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Becky Kueker thought she had it all, publishing a new book, Hiding in My Pajamas, three years ago, and launching a national speaking career traveling the country at 75. What more could you ask coming off a two year low after she retired struggling with the emotional stereotypes that deal with retirement and aging. It was not until a complicated surgery requiring six months in a wheelchair and endless rehab, turned her life in a new direction she could never have expected. Fighting fear, depression and the realization that she would once again have to start over, Becky shares her journey facing a new beginning discovering that it’s laughter that changes everything. Meeting passionate people who inspired her, chapters are filled with poignant stories from women and men who have proven that aging does not have to define you and new beginnings are possible. Their stories are powerful and highlight the determination it takes to live your best life and what the passage of time means to how capable we are of embracing change. Not being financially prepared for retirement has become a national epidemic. Her chapter, Learning to Live After Retirement, features stories from those who were unaware that not planning was just speculating and rolling the dice on what might be. The shock that their savings will not be sufficient to retain the lifestyle they lived before offers a glimpse of a generation not prepared. Interviewing her husband and other men about retirement and aging highlights the unexpected marital turbulence that finds its way into very personal struggles that no one saw coming. “At last!A realistic and insightful book that reveals what really happens when you retire. Filled with humor and honesty this inspirational story is sometimes painful, often funny, always practical and thoroughly captivating.” —Rose Castillo Guilbault, author of Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing up Mexican in America and The Latina’s Guide to Success in the Workplace
The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.
Have you ever found yourself staring at the mirror, wondering if your reflection was actually a clown? No? Well, I certainly have. And not just in the metaphorical sense. You see, this tale is not just about the challenges of transitioning from a world of make-believe to the harsh realities of everyday life. It's about what happens when your "real world" suddenly turns into a stage, and your clown makeup refuses to come off. This story is about three clowns - let's call them Bongo, Squeaky, and Bobo - who thought they knew everything about making people laugh. They’d been doing it for decades, their faces painted with a blend of joy and absurdity. But when their beloved circus folded, their lives took a turn that was more slapstick than sublime. The question wasn't just how they would find a new career, it was how they would even make it to the job interview without drawing a crowd. I'm here to tell you, it's a wild ride, and not always a pretty one. Prepare for awkward encounters, unexpected celebrity, and the hilarious struggle to find a place to rent when your landlord has a pathological fear of clowns. This is a story for those who appreciate the absurdity of everyday life, the joy of friendship, and the occasional tickle of the funny bone.
A handbook for clownmanship, including makeup, funny faces, props, costumes, juggling, walking, and stunts.
Air conditioning in vintage cars often falls into disrepair, as owners figure that it never really worked all that well when it was new, and assume that rejuvenation would be prohibitively expensive. In his new book, Just Needs a Recharge: The Hack Mechanic Guide to Vintage Air Conditioning, Rob Siegel details exactly what's needed to resurrect long-dead air conditioning in a vintage car, or install a/c in a car that never had it. In a level of detail not found in any other automotive a/c book, Rob reveals what you need to know about flare and o-ring fittings, upgrading to a rotary-style compressor and a parallel-flow condenser, making or specifying custom hoses, and selecting refrigerant so that the a/c blows cold enough to be usable. Although the book draws from Rob's BMW experience (with specifics for the BMW 2002 and 3.0CS), and concentrates on vintage a/c systems (those that have flare fittings and originally contained R12), most of the information applies to any air conditioning system, foreign or domestic, vintage or modern. Written in Rob's entertaining Hack Mechanic narrative voice, and including 240 photographs and illustrations, the book covers theory, the choice of refrigerant (R12, R134a, other EPA-approved, non-EPA-approved), legality, tools for a/c work, fittings and sizes, the compressor, the evaporator assembly and expansion valve or orifice tube, the condenser and fan, the receiver/drier or accumulator, electrical connections and compressor cycling, connecting and using manifold gauges, the basic steps for a/c rejuvenation, from-scratch a/c retrofit, making and installing hoses, flushing the system, pressure-testing and leak detection, evacuating and charging the system troubleshooting, and other things that heat up the cabin.
Melvin's dull life is turned into a paranoid trek for survival when his existence more-and-more resembles art rather than life. Murder, psychotherapy, hit and runs, riots, matrimony, and angry clowns ensue...or is it all an act? Still sullen from being left at the altar, Melvin hides out in million-dollar studios with his client, world-famous art rocker Violenza Domestica. Suddenly, a man with a Humphrey Bogart identity crisis forces Melvin to be even less comfortable with his existence – intimidating him to confront the mundane…or die. Fortunately, his genteel therapist, pedantic brother, and harlequin survival coach guide him through his accumulating traumas only to witness a form of sadism he never could have imagined possible. VULNERABILIA is a dark comedic novella weaving genres of mystery and literature. With characters pulled from entertainment culture headlines, and hints of mockumentary blended with psychological thriller, VULNERABILIA explores what aspects of a ‘real’ self can survive the American addiction to media, entertainment, and violence.
The intimacy of the one-ring circus produced the classic clown routines that flourished until the mid-twentieth century and then disappeared with the rise of the grand circus. They have been lost until now. By seeking out the little band of surviving clowns who worked in the old tradition and setting down their scenes, Tristan Rémy, the eminent circus historian, has rescued a theatrical treasure. Thanks to Rémy's persistence, the forty-eight scenes presented here contain not only the spoken words but the manner of line delivery and the physical turns. So they remain superbly suitable for performance. Most of them are written for just three actors—the white-faced clown, August the stooge, and the supercilious ringmaster. Sets are unnecessary. And their combination of the verbal with the physical has timeless appeal. Bernard Sahlins's translation is masterfully attuned to present-day audiences. In his foreword, Mr. Sahlins notes that these scenes have been continually remounted in Europe, attesting to their fundamental vitality and universality. “Clearly there is a debt, witting and unwitting, owed to the clown of the ring by the great comedians of our century. With this book these scenes and the clowns who invented and played them now take their honored place in our theatrical legacy.”
Exploring the clown inside oneself and discussing different ways of clowning besides putting on shows.