Humor
20/80 A Love Letter...Sort Of
by David L. Anders
This fictional romantic comedy is a story of humor, romance, wisdom and foolishness.
David Patson is a Pre-Med student at the University of Georgia who awakens carefree on his 20th birthday, May 25, 1977, then meets three uninvited strangers who crash his party and take him on what can only be described as the journey of a lifetime.
The view of life presented by "20/80 A Love Letter...Sort Of" is different from normal 20/20 vision, with a few laughs mixed in for good measure. Unfortunately for the author, the more you find yourself trying not to laugh at his sometime irreverent and quirky humor, the less likely you’ll be to recommend this book to your friends, unwilling to risk admitting that his irascible sense of humor resonated with your own. So please, for the author’s sake, just read "20/80" for the timeless love story it reveals. And let your friends be surprised as they try not to laugh.
by David L. Anders
This fictional romantic comedy is a story of humor, romance, wisdom and foolishness.
David Patson is a Pre-Med student at the University of Georgia who awakens carefree on his 20th birthday, May 25, 1977, then meets three uninvited strangers who crash his party and take him on what can only be described as the journey of a lifetime.
The view of life presented by "20/80 A Love Letter...Sort Of" is different from normal 20/20 vision, with a few laughs mixed in for good measure. Unfortunately for the author, the more you find yourself trying not to laugh at his sometime irreverent and quirky humor, the less likely you’ll be to recommend this book to your friends, unwilling to risk admitting that his irascible sense of humor resonated with your own. So please, for the author’s sake, just read "20/80" for the timeless love story it reveals. And let your friends be surprised as they try not to laugh.
Available for Kindle: 20/80 A Love Letter...Sort Of
Available on Amazon.com: 20/80 A Love Letter...Sort Of
Octogenarians Say the Darndest Things!
by David L. Anders with Rebekah Yates Anders
Life doesn't begin at 80, but it doesn't have to end there either. This mother-son team of physicians with over 75 years of patient care experience recalls the humor, wisdom, pathos and surprises revealed while caring for this remarkable group of people.
As David explains: As a child I loved watching Art Linkletter's House Party on television, especially when he would interview several children at a time with some fairly ordinary questions and get some fairly extraordinary (or unexpected) answers. In this segment, called Kids Say the Darndest Things, Art was constantly surprised by their candid and uninhibited answers to life's questions.
As a geriatrician for 20 years, I have come to enjoy similar uninhibited answers that sometimes come from my older patients. Their responses, however, are not rooted in naiveté, but are the results of years of experience and acquired wisdom from which they have to share. These experienced seniors are happy to speak up when asked, but they realize that wisdom is best received when volitionally pursued, not forcefully infused. I think many of my patients would agree with Ben Franklin who said, "I'd have no objection to living it all over again…But since repetition is impossible, the next best thing is to remember that life and to relate it to others." And relate they will, if we will serve as a receptive audience. When I first started medical school, my anatomy professor advised our class, "If all the world is a stage, you've just been given a front row seat to the show." Boy, was he right! And what a show it has been. I am much the richer for it, and hopefully after reading what these remarkable people say and do, you will be, too.
by David L. Anders with Rebekah Yates Anders
Life doesn't begin at 80, but it doesn't have to end there either. This mother-son team of physicians with over 75 years of patient care experience recalls the humor, wisdom, pathos and surprises revealed while caring for this remarkable group of people.
As David explains: As a child I loved watching Art Linkletter's House Party on television, especially when he would interview several children at a time with some fairly ordinary questions and get some fairly extraordinary (or unexpected) answers. In this segment, called Kids Say the Darndest Things, Art was constantly surprised by their candid and uninhibited answers to life's questions.
As a geriatrician for 20 years, I have come to enjoy similar uninhibited answers that sometimes come from my older patients. Their responses, however, are not rooted in naiveté, but are the results of years of experience and acquired wisdom from which they have to share. These experienced seniors are happy to speak up when asked, but they realize that wisdom is best received when volitionally pursued, not forcefully infused. I think many of my patients would agree with Ben Franklin who said, "I'd have no objection to living it all over again…But since repetition is impossible, the next best thing is to remember that life and to relate it to others." And relate they will, if we will serve as a receptive audience. When I first started medical school, my anatomy professor advised our class, "If all the world is a stage, you've just been given a front row seat to the show." Boy, was he right! And what a show it has been. I am much the richer for it, and hopefully after reading what these remarkable people say and do, you will be, too.
