Planet Idiot: A Survival Guide

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Summary: Funny, funny stuff!
Review: I picked up Planet Idiot after hearing Lindsey Stokes on a D. C. television interview show recently. What a Blast!! She turns the everyday maddening events into hilarious - yet thoughtful --encounters with a finesse that makes life worth living. A hearty five stars, and let's hope there are more books from her in the future!!

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Summary: I literally laughed till I cried
Review: I spotted this book in my wife's beachbag while on vacation in Hawaii last week. Bored with the political non-fiction I was reading I picked up Planet Idiot and randomly read the chapter on buying art. What a riot! I read the whole book that afternoon and was laughing so hard I was in tears. At times I had to stop reading because my eyes were watering so much from laughter. Not only is this book funny but it makes a point that I think we should all follow. Don't take ourselves too seriously. I would recommend this book to anyone. Even the idiots.

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Summary: A Hilarious, But Very Wise, Book
Review: If you ever start taking life -- or yourself -- too seriously, take a deep breath...and sit down with Lindsey Stokes' book. While PLANET IDIOT is a really, really funny book to read, I found it provided so much more "relief" than just a good laugh. It provides perspective. Stokes does a wonderful job of entertaining while she's teaching us all ow to relax a bit in our frantic lives. Reading this book is like spending an afternoon with a good friend,sharing frustrations, finding common ground and hilarity in those frustrations, and coming away with new energy for facing them with greater relaxation and equanimity.

For those of us who are weary of "self-help" books filled with sanctimonious proselytizing and pyscho-babble, read this book. It will give you a good, healthy slap in the face, but deliver it with a smile and a side-splitting punchline. I hope she keeps writing more books. I know I'll need them.

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Summary: Fun & Insightful Reading
Review: Planet Idiot by Lindsey Stokes was a breath of fresh air in literary humor. It provided a great deal of thought-provoking insight as well as plenty of laughs. It took my mind off all my troubles and gave me a new way to look (and laugh) at my problems. Erma Bombeck has nothing on Lindsey Stokes!!!

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Summary: Take a break from life!
Review: Planet Idiot confirms through the scientific method (i.e., Lindsey Stokes' hysterical storytelling) what we've known all along: the world has more idiots than Dick Cheney has heart murmurs. I seldom laugh when reading a book but Lindsey kept hitting nail after nail on the head. I may never make my bed again (see page 137).

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Summary: Yes, the Earth is indeed full of idiots top to bottom
Review: Planet Idiot: A Survival Guide by newspaper columnist Lindsey Stokes is unafraid to say aloud the secret realization that lurks within the mind: that yes, the Earth is indeed full of idiots top to bottom. From idiots behind wheels to insincere idiots, bureaucratic idiots and health club idiots, they are everywhere and surviving among them is a challenge in and of itself. The greater focus on Planet Idiot is in teaching the reader how to prosper in spite of worldwide idiocy, through personal priorities, optimism, embracing challenges, altering expectations, and learning to laugh. Planet Idiot is funny, insightful, satirical, eclectic, and highly recommended reading.

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Summary: Sharp, but kind
Review: Stokes knows how to be funny and astute without being so damned mean. Because I've never mastered that practice, that particular skill goes a long way with me. Her voice and style and chosen topics are undeniably likeable- she probably is too.

Read it and expect to laugh, both at yourself and at others. She'll gently remind you of some important lessons, none of which you learned in Kindergarten.

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Summary: Clever, Insightful...and so real
Review: This book knocked the wind out of me--and made me realize some of the ways in which even I sometimes lose perspective on life and act like a total "idiot." I saw myself, I saw my family and my friends in the hilarious references Stokes makes to the decisions we make every day that are just really stupid. In addition to making me laugh at myself and realize that I often take myself too seriously, the book is incredibly fun to read. You won't just laugh--you will laugh hard. And you will start noticing a lot of "idiots" around you...in meetings, at soccer practice, in carpool. What inspired writing and thinking! The fact that is a blast to read is just frosting on the cake.