TEASIN' MICKEY
Good morning! Welcome to Teaser Tuesdays, hosted by Miz B, at Should Be Reading. This event offers us the opportunity to share excerpts of our current reads, and tempt you to read them, too.
Here’s how it works:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Today I’d like to spotlight a great new book on my stacks. My Formerly Hot Life: Dispatches from Just the Other Side of Young, by Stephanie Dolgoff, is a hilarious look at life on the other side of a certain age.
From Amazon:“My Formerly Hot Life belongs right next to Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love for the woman trying to understand and embrace her complicated contemporary life. At the same time as it is laugh-out-loud funny, it will help you discard the old notions and expectations of yourself that no longer fit. Reading it will help you access the hotness you thought was diminishing…but that might just be heating up.”
This teaser comes after a section in this book (which is an ARC, by the way) in which the author talks about issues with her computer, and how her solution is to smack the side of the monitor and then take a nap, hoping it will fix itself while she’s sleeping.
Here’s my Teaser: I’ve gotten more adept through sheer exposure, but even now, decades after MS-DOS, when something goes wrong in a big way, and I’m told that there is a new driver (I have no idea what that is) I can download to prevent the problem from occurring in the future, I feel like smacking the monitor again, because I know I will need help even with that. I hate feeling like I’m not adept at what has become as integral a part of daily life as putting a key into a lock and turning it. p. 68
I can totally relate to this one! I always cross my fingers before turning on my computer, praying that everything will work!
What did you find today? I hope you’ll stop by and share your tidbits.
POTPOURRI 
Love the cover of that book and the complicated computer tease!
Delirious
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Me too, Harvee…thanks for stopping by!
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Computers are nasty things sometimes, even though the MS-DOS era is long gone (thank god!) Weirdly enough I still remember the MS-DOS era and boy, was that horrible. You needed atleast an IQ of 170 to properly work with a computer! Long live Windows.
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I agree about Windows! Even though there are occasionally issues….
Thanks for visiting, Majanka….
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LOL! I can relate to a degree – but instead of smacking the monitor I yell at the thing!
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Ah, me too! But sometimes I cross my fingers and hold my breath….
Thanks for stopping by, Laura.
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LOL… I can so relate to that teaser. When we had our first computer, I knew only how to turn it on and off. Nothing ever worked for me no matter how hard I tried to learn. One day I turned it on and the screen was red with a sign in BIG letters that said, DANGER DO NOT TOUCH THIS COMPUTER.
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OMG, Gigi Ann…what did you do?
I feel lucky that when I first got my computer, my eldest son was visiting from Europe and taught me some basics. When he comes (not often enough!), he stays for a few months.
Nowadays, if the computer is even working when I have a problem, I Skype with him.
But last year, for three months in a row, things went wrong that required a computer geek (for hire). There went my little savings!
I have gigantic fears about computer problems!
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Oh how that sounds just like me….I panic every time something little goes wrong with my laptop.
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And usually it’s not easy to fix, I’ve discovered. Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl.
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DOS was really difficult…I hate computer at that era. It’s a great computer teaser.
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Yes, DOS was a system I never figured out!
Even with Windows, there are issues…
Thanks for stopping by, Novroz.
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I can totally relate to this too. I still get all bothered when I get an error message on the machine. I don’t think anyone ever really understood MS DOS. Thankfully everything is a lot more intuitive nowadays. Touchscreens are my favourite thing in the world.
Here’s my TT http://mywordlyobsessions.wordpress.com
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Thanks for stopping by, Zee…computers are so mysterious to me, and the more I learn, the more I feel as though I’m in over my head!
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Computers can definitely be as big a pain as they are a convenience. Great teaser!
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I agree completely, Heather! I’m a fairly recent computer user (2000), and only started blogging, etc., in 2008.
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Yes, I can definitely relate to that teaser! I love my computer, but I have no idea how anything works. Fortunately, my hubby is something of a tech-geek sort who keeps everything up and running (he says that’s why I can never divorce him). Happy reading this week!