Available for Kindle: Octogenarians Say The Darndest Things!
Also available on Amazon.com: Octogenarians Say The Darndest Things!
You Might Be a Problem Drinker If...
by David L. Anders
Hilarious and yet insightful, more than 100 ways to know if maybe it's time to cut down on the drinking (or increase your life insurance coverage!).
Ever since the days of the Great Flood, astute observers have identified a link between the consumption of excessive amounts of ethanol-containing beverages and undesirable alterations in human behavior. Over the years it has become fairly intuitive that such antics document not just a single event of regrettable activity, but actually establish the likelihood that other similar episodes have previously occurred -- a pattern of behavior that serves up evidence that a true problem has been created by what is simply too much alcohol and too little discernment. But let's be honest. Defining someone who has gone past their limits at the bar is a little like defining pornography — "We know it when we see it." And now, with the unique perspective of physician and humorist David Anders, you'll see things in a whole new light!
Available for Kindle: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If...
Also available from Amazon.com: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If...
You Might Be a Problem Drinker If... Let's Have Another Round!
by David L. Anders
Picking up where he left off with the first volume in this series, the author provides more subtle or not so subtle signs that alcohol is causing problems for you or those who nag you.
In his first book, "You Might Be A Problem Drinker If…", David Anders provided his readers with helpful hints on how to recognize a problem drinker. Now he returns with over 100 more humorous tips to the tipsy, just in case they need his input. Picking up where he left off, you'll probably agree that it is not really all that difficult to identify the problem drinker, if the right scenario is given. And boy, does he give the scenarios! So pull up a chair and grab yourself a cold one, but make it a soft one so that you can read the whole book guilt-free. You'll agree life is funny enough already!
Available for Kindle: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Let's Have Another Round!
Also available on Amazon.com: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Let's Have Another Round!
You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Time For Some Homebrew!
by David L. Anders
Like drinking, writing alone can be a lonely and sometimes dangerous thing. With the eventual publication of the first two books in this series, the author was intoxicated by success, and realized he should be willing to share the platform with others who seemed to want to try their hand at this new-found art form of finding humor in tragedy, or potential tragedy. Or more often in just plain foolishness. As David Anders explains, "Over and again I had folks sending me unsolicited suggestions for my next book (the most common suggestion being not to write one… but I persevered). It became pretty obvious to me that I had stumbled onto something big--an appropriate metaphor given the subject matter. Just how to include everyone in the opportunity to be a part of the world-wide fame that can accompany being included as a contributor to a yet to be written potential Number One Best Seller presented a bit of a challenge. The only fair way to invite all aspiring writers was to create a contest." And so the "You Might Be a Problem Drinker If… Writer's Contest" was born. And the rest is history.
Available for Kindle: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Time For Some Homebrew!
Also available from Amazon.com: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Time For Some Homebrew!
by David L. Anders
Like drinking, writing alone can be a lonely and sometimes dangerous thing. With the eventual publication of the first two books in this series, the author was intoxicated by success, and realized he should be willing to share the platform with others who seemed to want to try their hand at this new-found art form of finding humor in tragedy, or potential tragedy. Or more often in just plain foolishness. As David Anders explains, "Over and again I had folks sending me unsolicited suggestions for my next book (the most common suggestion being not to write one… but I persevered). It became pretty obvious to me that I had stumbled onto something big--an appropriate metaphor given the subject matter. Just how to include everyone in the opportunity to be a part of the world-wide fame that can accompany being included as a contributor to a yet to be written potential Number One Best Seller presented a bit of a challenge. The only fair way to invite all aspiring writers was to create a contest." And so the "You Might Be a Problem Drinker If… Writer's Contest" was born. And the rest is history.
Available for Kindle: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Time For Some Homebrew!
Also available from Amazon.com: You Might Be A Problem Drinker If... Time For Some Homebrew!
