When Did Ignorance Become A Point Of View

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Scott Adams still has the corporate world guffawing about the adventures of nerdy Dilbert and his power-hungry companion, Dogbert, plus Ratbert and the pointy-haired boss, as they make their way through the travails of modern work life. Only a cartoonist with been-there-endured-that experience could make us laugh so hard. Over 150 million fans across 65 countries cannot get enough of Adams' glib office humor. When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View? captures it all, even those Sunday strips that make it into the office each Monday morning.

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Possibly the best of the "Dilbert" books.......2007-09-15

And that's saying quite a lot, given how funny all of the "Dilbert" books are. For those of you who've just stepped off a plane from outer Mongolia, or some other sufficiently isolated place that you're unfamiliar with the "Dilbert" books, the basic concept is that they are collections of newspaper comic strips dealing with life in corporate America; the characters generally resonate with anyone who's had to work in a modern office and deal with the foolishness foisted on employees by clueless bureaucrats and other bosses.

Any "Dilbert" book is worth reading; this one is one of the best.

wonderful.......2006-11-03

I read this as slowly as possible because I don't want to get to the end.

Worth the wage-slave dollars.......2006-03-18

Laugh-out-loud funny and insightful ... sometimes a bit too insightful, to a scary degree, on the joys of cubicle life.

Well worth your hard-earned wage-slave dollars.

Good Book.......2002-11-07

Title says it all, another hilarious book by Scott Adams.

Fun Cartoons, But Linited To The Office Workplace.......2002-08-18

I enjoy the Dilbert cartoons as much as most fans and have found many office truths in the skillful cartoons. Yet, a typical company workplace does not only consist of office life. In most companies there are also extensive research and develoment departments and an array of managers from technical to the self-important CEOs, which are rarely mentioned and dealt with in these cartoons. In this way I find the Dilbert cartoons to be limited and one-sided in their portrayal of real company worklife. I worked in a major company for many years, so I felt much has been left out. If you'd like to get a better feel for the kind of true-to-life examples of workplace "vices" and managerial traits that can eventually lead to ENRON, Worldcom etc., then I would like to suggest the real sharp satire, "MANAGEMENT BY VICE" by C.B. Don. It does have a sprinkling of hilarious pen&ink drawings, but it is the fast flowing text that is really worth reading and thinking about. Well, Dilbert has his famous place in the office and many cheers for that, but I believe that "Management By Vice" complements the Dilbert cartoons with a whole new, company-wide perspective...after all, you don't see the inside scoop on a grievance procedure or the meaning of the "Doughnut Deal" in the Dilbert series...and even the flippant Company CEO and his self-serving management staff are deservedly exposed!

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You can play with your food. In fact, you should. All the details are in Joost Elffert's remarkable Play with Your Food, which introduces readers to a new way of seeing the food they eat, then shows them how to transform that food into creatures of extraordinary personality.

Put a navel orange on its side, pip facing you. See anything yet? What do the folds suggest? Carve ovals and insert beans and sliced almonds--voila, two eyes. Cut ears from the sides of the orange and pull them forward. Now you have it--a cat's face of amazing and endearing character. But that's only the beginning. Learn to make artichoke-leaf aphids, bok choy buffalos, okra grasshoppers, green-pepper camels, and pear mice--just a few of the 75 ingenious projects.

Consisting primarily of color photos of the creatures, first in portraiture and then in step-by-step "recipes" for their creation, Play with Your Food teaches readers above all to see. In addition to limning techniques, the minimal text provides a short look at manmade and natural imagery that suggests or embodies the possibilities of metamorphosis. Then it's on to the creatures themselves and the fun of constructing them. Anyone who enjoys play and the magic of transformation will want Joost's book--and having seen it, will never look at eatables in the same way again. --Arthur Boehm

Customer Reviews:

A good Library book..,.......2007-09-10

This is interesting and amusing to look through ONCE. I wish instead of buying it I just took it out of a library. I had hoped I'd get loads of ideas to add on a plate of food gifts or something but there was nothing much to learn here except for the fact that Black eyed beans make good "eyes". The great photography sold this book. I passed it on to my daughter who is more artistic than I. With just a little inspiration she will do some great pumpkin carvings ETC. However, if you're not born with artistic abilities don't expect it from this book. The real point of the book is for the author to make money.., mission accomplished!

A cute book on food art ... but overly thin on content.......2007-08-20

A friend of mine gave me a copy of this book a few months back. I'd flipped through it a couple of time, but I finally got around to reading it cover to cover today. It's a fast read ... the edition I have is only 109 pages, and most of them are photos. I finished it during a 1 hour workout at the gym earlier today.

