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Book Club: Hyper-chondriac |
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by Todd Sloves, October 10, 2008 |
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You need this book: or you might come down with something...Brian Frazer has used his week of Jewcy blogging to expel some common and very current political frustration. He began with a peek at his book, telling an introspective yet entertaining tale about his brother's wedding. Then he turned to politics, putting wrinkles on the faces of Biden's botox obsessors, reacted to the second presidential debate, begged the forgiveness of those he has insulted, and devised a painfully amusing plan for preventing another economic meltdown. Want more of Frazer's frenzy? Buy his book!
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your blood pressure surge if the car in front of you turns without
signaling? Do your neck veins pulsate when a cashier takes too long to
ring you up? Does relaxing seem like it'll have to wait until you're
dead? Then your name could very well be Brian Frazer. On paper, Frazer
is the world's healthiest guy. He eats right, exercises regularly, gets
plenty of sleep, has never smoked and has missed only one day of
flossing in the last five years. But inside he's a swirling vortex of
angst, capable of contracting a new malady every month. Once Frazer
realized that all his ills were tied to stress, he went on a quixotic
quest for calm, venturing into everything from Tai Chi, serotonin
blockers and Kabbalah to an unfortunate incident involving
pineapple-chicken curry at a Craniosacral therapy session. Never has
the road to wellville taken so many unforeseen turns. Achingly funny,
uncomfortably true and always entertaining, Hyperchondriac is just the medicine for anyone who wants to take it down a notch.
A- Entertainment Weekly