K., Erik, 1977– Falling and laughing Chicago: 2007. p. : ill. (some col.); imaginary dimensions. Coarse language sometimes used. Non-fiction, except for bits fabricated by author. SUMMARY: Music-, dog-, word-besotted Chicago man discovers he enjoys talking back to the internet. Fun times ensue. SEE ALSO: SUBJECTS OCCUPATION: Lapsed librarian, current designer, aspiring flâconteur (rare minotaur-like creature that is half flâneur, half raconteur).

SUBJECTS Falling and laughing 1. Thoughts--their shape. 2. Thoughts--ones had while walking dog. 3. Thoughts--ones that made me laugh. 4. Thoughts--the kind I’ve got. 5. Spleen--its venting. 6. Japery--assorted. 7. Words. 8. Music. 9. Books. 10. Obsessions--varied. 11. Animals--facts. 12. Animals--made-up things. 13. Dogs--beloved halfling Rottweiler. 14. Birds-- the bowerbird. 15. Birds--the great bustard. 16. Illinois--Chicago--residents--lives and customs. 17. Happiness--its pursuit.

Gold Soundz: A compendium of popular favorites from the annals of Falling and Laughing

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Pound for pound, the honey badger is the animal kingdom’s toughest, badassiest representative. He’ll just as soon claw your face off as look at you. Want to pet him? Better get used to the nickname “Lefty”. This brief video has much to recommend it, but the highlight surely comes at the end, when the honey badger fights a puff adder. The venom of the puff adder will kill a grown-ass man, but when the honey badger sustains a bite during the fracas, he just has a little lie-down and resumes eating the fuck out of the snake (oh yeah, he killed the puff adder) all casual-like after waking from his nappy. Honey badgers!

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