The author basically takes the approach of looking at various fruits and vegetables like a rorschach diagram ... selecting oddly shaped examples and looking at them from all different angles, while looking for standouts that display some unusual inner character or expressiveness - and then, with only a few minor cuts and tweaks, turns them into living art.

It's a very clever book, and some of the results that the author achieves are extraordinary. I was particularly impressed with the author's pumpkin carving ability.

In any case, this book is more about making art than it is about carving food ... the produce is just the photographic subject.

Nits ?

I thought the author dealt with the subject a bit too briefly and narrowly. Although the book is 109 pages, 90% of that page count is mostly photos ... the book can be read in well under 1 hour. I'd like to have seem more page count devoted to discussion and things like carving technique.

I'd also have like to see the author include some examples taking a less ultra-simple and ultra-minimalist course ... by doing some more extensive carving and alteration. Things like carving melons, and cutting interesting & amusing garnishes for parties. Such material could have taken the book a bit out of the land of avante garde whimsy, and into the realm of practical home entertaining.

Still, for what it is, the book is very enjoyable. It's still coffee table fodder, to be sure, but enjoyable none the less.

Play With Your Food.......2005-07-07

Excellent, although it may have been directed toward children, it is a great source of information and pictures for catering and decorating food tables. I use it all the time and marvel at how I now look at fruit and vegetables prior to buying.

There's Always a New Way To Look At Cuisine.......2004-07-02

Don't think for a moment that the insane food presentation ideas in this book are only meant to delight children; adults I've entertained become hysterical when served okra lizards or pigs carved from citrus fruits. Two caveats if you try any of these techniques: choose the right sized knife, and make sure it is sharp. Another good idea is to have spare food on hand; you'll ruin an attempt or two for sure as you slice your way up the learning curve.

Food writer Elliot Essman's other reviews and food articles are available at www.stylegourmet.com

Unbelievably Clever!.......2002-12-06

If you have never had the pleasure of flipping through the pages of this book, then buy it today! At first glance, it is merely a whimsical, albeit beautiful, series of photos. However, upon closer inspection, the expressions on the faces really start to come across. And, yes, I'm talking about produce! This is a great book to put on your coffee table and share with your friends.

Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food

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Hilarious
Comic Magicians Talk Lunch
a useful book on magic and table manners
sick, twisted, and absolutely hilarious
the best thing since pepperoni pizza

Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food
Penn Jillette
Manufacturer: Villard
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ASIN: 0679743111
Release Date: 1992-11-18

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What kid of any age can resist a book guaranteed to make fellow diners blanch at restaurants or at the family dinner table? Mean, disgusting, vile, hilarious. The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.

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Hilarious.......2006-08-27

Ugh, this one is hilarious. The bad boys of magic have a book here that is a little different than your standard "magic" book. Maybe that is why I like it. There are a few great gags that I got from this book that I have utilized around the dinner table. Read this one.

Comic Magicians Talk Lunch.......2006-01-21

Penn and Teller are comic magicians who go back to the 1970s, but did not make it big until their appearances on David Letterman and Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. Since then they have made guest appearances on many television shows including Home Improvement. And recently a cable show has given them their own time slot. Penn and Teller have also written three best-selling books: Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, How to Play in Traffic, and this book How To Play with Your Food.

Most magicians do not share their secrets. But Penn and Teller love sharing the secrets of magic in a comic way. Some of the topics covered in this book are "Genteel versus vulgar food play"; "Why all miracles are fake"; Stabbing a fork in your eye"; popcorn and pizza tricks; the JFK trick; and many others. My favorite is the "Oliver Stone Melon-Head Trick", which is not for the squeamish. The only caveat is that they did not include the ImpeachBlair vanishing trick, but perhaps they can make the White House lap dog disappear?

a useful book on magic and table manners.......1999-12-04

Penn & Teller take their stage personas to the print medium, and it works superbly. Penn is just as loud as ever, and Teller (seen in many of the photos) wears his trademark blank smile.

Most books on magic and ``tricks'' tend to be frustratingly dull, but the lively prose, scrumptious humour and fine photos and illustration make this one a pleasure to read.

This magic book also has the virtue of presenting several tricks that are easy to perform--if you want to learn two or three very funny and fun tricks table gags that require almost zero practice, this is the book to get.

sick, twisted, and absolutely hilarious.......1999-05-19

everybody loves humor, everybody loves food, and, well, there are creeps who don't like penn & teller, but this if one of the funniest things i've ever read, i learned every trick in the book and life is neeeeeever boring. the two best parts, in my opinion: teller's bit on the great egg drop and penn's story of a milkshake as self-defense. worth every penny.

the best thing since pepperoni pizza.......1998-12-14

Got this book a couple of years ago, and spent a weekend trying NOT to die laughing reading it! Some of the tricks in here were absolutely wonderful. I'll never look at jello molds the same way again!

