The Resource Let's be less stupid : an attempt to maintain my mental faculties, Patricia Marx
Let's be less stupid : an attempt to maintain my mental faculties, Patricia Marx
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- Summary
- " "I believe Freud got it wrong when he said that the two basic drives that motivate our thoughts and behavior are 1) sex and 2) death, which he sometimes called aggression, go figure. So what runs the show, then? Fear of embarrassment prevails until the age of thirty, followed by the desire to lose weight, and finally, the need to sit down." In LETS BE LESS STUPID, longtime New Yorker staffer and former SNL writer, Patty Marx, employs the weapon she wields best--razor-sharp humor--to tackle what is perhaps the most difficult facet of aging-the decline of the mind. From losing her keys to forgetting her sister-in-law's name, Marx has done it all, and somehow prevailed with friendships in tact. Unrelentingly funny and unexpectedly candid, LET'S BE LESS STUPID speaks to women and men of a certain age, but it will make you laugh at any age. Filled with anecdotes about trying to learn Cherokee, zapping her brain with electricity, taking pills that make her pay attention, and listening to hours of Mozart--all in the service of keeping her mental faculties intact--this is an utterly fresh and original take from one of the smartest comedic writers today. The first woman to be elected to the Harvard Lampoon, Marx is her generation's Nora Ephron. "--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Let's be less stupid : an attempt to maintain my mental faculties
- Title
- Let's be less stupid
- Title remainder
- an attempt to maintain my mental faculties
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia Marx
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- " "I believe Freud got it wrong when he said that the two basic drives that motivate our thoughts and behavior are 1) sex and 2) death, which he sometimes called aggression, go figure. So what runs the show, then? Fear of embarrassment prevails until the age of thirty, followed by the desire to lose weight, and finally, the need to sit down." In LETS BE LESS STUPID, longtime New Yorker staffer and former SNL writer, Patty Marx, employs the weapon she wields best--razor-sharp humor--to tackle what is perhaps the most difficult facet of aging-the decline of the mind. From losing her keys to forgetting her sister-in-law's name, Marx has done it all, and somehow prevailed with friendships in tact. Unrelentingly funny and unexpectedly candid, LET'S BE LESS STUPID speaks to women and men of a certain age, but it will make you laugh at any age. Filled with anecdotes about trying to learn Cherokee, zapping her brain with electricity, taking pills that make her pay attention, and listening to hours of Mozart--all in the service of keeping her mental faculties intact--this is an utterly fresh and original take from one of the smartest comedic writers today. The first woman to be elected to the Harvard Lampoon, Marx is her generation's Nora Ephron. "--
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marx, Patricia
- Dewey number
- 818/.5402
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN6231.A43
- LC item number
- M32 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aging
- Middle age
- HUMOR / Form / Essays
- Label
- Let's be less stupid : an attempt to maintain my mental faculties, Patricia Marx
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1611655
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9781455554959
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015010743
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1611655
- (OCoLC)905700032
- Label
- Let's be less stupid : an attempt to maintain my mental faculties, Patricia Marx
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1611655
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9781455554959
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015010743
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1611655
- (OCoLC)905700032
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