First Person, Last Straw: essays and other humorous emissions (Paperback)

by Tom Waters (Author)
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Product Description
First Person, Last Straw is a collection of psychotic rants, pub crawls, and run-ins with the wrong kind of people. Its tirades include: smoking, religion, dating, dining, infants, pizza, room-mates, cartoons, work, reality tv, 9/11, Dave Barry, driving, gaming and high school reunions. Notable celebrity interviews and reviews include: Opie and Anthony, porn star/one time candidate for California Governor Mary Carey, cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, cartoonist Jason Yungbluth and Bob Dylan. It's the author's most offensive material to date, and will most likely be banned pending publication. If you're holding this book right now, hide it in your shirt or it will be confiscated! Plus there's some poetry, but not much.

About the Author
Tom Waters is the author of three other humor collections (Born Pissed, Zany Hijinx and If They Can't Take A Joke). His articles have appeared in Too Much Coffee Man magazine, Film Fax, The Buffalo News, ArtVoice, Night Life and Acid Logic. He's been published in at least three countries that he knows of and lives in Buffalo, NY. He''s currently eating a piece of cheese and working feverishly to complete his next book, If They Can''t Take a Joke. He''s also performed his articles as stand up comedy on stage, on the radio and on street corners in front of quizzical passers by. Most people have never heard from him or, if they have, would rather not associate with him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (August 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420870122
• ISBN-13: 978-1420870121
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,505,553 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars an intense, hilarious riot!, September 2, 2005

By	Tom Waters (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

First Person, Last Straw is a collection of explosively funny rants, celebrity interviews and prose by Buffalo humorist Tom Waters. His rants cover smoking, 9/11, Dave Barry, cartoons, games, strip clubs, religion, singles dating, babies and hair coloring. Celebrity reviews and interviews include California Governor Candidate Mary Carey, cartoonists Shannon Wheeler and Jason Yungbluth, Director Jon Elston and Poet Li Farrello to name a few. There's also a 20 page party jounal ala Andy Warhol diaries; drinks, name dropping, gossip andn unflinchingly honest inebriation. Bombastic, obnoxious and hilarious in turns, First Person Last Straw is a must have for those in need of uncontrollable laughter!
Tom Waters is the author of two other humor collections (Born Pissed and Zany Hijinx). His articles have appeared in Too Much Coffee Man magazine, Film Fax, The Buffalo News, ArtVoice, Night Life and Acid Logic. He''s been published in at least three countries that he knows of and lives in Buffalo, NY. He''s currently eating a piece of cheese and working feverishly to complete his next book, If They Can''t Take a Joke. He''s also performed his articles as stand up comedy on stage, on the radio and on street corners in front of quizzical passers by. Most people have never heard of him or, if they have, would rather not associate with him.