Food for Thought: Play with Your Food with Sticker

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Great fun on my refrigerator
cute and functional calendar

Food for Thought: Play with Your Food with Sticker

Manufacturer: Graphique de France
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Binding: Calendar

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ASIN: 0767142306

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Great fun on my refrigerator.......2007-01-10

These calendars (this is my third year) are the most fun. Every time you fill in an appointment you will smile. It's amazing how they come up with so many new ideas each year.

cute and functional calendar.......2007-01-09

I love this calendar! The pictures are so clever and inventive. The boxes are spacious enough to write lots of stuff in. It makes a great gift and I've given several to my friends and family.

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Fun for Foodies
Really cool

Play with Your Food: 30 Postcards
Joost Elffers , and Saxton Freymann
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Food Play

ASIN: 1556708491

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Fun for Foodies.......2007-02-04

I gave this set of post cards to my daughter who is going to culinary school. It was an instant hit. She mailed thank you notes with a few, hung a series up in her dorm room, and is saving some for later use. I combined this gift with the calendar. Joost Elffers has a magical way with food. I find myself in the produce section noticing fruits that smile or a vegetable that looks like an animal. It's fun!

Really cool.......2000-05-07

This is a great postcard book with really nice pictures. This is very funny and useful and you will use it up soon. It is worth the money.

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Great Faces
Great book for creative people with a sense of humor.
Spend your hard-earned bucks on a different pumpkin book.
great idea but no "how to" insructions.
Great book my Grandkids want to make them all

Play With Your Pumpkins
Joost Elffers , Saxton Freymann , and Johannes Van Damm
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1556708483

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"Why must a pumpkin's face be carved on its side when there is a natural nose begging to be the center of an incredibly expressive face?" ask pumpkin artists Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann at the beginning of their delightful mix of photography, folklore, and recipes, Play with Your Pumpkins. And indeed, the pair have turned the jack-o'-lantern on its side (literally) with the happy, sad, scary, and funny faces they carve around green stem noses. Fans of the fantastical vegetable animals in Elffers's Play with Your Food will love what he can do with a pumpkin head. In addition to the fabulous photographs in this pocket-sized treat, the pair have provided a cultural history of the pumpkin and a treatise on their approach to decorating it. Finally, Dutch food writer Johannes van Dam offers 24 recipes for sweet and savory pumpkin dishes from all over the world, including Persian Pumpkin Jam and Pumpkin Pickles from Germany, not to mention the quintessential American Pumpkin Pie, proving you can provide personality to your pumpkin both inside and out.

Customer Reviews:

Great Faces.......2002-10-29

Who would have thought that you could get so many different faces from a pumpkin. The faces are true art and are quite easily done yourself if you wish to create your own.

I bought this book last year, created my own pumpkins that look just like these quite quickly. This year, everyone's calling us asking how we created those pumpkins and where they can get the book.

Great book for creative people with a sense of humor........1999-10-15

If you can hold a pumpkin and can handle a pocket knife the variations on the theme presented in the craft portion of this book will delight your children (up to 40+ years) and definitely your grandchildren. Giving titles of recipes in their orignal language but instructions in English is a delightful deviation from the conventional cookbook approach.

Spend your hard-earned bucks on a different pumpkin book........1999-10-07

Once you've seen the cover of this book, you've seen it all. All of the pumpkins throughout this book are simply variations of the same theme. If you're after recipes, you'll probably like the book okay, but if you're after carving inspiration, look elsewhere.

great idea but no "how to" insructions........1998-10-18

The book shows a very creative ideas for carving pumpkins for Halloween. However, the book lacks any directions for carving, how to get the seeds out when neccesary, and what materials to use for the eyes. For example, if you use candy for eyes, it melts. If you experiment long enough though, you can creat some wonderful faces.

Great book my Grandkids want to make them all.......1998-10-12

It's very gratifying to find the books that children as well as adults enjoy. We had a great time with the carving and it is true you never think to use the stem as a nose but also we use the other end and cut out the blossom end and insert a carrot to make a witch. Great book and full of ideas

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Oprah, please read this!
A cheery children's picturebook of fun food-related rhymes
Fun poetry for children

Don't Play With Your Food
Brian Rock
Manufacturer: First Light Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0975441108

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Hotdogs strut, fishes fret, and celery runs amok in this playful collection of food related poems for children (and adults with childlike tendencies.) From the perils of life in a salad bowl to spicy dances behind cupboard doors, Brian Rock and John Moerner lead a poetic and playfully picturesque romp through the secret life of food.

