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The second book of 2007 is…..

King Dork by Frank Portman (audio)

Tom Henderson (a.k.a. King Dork, Chi-mo, Hender-fag, and Sheepie) is a typical American high school loser until he discovers the book, The Catcher in the Rye, that will change the world as he knows it. When Tom discovers his deceased father’s copy of the Salinger classic, he finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake people, ESP, blood, a secret code, guitars, monks, witchcraft, the Bible, girls, the Crusades, a devil head, and rock and roll. And it all looks like it’s just the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that may very well unravel the puzzle of his father’s death and–oddly–reveal the secret to attracting semihot girls.
Being in a band could possibly be the secret to the girl thing–but good luck finding a drummer who can count to four.

This book was great – one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. It’s a play on Catcher in the Rye with a wonderfully authentic teenage voice. The author is one of Pita’s favorite musicians, the front man for Mr. T Experience and a local group he used to go hear at 925 Gilman. The book is also hella East Bay.

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a poem from aloitious

Useful Advice

You're 37?  Don't you think that maybe

It's time you settled down and had a baby?

No wine?  Does this mean happy news?  I knew it!

Hey, are you sure you two know how to do it?

All Dennis has to do is look at me

And I'm knocked up.  Some things aren't meant to be.

It's sad, but try to see this as God's will.

I've heard that sometimes when you take the Pill—

A friend of mine got pregnant when she stopped

Working so hard.  Why don't you two adopt?

You'll have one of your own then, like my niece.

At work I heard about this herb from Greece—

My sister swears by dong quai.  Want to try it?

Forget the high-tech stuff.  Just change your diet.

It’s true!  Too much caffeine can make you sterile.

Yoga is good for that.  My cousin Carol—

They have these ceremonies in Peru—

You mind my asking, is it him or you?

Have you tried acupuncture?  Meditation?

It’s in your head.  Relax!  Take a vacation

And have some fun.  You think too much.  Stop trying.

Did I say something wrong?  Why are you crying?

 

Catherine Tufariello