You Are A Miserable Excuse For A Hero

2008-03-02T17:20:00.001-08:00

***Sat, 7/19, 2 PM. Bob Powers reading and signing "Miserable Excuse" at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles, CA***

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ADVANCE PRAISE

"You are a miserable excuse for a person if you don't buy this hilarious book. Bob Powers is some kind of comedy genius or something. Frankly, I'm scared."

-PAUL FEIG, creator of the TV series FREAKS AND GEEKS, and author of the book SUPERSTUD

"As I read Bob Powers' "Just Make a Choice!" adventure, I endeavored to choose honestly, according to my own ethics and beliefs. Unfortunately, this resulted in babies being aborted, people being murdered, unspeakable debauchery and multiple dead-end jobs, just like my real life!"
-JOHN RODERICK, lead singer/songwriter, THE LONG WINTERS

"Bob Powers has a knack for taking the dark thoughts of lonely people and making them hilarious. And now he puts the fate of one of those people in our hands. You may find yourself regreting the choices you make in this book, but don't worry. It's a whole lot of fun to start over and try again."
-BRYAN TUCKER, writer for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and CHAPPELLE'S SHOW

"There are page turners and then there are page turners. This wonderful pathetic tale left me wanting more pages."
-ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, Humorist

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bob Powers was born and raised in Upper Darby, PA.
He is currently living in New York City with his fiance, Amanda.
Bob is also the author of Happy Cruelty Day! Daily Celebrations of Quiet Desperation. That book's good too. He is a writer for the website 23/6 and has performed on NPR and at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival. Bob is the creator and author of the long-running humorwebsite, Girls Are Pretty.

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A NOTE ON BEING IN YOUR THIRTIES AND HAVING ACCOMPLISHED VERY LITTLE

In this book, YOU get to be the main character in an exciting kidnapping adventure that YOU WANT NO PART OF.

You’re a thirty-three year old struggling actor with VERY LITTLE HOPE of ever being successful, and you feel like time is running out for you to make something of yourself. Your friends have all settled into lucrative careers that you resent and fruitful marriages that you envy, while you’ve done everything you can to commit to nothing for fear of limiting your options. With every passing day you are that much closer to giving up, and every choice feels weighted with the possibility that it will send you down a path to FAILURE. So you’ve been doing your best to make no decisions whatsoever. For YOU, as long as you choose to do nothing, ANYTHING is possible.

Enter JULIA! She’s the pretty girl you went out with last night and she’s been KIDNAPPED! It’s up to you and you alone to rescue her. The ensuing adventure will force you to make a series of choices that will not only determine the life or death of an innocent girl, but will force you to ADD FOCUS to your career and your love life in ways that you’ve been avoiding ever since you got out of college.

BE VERY CAREFUL! You’re DIRECTING THE STORY and the CHOICES you make can result in MURDER, GRADUATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, TORTURE, MARRIAGE, POST-APOCALYPTIC SLAVERY, UNWANTED PREGNANCY, even TEMPING! It’s YOUR STORY and YOUR LIFE. All you’ve got to do is decide which page you want to turn to. JUST MAKE A CHOICE!!!

Reading Schedule in New York

2008-02-27T09:33:00.000-08:00

Wed 5/21

Liam McEneaney's "Writings With Music"
7 PM
Comix comedy Club's Occhi's Lounge
353 West 14th St, at 9th Ave

Thurs 5/29
Literary Death Match
7:30 PM
at Housing Works
126 Crosby bt Prince and Houston

Tues 6/3
Book Release Party and Reading
6:30 PM
Lolita Bar
266 Broome St at Allen
(I'll be offering a free drink to everyone who buys a book. And some snacks to people who don't.)

Thurs 6/5
Totally J/K comedy show
8 PM
Rififi
332 East 11th St

Tues 6/10
Morrison Motel comedy show
8 PM
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St

Fri 6/20
Paragraph Reading Series
7:00 PM
KGB Bar
85 East 4th St