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February 26, 2007 Monday Mission: New Releases 
Upon Clean Floors (fantasy) In the distant kingdom of Lollipop lived a mage named Andreana, whose promising career as a caster of minor irritant spells is put in danger when the dustbunnies develop complex culture and language skills and threaten to evict her from the castle. Can Andreana find a magic spell to tame the rampaging mess before it is too late? And will she be able to defy the Clean Spell Curse that has compelled so many before her to hurl themselves from a second-story window upon the realization that the Clean Spell never ends? ~~~ ESP: Communication without Conversation (occult and parapsychology) The Establishment wants you to believe that the only way to communicate is through verbal speech. Not so! In this ground-breaking book from ESP master Ed Sick, learn how secret government programs are forcing you to communicate verbally so that your thoughts and wishes can be monitored. Then practice some easy ESP exercises to develop your own innate skills and achieve the dream of having everyone around you know exactly what you want without having to say a word. A bonus program is available to allow you to prevent other people from knowing exactly what you want. This program is for advanced practitioners only. ~~~ Meaning Through Misery: A Path to Enlightenment (self-help) What is the meaning of life? asks renowned psychologist and philosopher Dr. Sarah Teary. "Happiness is for chumps," she concludes; "the true path to wisdom and meaning on Earth is through misery." She then lays out a radically paradoxical program of self-flagellation, poor decision-making, pleasure-avoidance and rigorous daily newspaper reading to allow the dedicated pain-seeker to achieve total enlightenment. ~~~~~ Good luck in piecing together my weekend through the eight layers of misdirection and subtext, Dear Readers. It wasn't something easily summarized, which made this particular exercise even more of a challenge than I'd anticipated. Who else is playing this week? Posted by Andrea at February 26, 2007 12:03 PM under Monday Mission EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments Let's see if I can leave a comment this time... I did this: http://undertheponderosa.blogspot.com/2007/02/monday-mission-book-jacket-blurb.html The first and the third (of yours) I think I can guess at, but the second? You may need a follow-up post : ) Posted by: Jennifer at February 26, 2007 1:19 PM
For the record, my 2-year-old definitely has ESP. It is freaking me out. I take it that house work, family communications, and hedonistic pursuits were not at their best this weekend? In a rare move, I bought Vanity Fair to save me from the paper this weekend. I'll be writing my blurb tonight in my blogging hour (10-11ish AST). Posted by: Mad Hatter at February 26, 2007 1:34 PM
Interesting. My husband thinks he *can* read my mind, and that there are all sorts things that I am not saying when the words that come out of my mouth are, "Did you finish that load of laundry you started?" I'm not sure which is worse. Posted by: Carrie at February 26, 2007 1:44 PM
I was wondering how this would work...and now you have shown me! Clean floors, a fantasy indeed. Posted by: Suz at February 26, 2007 2:37 PM
Great idea! Here's mine: Posted by: Jen at February 26, 2007 7:45 PM
Mine's up. Posted by: Mad Hatter at February 26, 2007 10:04 PM
Bendites like this one: http://liveontheflystudio.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-book-jacket-blurb.html Posted by: Jennifer at February 27, 2007 1:05 AM
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