Go Out in a Blaze of Glory

Thanks to Elephant Bitterhead for saying, "I LOVE these lists.  They are poetic, profound, funny, sad, everything at once.  They remind of tarot or the I Ching.  Whatever you need, it's in there somewhere."

The only solution is to:

• sprout a pair of wings
• phase out the signal
• make the bucket bigger
• turn the machine off and leave it alone
• sedate them
• involve the community
• be disconnected and re-dial
• destroy the system and start all over again
• lighten the load
• make your home appear to be untenanted
• replace the damaged piece
• overthrow it and then poof...that's it
• abandon the dogmatic idea
• re-write the subroutine with higher precision
• grin and bear it
• prove them wrong
• drop the notion of total divine inspiration
• invent something different
• make the best of the material at hand
• limit the amount of information available
• accept the defeat and wait quietly for the positive forces to lead you
• reboot the system
• stop talking altogether and uses sign language
• do a backup for yourself
• travel off somewhere away from everyone

[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research.  See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]

We're honored that Gordon Meyer, of Smart Home Hacks fame, reviewed our book Bullet Lists:

This book is:

• • Unique
  • Clever
  • Succinct
  • Astonishing

At first glance, this book is just what the title says — a collection of unordered lists. (Or, as regular people say, “bulleted lists.”) But, what exactly are these lists? 

When you ask yourself that question, and pay close attention to the contents of this book, the breadth, and depth of research put into this publication takes your breath away.

Let’s back up. Google has an “autocomplete” feature that (often, hilariously) attempts to finish your query for you. It’s the Google AI guessing what you’re going to type next, based on what previous searchers have looked for. (And, thus, providing a disturbing glimpse into the soul of mankind.)

Bullet Lists is sort of like that, except that the author, Professor Oddfellow, has collected, compiled, and collated these lists based on primary sources. The result is not what your idiot neighbors have wanted to know, it’s what your fellow writers have put into print. (To be fair, they might also be idiots.) But this is a big and important distinction, and much more interesting. (Sorry, Google.)

At the very least, you have to appreciate the organizational prowess and persistence it took to compile this book. However, if you give it a chance to sink in, there’s a lot to savor. Get your copy at the Amazon.