Nonfiction: 'Waiting for the Punch' by Marc Maron

Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast by Marc Maron

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’d never heard Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, but I read parts of this book because I was interested in a lot of the people he interviewed on his show about universal topics like relationships, mental health, and sexuality.

I skipped some of the interview subjects whose names I didn’t know or whom I didn’t think were quite as interesting, but the ones I read had a lot of good, insightful things to say. Some of the interviewees whose wisdom I gleaned from this book included:

Ali Wong
Anna Kendrick
Barack Obama
Carl Reiner
Carrie Brownstein
Chelsea Peretti
Dan Savage
Dave Foley
Elizabeth Banks
Judy Greer
Kevin Hart
Leslie Jones
Margaret Cho
Mel Brooks
Melissa Etheridge
Michael Keaton (talking about Tim Burton, Batman, and Beetlejuice)
Natasha Lyonne
Penn Jillette
Robin Williams
RuPaul Charles
Sarah Silverman
Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Patrick Stewart
Wanda Sykes

Some of these folks are real gems of human beings. They have a lot of worthwhile things to say. Some of these things are very funny, some are poignant, some are both. All of these people are smart people capable of articulating a coherent thought, which is shockingly refreshing in this era of idiocracy.

P.S. Congratulations, Chelsea Peretti, on the healthy birth of your son Beaumont Peele.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Coffee Talk #4: Batman Panties, Box Wine and Cotton-Candy Pink Stones

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1. You're at Target or Walmart; what's the first department you hit?

I hardly ever go to Walmart. If I'm there, I'm buying ink for my printer.

Some Targets have a rack of dollar items at the very front of the store. In the ones that do, I'm going to look to see if there's anything I want to buy for my nieces (stickers, novelty candy or something like that). If not, I'll look at the clothes and shoes first. Last time I went to Target, I impulse-bought black panties with a magenta glitter Bat Symbol.

2. What are 3 items you always have stocked in your home, fridge or pantry?

Box wine, caffeine-free diet cola, and sugarless gum

3. Do you prefer shopping alone or with others? Why?

Alone, hands down. I want to look at what I want, and nothing else. Hubby insists on going up and down every aisle in the grocery store. But why? Surely we don't need an item in every aisle. Let's save time and just go straight for the items we need.

4. What's the biggest splurge you've ever made?

I bought myself a ring with blue and cotton candy pink lab-created stones for no apparent reason, other than that it was pretty.

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5. What's the best deal you've ever snagged?

This morning hubby and I bought milk, Halloween candy, a pack of sugarless gum and a 2-liter of cranberry soda for 69 cents and got a $1 coupon back.