This is a great bathroom read - great in small doses, but a little tiring in long stretches. I have always loved Dave Barry since reading his articles in the Miami Herald in the 1980's.

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Remember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck? That didn't happen. Right? But what did happen? In 2003, no weapons of mass destruciotn were found, but investigators did discover three barrels of lard, described by U.S. intelligence analysts as "a heart attack waiting to happen." book cover.