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Ah, there’s an upside to staying married, Joy! Too bad I didn’t think of it, but I got divorced before computers came into my life.
My eldest son is my computer geek, but he lives in Europe. Alas….
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Lol, excellent teaser! Love the cover!
Here is my teaser:
http://www.cafeofdreamsbookreviews.com/2011/01/teaser-tuesday-118.html
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Yes, isn’t it? Thanks for stopping by, April.
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Terrific teaser! Oh boy can I relate to Stephanie’s desire to smack the monitor and hope that does it! Irksome computers! lolol
~ Amy
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Thanks for stopping by, Amy….Irksome computers is right…a necessary evil!
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Sounds like life in a book.
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/01/teaser-tuesday_17.html
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Oh, I agree, Freda…that’s what I like about it, too.
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Great teaser! it sounds like a book I can relate to also!
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Thanks for stopping by, Susan B. I love reading books that speak to me….
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here’s mine http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/01/teaser-tuesday-relationship-obits.html
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Thanks for stopping by, Mary Ann….
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Great teaser. Sometimes I feel like shaking my monitor. I definitely shout at it!
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Thanks for stopping by, Shelley….Yes, that sounds like a plan…shaking the monitor.
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Happy Teaser Tuesday!
My teaser this week is for:
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White which is on sale right not for only 5.19 on Amazon for new hardback!!!! I figure I should spread the word since it is such a popular YA book and the author is so nice. I have the link up if you want to check it out!
Sincerely,
Emma Michaels
http://EmmaMichaels.Blogspot.com
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Thanks for stopping by, Emma…enjoy your week!
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Drivers do cause annoying problems. I’m still in my 20s, so you’d think I’d be able to stay abreast of the latest technological innovations, but the last time I read a PC magazine was in 2003 — an article about “hyperthreading”. All I can remember is that it makes computers operate more quickly.
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Hmm, maybe I should read some PC magazines! Thanks for stopping by, smellin coffee. Of course, reading the magazines might just reinforce what I don’t know!
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Hahaha – this is a great tease! This would be a book I would really enjoy. Even though I am somewhat computer adept, I understand wanting to smack the side of the computer – or throw it out of the window! Haha!
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Yes, that’s what I think sometimes, too, Southern Fiber. Thanks for stopping by.
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I can definitely relate to that as well! I recently had to take an exam on my knowledge of computers which helped me realize that I really know nothing except how to use a computer. L0l! Thanks for sharing your teaser today!
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Thanks for stopping by, Julie…I think that whenever I decide I know a thing or two, something happens to remind me otherwise.
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LOL I like her idea smack it then go to bed and hope it fixes itself , I know I been wanting to do that
My Teaser Tuesday
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Yes, I’m sometimes a fan of “magical thinking,” or the old “nap fix.”
Thanks for stopping by, Donna.
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Nice! Is it really good so far?
Thanks for stopping by!
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Yes, very funny! Thanks for stopping by, Katie….
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I’m not quite that old yet, but I can appreciate the author’s take on technology…it’s like trying to help my mother check her email! Sounds like a fun book, I hope the rest of it has been as enjoyable as this teaser.
You can find my TT here: http://ksbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/teaser-tuesday-27/
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Well, even though I’m in the age group to have used MS-DOS, my only experience with it was total frustration, and then I gave up. When Windows came, I was very happy! Even though stuff still happens….
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Yes! This reminds me of the day when I was told to “clear my cache”. Who knew I even had “cache”? I too am a latecomer to technology but can’t envision retired life without being connected to the world through my computer. Your TT sounds like a must read for all women of a certain age–and I guess that’s individual?
My TT is for Sara Donati’s historical romance series Into the Wilderness — Summit Musings
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Oh, I know…even with the occasional stumbling blocks, I’d feel lost without my computer. Which is why I get frustrated/tense/homicidal…when things go wrong!
Thanks for stopping by, Faye.
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