One Thing or Another: Life, Aging, and the Absurdities of It All

By Mark McNease
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Length1h 41m

About this audiobook

One Thing or Another is a collection of humor columns that takes a look at life, aging, and the absurdities of it all. From our culture's refusal to use the word 'old,' to the sometimes comical consequences of aging in body and mind, if not always in spirit. Collected from the author's personal columns, these short essays will make you chuckle, recognize yourself, and sometimes grimace at the not-always-funny price we pay for simply staying alive.

Audiobook details

GenreHumor
Length1 hr 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Credits
2Introduction
3ONE: Cooler Heads (Heads)
4TWO: Comparatively Speaking
5THREE: Found At Sea
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6FOUR: Let’s Face It (Unmasked At Last)
7FIVE: That Relaxed Fit Time of Life
8SIX: It’s About Time
9SEVEN: Heaven’s Diner
10EIGHT: Country Mice
11NINE: Midlife Waist Land
12TEN: Falling for Autumn
13ELEVEN: The Joys of Being a (Almost) Halloween Baby
14TWELVE: Chew on That
15THIRTEEN: The Big Six-Oh
16FOURTEEN: Cruise Control (All Aboard!)
17FIFTEEN: Batty for the Country Life
18SIXTEEN: All Boxed Up
19SEVENTEEN: Not Worth the Weight
20EIGHTEEN: Still Life with Benefits
21NINETEEN: Straws and Camels
22TWENTY: Calamari Wishes and Cashier Dreams
23TWENTY-ONE: The Exuberance Principle
24TWENTY-TWO: The Vision Thing
25TWENTY-THREE: The O-Word
26TWENTY-FOUR: Don’t Call It Retirement
27TWENTY-FIVE: Why November?
28TWENTY-SIX: Out with the News
29TWENTY-SEVEN: Reunited and It Feels So Old
30TWENTY-EIGHT: Brave New Retirement
31CLOSING CREDITS

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