Florida Roadkill

My boss and coworkers where I used to work in Portland, Oregon (until Friday, 22-Jan-2004) were kind enough to give me a series of books from author Tim Dorsey to help get me educated on the finer points of Florida. OK, well first off, the title of this first book denotes how I feel about now. Man, am I looking forward to getting some rest this weekend!

But the main topic of this brief post is the book, Florida Roadkill. What a hoot! ...quite irreverent (which I appreciate). Although, I must admit that this one even stretches the bounds for me ...and that takes a lot! OK, just as a teaser for anyone who might be considering Dorsey's writing, here are 2 rather priceless quotes:

...I need some more coke to handle this, she thought, and stuck a doctored spansule up her nose, snorting like a feral hog.

C'mon, this stuff is enough to make ya toss out the classics and get downright trashy :-)

...and my favorite quote so far:

...Obsessive-compulsive, manic-depressive, anal-retentive, paranoid-schizophrenic. He was believed to be the only self-inflicted case of shaken-baby syndrome.

I don't know why, but I'm suddenly feeling the urge to plant plastic pink flamingos in the yard.

Comments

[Duffbert]

The Tim Dorsey books are fantastic. They are right up there in my favorite "South Florida" genre novels. Carl Hiaasen is another very funny read....

[Cheryle Wiese]

Miss ya already, Joe. If you ever make it out to the Left Coast we need to do sushi. :)

Congrats on LS!

[Joe Litton]

Cheryle, We will most definitely be making it back to visit. I've got family in a few places, but more in the northwet than anywhere else. When we DO visit, I'll certainly be trying to get the gang together for a Takahashi run :-)

Cheers

[jonvon]

i can tell you are going to be right at home here, esp after i show you mario's technique for snorting cafe con leche...

;-)