CyberYenta's Old-Fashioned Wisdom For Newfangled Times (Paperback)

by Rachel Levine (Author)
Key Phrases: Old-Fashioned Wisdom For Newfangled Times, Old Yiddish Expression, Stone Age (more...)

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Product Description
"The best thing about the cyber age is that now we can embarrass ourselves faster and easier than ever," says CyberYenta, social critic and professional busybody of the information age. Laugh along with her as she explains who's to blame for the 'cyber' age anyway, why men invented computers to begin with, why people are willing to pay good money to be interrupted when they are on the phone, and dozens of other crazy things you thought maybe were normal.

About the Author
Rachel Levine is a computer consultant with an MFA in fiction. Her transformation into CyberYenta happened one night when the moon shone like a giant matzoh ball and she suddenly found herself calling all her clients "Bubeleh" and saving used tea bags for future use.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse (January 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595155235
• ISBN-13: 978-0595155231
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,199,249 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Wit of Cyber Yenta, February 14, 2001

By	Helene Sorcic (Coral Springs, Florida) - See all my reviews

Written in a unique voice that combines gentle oberservational humor with a keenly sharp wit and knowing eye, Ms. Levine has created a wonderful character and hilarious book. Tackling today's technology with warmth and wisdom, "Cyber Yenta" shares her funny and touching views and opinions on just about everything--and it all rings so very true. Torn between nodding my head in agreement and laughing hysterically, I easily imagined having "CyberYenta" in the kitchen for tea and wished for more of her common-sense guidance and pointers.

I found this book extremely funny, touching and authentic. Not only did it help demystify confusing technological advances but served as a very funny and warm antidote to modern complexities.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I laughed out loud, February 14, 2001

By	R. Reid "tsimbler" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Funny, knowing, down to earth, and out in space, CyberYenta's Old Fashioned Wisdon for New Fangled Times really hit the spot with me. She talks like my grandmother did, with the wierd combination of common sense and quirky point of view that grandmothers - of most any ethnicity - have.

The high point of the book is the conversation that takes place when Microsoft takes over the ice business (for ice boxes) and the simple interface of hanging a card out the window to tell the iceman how much you needed is changed.

The balabusta (Jewish homemaker) now has to call Microsoft Ice (TM) Support, and you can probably guess who ends up with spoiled food.

From time to time I just plain burst out into laughter - out loud - while reading this book. That's not easy to do.

And hey, if Dan Greenburg's mother liked it (he wrote the best seller "How To Be a Jewish Mother"), who am I to argue.

If you enjoy humor with a yiddish accent, if you both love and hate the technological toys of our age, and if you like a good laugh, I think you'll enjoy this book. My friends like it too. I think this would make a great one woman play as well...