Some interesting side stories from Augustine Burroughs:
\n– Buying John Updike first-edition books and cursing him to die to profit from it.
\n– Nose bleed in the plane and book-signing while encountering his book fans.
\n– His encounter with Tooth Fairy, not a very organized fairy as told by his Grandma.
\n– Getting his other dog as a companion to his Cow Cow dog.
\n– Chipping his molar biting into a clam shell during vacation and chipping another tooth biting into a tater. Vacationing in a doll-filled Bed and Breakfast inn.
\n– Lesbian friend, Christi’s searching for a lipstick lesbian mate. $3K ad in a magazine and getting shut on her face after sending 1 dozen-dozen roses to a potential mate after one date.
\n– The making of the Jr. Mint commercial.
\n– Awakening from constant state of drunkenness and started writing his inner thoughts
\n– Dating Alex – why being 30 years old makes him put up more of the craps.
\n– Giving up Kitty-Kitty, the retarded dog, as a sign of rock bottom in alcoholism.
\n– Saturday-night Susan and the Penis Man – the ultimate peeping-tom experience plus the Hendersons and star-gazing from his office window.
\n– Trying to get out of being caught by the undercover cop while getting the attention of an English bulldog.
\n– Sarah Lee ad account – how he scraped the bottom of the barrel and yet came out shining.
\n– New job at cutting sails – got hired and fired the same day.
\n– Druggy Debbie – a friend who he met at a job fair of new restaurant. She threw a bloody tampon at a disgruntled customer who waved his penis after being asked to show his ID. Debbie is also a traffic-law-binding citizen. She and the author would go out and flash nasty sign (with obscene picture) to warn people of bad driving.
\n– His two grandmothers – how he hated his grandma on his mother side and tease her on his thinning hair and cutting off the grandma’s heads from all of the family pictures.
\n– Getting an Afro perm. Touched on racism about McDonald vs. Wendy’s and Chery Coke.
\n– Tricking his Mom on his psychic ability after learning the tricks from the packages of Wonder bread.
\n– Chinese Santa. He listened to all his childhood stories told by Mrs. Chang who spoke with a strong Chinese accent.
\n– Getting his puppy after earning $3\/day on throwing dummies into a pond for dog training.<\/p>\n
Very funny and some facetious stories as told by Augustine Burrough. I must say he either has a very interesting life or somehow he captured and told them better than anyone else. A little of both, maybe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some interesting side stories from Augustine Burroughs: – Buying John Updike first-edition books and cursing him to die to profit from it. – Nose bleed in the plane and book-signing while encountering his book fans. – His encounter with Tooth Fairy, not a very organized fairy as told by his Grandma. – Getting his other … Continue reading Book Review: “Possible Side Effects” by Augustine Burrough<\/span>