Dave Barry Turns 40

1991

If he wasn't already the reigning king of American humor writing, Dave Barry has now officially claimed the crown.

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Ballantine Books

ISBN: 9780449905876

Category: Humor

Page: 179

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"Just the ticket for the '90s." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and author is for you. Put on your protective eyewear and take a probing look inside your increasingly Spam-like body at: The Midlife (Yawn) Marriage; Wise Financial Planning for Irresponsible Scum Such as Yourself; Sex After 40 (or, Sex? After 40?), and other harsh, but amusing realities that leave you laughing, crying and drooling.

Dave Barry Turns Forty

2010-07-28

" SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Ballantine Books

ISBN: 9780307758736

Category: Humor

Page: 192

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Turning 40

1991

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Vintage

ISBN: 0712650032

Category: Middle age

Page: 179

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The World According to Dave Barry

1994

Collects the humorist's views on the problems of everday life from "Dave Barry talks back," "Dave Barry turns 40," and "Dave Barry's greatest hits"

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Outlet

ISBN: 051711870X

Category: American wit and humor.

Page: 485

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Collects the humorist's views on the problems of everday life from "Dave Barry talks back," "Dave Barry turns 40," and "Dave Barry's greatest hits"

Dave Barry Talks Back

2010-12-29

Yet another collection of Barry wit and wisdom by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and the author of Dave Barry Turns 40.

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Crown Archetype

ISBN: 9780307758729

Category: Humor

Page: 304

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Yet another collection of Barry wit and wisdom by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and the author of Dave Barry Turns 40.

Dave Barry Turns Fifty

2010-12-29

Your Way to the Top Bad Habits Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex
Homes and Other Black Holes Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Dave Barry Slept Here
Dave Barry Turns 40 Dave Barry Talks Back Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'
ll ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Ballantine Books

ISBN: 9780307778048

Category: Humor

Page: 224

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a celebration of the aging process. Not just Dave's, but that of the whole Baby Boom Generation--those millions of us who set a standard for whining self-absorption that will never be equaled, and who gave birth to such stunning accomplishments as Saturday Night Live!, the New Age movement, and call waiting. Here Dave pinpoints the glaring signs that you've passed the half-century mark: - You are suddenly unable to read anything written in letters smaller than Marlon Brando. - You have accepted the fact that you can't possibly be hip. You don't even know if "hip" is the right word for hip anymore, and you don't care. - You remember nuclear-attack drills at school wherein you practiced protecting yourself by crouching under your desk, which was apparently made out of some kind of atomic-bomb-proof wood. - You can't name the secretary of defense, but you can still sing the Mister Clean song. So pop open a can of Geritol®, kick back in that recliner, grab those reading glasses, and let the good times roll--before they roll right over you! From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dave Barry s Book of Bad Songs

2012-11-06

Music buffs, too will appreciate this humorous stroll through the world's worst lyrics. The only thing wrong with this book is that readers will find themselves unable to stop mentally singing the greatest hits of Gary Puckett.

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

ISBN: 9781449437589

Category: Humor

Page: 112

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When funnyman Dave Barry asked readers about their least favorite tunes, he thought he was penning just another installment of his weekly syndicated humor column. But the witty writer was flabbergasted by the response when over 10,000 readers voted. "I have never written a column that got a bigger response than the one announcing the Bad Song Survey," Barry wrote.Based on the results of the survey, Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a compilation of some of the worst songs ever written. Dave Barry fans will relish his quirky take. Music buffs, too will appreciate this humorous stroll through the world's worst lyrics. The only thing wrong with this book is that readers will find themselves unable to stop mentally singing the greatest hits of Gary Puckett.

Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus

2009-08-26

A40. by. Dare. 50//y. The Taming of the Screw Babies and Other Hazards of Sex
Stay Fit and Healthy until You're Dead ... Sex Homes and Other Black Holes
Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Dave Barry Slept Here Dave Barry Turns 40 Dave
Barry ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Ballantine Books

ISBN: 0307419754

Category: Humor

Page: 272

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, bestselling author, and Wheel of Fortune contestant Dave Barry exposes the shattering truth. Whether he's splashing with the U.S. sychronized swim team ("Picture a bunch of elegant swans swimming with a flailing sea cow") or reliving the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving ("We've decided to obliterate your culture, but first may we try the stuffing?"), Dave Barry proves that one man can make a difference--by having the guts to answer the questions few people bother to ask: ¸ What makes people want to eat animals they would never consider petting? ¸ Where do the World's Three Most Boring People meet? ¸ Why is Colorado freezing so many human gonads? ¸ And just how does Oprah have the power to turn a 1957 Hotpoint toaster manual into a #1 bestseller? From the Trade Paperback edition.

You Can Date Boys When You re Forty

2014-03-04

Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About Dave
Barry ... Dave Barry Does Japan Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever
Need Dave Barry Talks Back Dave Barry Turns 40 Dave Barry Slept Here Dave
Barry's ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9781101631492

Category: Humor

Page: 240

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A brilliantly funny exploration of the twin mysteries of parenthood and families from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author of Insane City. In his New York Times–bestselling I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Dave Barry embarked on the treacherous seas of adulthood, to hilarious results. What comes next? Parenthood, of course, and families. In uproarious, brand-new pieces, Barry tackles everything from family trips, bat mitzvah parties and dating (he’s serious about that title: “When my daughter can legally commence dating—February 24, 2040—I intend to monitor her closely, even if I am deceased”) to funeral instructions (“I would like my eulogy to be given by William Shatner”), the differences between male and female friendships, the deeper meaning of Fifty Shades of Grey, and a father’s ultimate sacrifice: accompanying his daughter to a Justin Bieber concert (“It turns out that the noise teenaged girls make to express happiness is the same noise they would make if their feet were being gnawed off by badgers”). Let’s face it: families not only enrich our lives every day, they drive us completely around the bend. Thank goodness we have Dave Barry as our guide!

Live Right and Find Happiness Although Beer is Much Faster

2015-03-03

A Florida Man Defends His Homeland You Can Date Boys When You're Forty I'll
Mature When I'm Dead Dave Barry's ... Are My Beat Dave Barry Hits Below the
Beltway Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down Dave Barry Turns 50 Dave ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9781101631508

Category: Humor

Page: 240

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During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on—to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience. In brilliant, brand-new, never-before-published pieces, Dave passes on home truths to his new grandson and to his daughter Sophie, who will be getting her learner’s permit in 2015 (“So you’re about to start driving! How exciting! I’m going to kill myself”). He explores the hometown of his youth, where the grown-ups were supposed to be uptight fifties conformists, but seemed to have a lot of un-Mad Men-like fun, unlike Dave’s own Baby Boomer generation, which was supposed to be wild and crazy, but somehow turned into neurotic hover-parents. He dives into everything from the inanity of cable news and the benefits of Google Glass (“You will look like a douchebag”) to the loneliness of high school nerds (“You will never hear a high school girl say about a boy, in a dreamy voice, ‘He’s so sarcastic!’”), from the perils of home repair to firsthand accounts of the soccer craziness of Brazil and the just plain crazy craziness of Vladimir Putin’s Russia (“He stares at the camera with the expression of a man who relaxes by strangling small furry animals”), and a lot more besides. By the end, if you do not feel wiser, richer in knowledge, more attuned to the universe . . . we wouldn’t be at all surprised. But you’ll have had a lot to laugh about! From the Hardcover edition.

Big Trouble

2010-07-06

Nonfiction I'LL MATURE WHEN I'M DEAD DAVE BARRY'S HISTORY OF THE
MILLENNIUM (SO FAR) DAVE BARRY'S ... DAVE BARRY'S ONLY TRAVEL
GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED DAVE BARRY TALKS BACK DAVE BARRY TURNS
40 ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101442220