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Oprah, please read this!.......2007-09-09

My daughter took a writing workshop hosted by the author & illustrator of this book & they were fantastic. I think they did a great job with this book & the other one that they did together. I hope they make a ton of money from their endeavors & keep encouraging kids to write & be creative! Thank you! My kids love this book & love creating their own poetry because of you!

A cheery children's picturebook of fun food-related rhymes .......2004-11-07

The collaborative work of author Brian Rock and illustrator John Moerner, Don't Play With Your Food! is a cheery children's picturebook of fun food-related rhymes that just begs to be read out loud. The freestyle color illustrations offer exaggerated humor and good clean fun and complement the sometimes tongue-twisting, always sing-song delightful verses. TV Dinner: I bought a TV dinner / And brought it home to heat it. / But no matter how I tried, / My TV wouldn't eat it!

Fun poetry for children.......2004-07-16

"Don't Play With Your Food" is a wonderful and fun way to introduce your children to poety. The poems, along with the wonderful illustrations, are fun and entertaining. One of my personal favorites is "Food Fight" with its colorful descriptions of the food in the refrigerator after a fight among the vegetables.

In our household it is a very popular book.

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Super for kids and adults

Cute book!

Fun and creative

great for the beginning reader...or the dog lover

Creative and easy to follow

Dog food (Play with your food)
Saxton Freymann
Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: 0439549876

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If you think living, breathing puppies are cute, wait until you see this fabulous book of photographs of fruit-and-vegetable dogs. Yes, Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers (Play with Your Food, How Are You Peeling?, One Lonely Seahorse) are back, with one of their best efforts to date. Not only are the doggies themselves endearing and clever (the broccoli-tufted French poodle is pure genius), but the wordplay and visual punch lines are terrific as well. "Chilly dog," crafted from a potato, shivers next to a mushroom snowman. "Dog bowl," contrary to what you might envision, is a dog made out of a radish, with a black olive on its paw, poised to topple banana-tip bowling pins. "Dog catcher," reveals a jalapeño dachshund catching a squash Frisbee in midair. "Let sleeping dogs lie" you say? There they are, sleepy, sleepy banana peel dogs at the end. The eye-popping endpapers showcase the entire kennel of creations on a bright turquoise background. This immensely appealing book will be irresistible to almost any human, but dog (and produce) lovers will sprout wings and zoom skyward. (Ages 4 to 104) --Karin Snelson

Book Description

Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers have wowed readers with the funny food faces of HOW ARE YOU PEELING, the underwater vegetable visions of ONE LONELY SEAHORSE and the lush produce landscapes of GUS AND BUTTON. Now with DOG FOOD, the duo turns its talents to the canine realm, wittily reworking familiar doggy phrases for a whole new level of humor and meaning. These pepper pooches and mango mutts are guaranteed to charm dog owners, dog lovers, and even -- dare we say it -- cat fans. Chow down!

Customer Reviews:

Super for kids and adults.......2007-02-15

I cataloged this donated book into the academic library's collection where I work. I selected it from the books that had been donated for our annual book sale because I knew parents with little children would enjoy having something to occupy the attention of their kids while they were studying/researching. What a remarkable imagination this book testifies to! I photocopied the "Working like a Dog" page to testify to my meager efforts, it adorns my cubical. Everyone with children will want a copy of this book.

Cute book!.......2007-02-05

My daughter, age 20 months, just loves this cute little book. She asks to read it again and again.

Fun and creative.......2006-07-13

Like other books by this author the pictures are imaginative and interesting. This is a great gift for any age, so long as the giftee has a sense of humor.

great for the beginning reader...or the dog lover.......2005-07-20

Silly pictures that provide cues for text ("hot dog", with a picture of a chili pepper dog and a fire). Great for the a 3-5 year old who can memorize and connect pictoral clues, and will boost their confidence/interest in reading. Or for the dog lover or garde manger chef who just needs a laugh :)

Creative and easy to follow.......2005-05-17

Some art works look better on book than in real. But the models in this book are for ordinary people. The experience and the results are both pleasing.

Dog Food: Play with Your Food with Sticker

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Dog Food: Play with Your Food with Sticker

Manufacturer: Graphique de France
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Fast Food 2008 Calendar: Play With Your Food

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Fast Food 2008 Calendar: Play With Your Food

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD 2007 APPOINTMENTS BOOK
Saxton Freymann
Manufacturer: Graphique De France
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JFCDSI

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