positive review?
In short, buy this book. Even, perhaps especially, if you're fat.

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Summary: personas
Review: As far as the writing goes, I am not in the position to judge, as is (mrs?) Maya Blend Champion. I was responding to the persona of poor Peurto Rican Jew, and the pain that a parent must feel to find tha he/she has been written out of the family history in favor of an adopted identity. It made me think of Mary Austin, the subject of my own published writing, and how she reconciled with her mother only shortly before her death, then went on to spend the rest of her life as a self-styled desert woman who continued to try to work out her issues with her mother in her writing.

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Summary: BBQing, A Way of Life
Review: Dave Blend is a master writer. Funny, side-splitting and a hell of a guy, Dave makes me want to pack it up and move back home to Texas with his savory words about yummy BBQ! I can tell you that his book has also pleased many Alabamians. They take their tailgating mighty seriously down there, and his book has entertained my family and their friends. He has successfully pulled together the South and the Lone Star State into BBQ solidarity. We need to all go in on an RV, grab a little Salt Lick sauce, and watch some football. Thanks for this tome to BBQ and inspiring me to watch more Crimson Tide (and of course my Longhorns). If one can get me to watch football and like it... then that ONE is a great writer who should be showered with publishers, wanting all his novels.

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Summary: Might I interject?
Review: Forgive me for interjecting here; I, too, am familiar with the author's work. Likewise, I have followed the reviews of Tim Rogers and Adam McGill (see below) for some time; without exception, I have found them to be elegant and insightful, if not a bit over-reliant on the semi-colon. But I must take exception to Mr. McGill's continued fixation on Mr. Blend's hair; aside from poor form, it's also embarrassing. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mr. McGill, he is a bit of a worm; he also remains an ardent advocate of globalization and the "new humanism." Making matters worse, at no time in his review does he actually engage the content of Mr. Blend's latest book, in particular its controversial analysis of the drip-free grill. A glaring oversight; no doubt, one he now regrets.

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Summary: How can they say that?
Review: I don't know any of you people, but I do know this: An author's predilection towards alcohol and 1970s grooming habits in no way influences the quality or themes of his work. For instance, the late Robert H. Heinlein, a favorite of mine both for his visionary glimpses into a future that has already come to pass, and his knowledge of "Nth Dimensional Non-Euclidean Geometry" (would that more writers would familiarize themselves with that subject--hint, hint, Tom Brokaw!), was an avid gardener, yet that didn't keep him from writing bravely on the subject of sex (Heinlein was vastly underrated as an eroticist) and interstellar revolution. My point? Maybe if everyone read a little more erotic science fiction, we wouldn't be so worried about how much people drink and what they look like!

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Summary: okay...but I wanted more
Review: If you want a feel for bigtime tailgating try "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football" by Chris Warner. It rocks! (only if you love the SEC like I do!)

Rating:
Summary: okay...but I wanted more
Review: If you want a feel for bigtime tailgating try "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football" by Chris Warner. It rocks! (only if you love the SEC like I do!)

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Summary: peurto rican?
Review: The Bears Bus, featured in this book, is the GREATEST MOTORIZED CONVEYANCE in the HISTORY OF MANKIND, and for that reason alone you should purchase a copy or two. Hundred.

The book would be better if it came with a free ALF poster. Or without a description of Minnesota Vikings fans.