Category: Fiction

Page: 304

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Dave Barry makes his fiction debut with a ferociously funny novel of love and mayhem in south Florida. In his career, Dave Barry has done just about everything--written bestselling nonfiction, won a Pulitzer Prize, seen his life turned into a television series. And now, at last, he has joined the long list of literary figures from Jane Austen to Tolstoy who have made the transition from humor columnist to novelist...and done it with a style and inventiveness that establishes that, yes, he is very good at that, too. In the city of Coconut Grove, Florida, these things happen: A struggling adman named Eliot Arnold drives home from a meeting with the Client From Hell. His teenage son, Matt, fills a Squirtmaster 9000 for his turn at a high school game called Killer. Matt's intended victim, Jenny Herk, sits down in front of the TV with her mom for what she hopes will be a peaceful evening for once. Jenny's alcoholic and secretly embezzling stepfather, Arthur, emerges from the maid's room, angry at being rebuffed. Henry and Leonard, two hit men from New Jersey, pull up to the Herks' house for a real game of Killer, Arthur's embezzlement apparently not having been quite so secret to his employers after all. And a homeless man named Puggy settles down for the night in a treehouse just inside the Herks' yard. In a few minutes, a chain of events that will change the lives of each and every one of them will begin, and will leave some of them wiser, some of them deader, and some of them definitely looking for a new line of work. With a wicked wit, razor-sharp observations, rich characters, and a plot with more twists than the Inland Waterway, Dave Barry makes his debut a complete and utter triumph.

Insane City

2013-01-29

Dave Barry Turns 50 Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus Dave Barry's Book of
Bad Songs Dave Barry in Cyberspace ... Up Dave Barry Does Japan Dave
Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need Dave Barry Talks Back Dave Barry
Turns 40 ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9781101609194

Category: Fiction

Page: 400

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Seth Weinstein always knew Tina was way, way, way out of his league. Which is why he’s still astonished that he’s on a plane heading for their wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse has already pulled an airport prank on him—and he’s survived! It should be easy going from now on. But Seth has absolutely no idea what he’s about to get into. A simple drink or two with the boys sparks a series of events that will pit Seth and his friends against everything and everyone imaginable, from his very powerful, very disapproving soon-to-be father-in-law to the federal government to a love-struck orangutan. Seth’s hope for smooth sailing is turning into a trip on the Titanic. And the water is getting deeper by the minute…

Lessons From Lucy

2020-11-03

With each new lesson, Dave riffs hilariously on dogs, people, and life in general, while also pondering Deep Questions, such as when it’s okay to lie. (Answer: when scallops are involved.) Lessons From Lucy shows readers a new side to ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 9781501161162

Category: Humor

Page: 240

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In this “little gem” (Washington Independent Review of Books), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful dog, Lucy. As Dave Barry turns seventy—not happily—he realizes that his dog, Lucy, is dealing with old age far better than he is. She has more friends, fewer worries, and way more fun. So Dave decides to figure out how Lucy manages to stay so happy, to see if he can make his own life happier by doing the things she does (except for drinking from the toilet). He reconnects with old friends and tries to make new ones—which turns out to be a struggle, because Lucy likes people a lot more than he does. And he gets back in touch with two ridiculous but fun groups from his past: the Lawn Rangers, a group of guys who march in parades pushing lawnmowers and twirling brooms (alcohol is involved), and the Rock Bottom Remainders, the world’s oldest and least-talented all-author band. With each new lesson, Dave riffs hilariously on dogs, people, and life in general, while also pondering Deep Questions, such as when it’s okay to lie. (Answer: when scallops are involved.) Lessons From Lucy shows readers a new side to Dave Barry that’s “touching and sentimental, but there’s still a laugh on every page” (The Sacramento Bee). The master humorist has written a witty and affable guide to joyous living at any age.

The Biology of Early Influences

1999

INTRODUCTION The above quotation from the book, Dave Barry Turns 40, is an
appropriate opening to this chapter for ... of the same name, was held in Florida,
the base of operations for Dave Barry's syndicated column in the Miami Herald.

