Abstract:
Ever want to know what’s special about jazzy seniors, how to bathe a cat, the dangers of thinking, North Dakota, grammar, politics, and Muzak? Glutton-for-learning, Dr. Robert Brake offers insights about special people he has known, special people he wishes he had met, special places, animals, music, gender differences, language, formal education, eating behaviors, and a potpourri of other subjects. Nothing seems to have escaped his attention, as he muses about influences on his life. Yet, he’s unable to come up with a single pithy expression to guide his life, unless you count “Never pet a porcupine unless he’s asleep.”