Book Review: "I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood," by Dave Barry

If you ever want to look dorky when you read at work, I would recommend this book. As you sit there smiling (at times borderline laughing) while reading your book, you feel like a bit of a dork. Which of course, makes you smile more, thus making you look more dorky.

No, not all of the book is that funny, but parts of it are, and the rest is still amusing. He covers everything from having a baby to technology to health care to Twilight. My favorite part was his take on dance recitals (his defense of men was good, too). This is from his solution to the celebrity problem:
"We need to do something about the celebrity surplus, and I have an idea, which I got from agriculture. Think about it: What do we do when our farms produce surplus wheat, and it starts to pile up in grain silos? We export it to other countries! Do you see where I'm going with this? That's right: We need to start putting minor celebrities into grain silos.

"If that turns out to be legally questionable, we should export them. This would not be difficult. All we'd have to do is park a cruise ship in Los Angeles, and announce a new reality show called Celebrity Cruise with the Stars. Within minutes there would be Kardashians storming up the gangway. As soon as the ship was full, we'd untie it and send it steaming off to someplace that doesn't produce enough celebrities of its own, such as Asia. Granted, at some point these people might try to get back to the United States. But that is exactly why we have a navy."
If you're looking for a quick, light read, this just might be the one.