Author: Richard L. Hyson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 0306462982

Category: Medical

Page: 203

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The role of experience is crucial in the development of the nervous system. The definition of experience includes neural activity, hormonal environment, and social interactions, as well as exposure to sensory stimuli. There are a variety of organism-environment interactions that guide the development of the nervous system. There is evidence that early sensory experiences enhance brain development and make for a more intelligent adult. A common theme throughout the book is the biological mechanism of early experiential influences in neural development. The book covers three stages of development: (1) embryonic or perinatal manipulations; (2) manipulations early after birth or hatching; (3) major periods of transformation in the organism's life. The first stimuli felt by an organism is at the embryonic stage. For example, the expression of prenatal reflexes and movements regulates the life and death of developing neurons and is necessary for the normal development of the nervous system. Another example is the sensory system, the development of which starts before the organism has any sensory input. Furthermore, interactions between a pregnant or nursing female and her environment can influence the environment experienced by her offspring. As regards the organism's development right after birth, evidence suggests that sensory deprivation of a particular system may lead to the death of its neurons. Experiments have been conducted on the olfactory bulb in the rodent and chick auditory systems. The major periods of transformation refer to clear changes in neural structure and function. One of the most extraordinary transformations observed in developing organisms is metamorphosis. During this stage, some neurons may die, others alter their anatomy, take on a new function, and die at a later time. In some organisms, an entirely new sensory epithelium is formed, while in others, learned behavioral changes become biologically possible due to growth of cells that comprise a neural circuit.

Coaching Up and Down the Generations

2010-11-16

Barry, Dave. 1990. Dave Barry Turns 40. New York: Fawcett/Ballantine.
Coupland, Douglas. 1991. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. New
York: Macmillan. Ferrazzi, Keith, with Tahl Raz. 2005. Never Eat Alone.
Published by the ...

Author: Lisa Haneberg

Publisher: American Society for Training and Development

ISBN: 9781562867195

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 112

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Presents the fundamentals of coaching, including topics such as push versus pull coaching, acting as a catalyst, learning how to listen, and providing accountability and structure. It provides insight into generational differences that can make communication difficult and coaching impossible. Focusing on the challenges presented by a workforce characterized by multiple generations, it provides an overview of how different generations experience their formative years and how these differences affect the ways they think and express themselves.

Dave Barry s Guide to Life

1991

Dave. Barry. Turns. 40. "Mr. Bar. is the funniest man in America." New York Times
Book Review 'It doesn't get any better than this.' Baltimore Sun 'Dave Barry has
the ability to charm us with nonsense so compelling that it almost makes sense.

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing

ISBN: 0517064863

Category: American literature

Page: 372

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Contains the complete and unabridged texts of: Dave Barry's guide to marriage and/or sex, Babies and other hazards of sex, Stay fit and healthy until you're dead, and Claw your way to the top.

Dave Barry s Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides

1994

... Habits Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex Homes and Other Black
Holes Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Dave Barry Turns 40 Dave Barry's Only Travel
Guide You'll Ever Need Dave Barry Talks Back Dave Barry Does Japan Dave
Barry ...

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher: Crown

ISBN: 0517799529

Category: Humor

Page: 128

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The popular humorist presents a selection of more than fifty one-of-a-kind gifts for the discriminating individual, furnishing vendor names, prices, and addresses for such treasures as elephant-print Republican pants and a capsule of rodent bones regurgitated by an owl. 150,000 first printing.

Dave Barry Slept Here

1997

Author: Dave Barry

Publisher:

ISBN: UVA:X004153475

Category: History

Page: 239

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The syndicated humor columnist offers simple and wildly humorous solutions to the problems of educating Americans on their nation's history.

TV Guide

1993

Now CBS has made a funny sitcom , Dave ' s World ( Mondays , 8 : 30 P . M . ( ET
) ) , out of his life and writings . The show is based on two Barry books : “ Dave
Barry ' s Greatest Hits ” and “ Dave Barry Turns 40 . " Their author is eager that ...

Author:

Publisher:

ISBN: IND:30000028503864

Category: Television programs

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Current Biography Yearbook

1998

The next year, Barry published Dave Barry Turns 40, which stayed on the New
York Times bestseller list for 24 weeks. This was followed by Dave Barry Talks
Back and Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need, both in 1991. He
based ...

Author:

Publisher:

ISBN: 00849499

Category:

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