entertainment -

On the List

Stuffed animal avalanche. Chinchilla attack. Asphyxiation by pound cake. Allergic reaction to cashmere.

Oddest Jeopardy clues ever? The latest Law & Order cases?

No: Methods Other Than Song by Which One Can Be Killed Softly — one of the many innovative inventories featured in our favorite book this month, Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney’s Book of Lists.

The latest collection of cleverness from the Eggers empire is filled with lists that’ll make garden variety Top Tens and To Dos green with envy.

Like Rides Found at a Psychiatry-Themed Amusement Park (Guilt-a-Whirl, Shame Spiral), Why You Should Not Rely on a Unicorn to Manage Your Investment Portfolio (too busy polishing horn to read quarterly reports, keeps files in an enchanted tree), and Things I Hate Most About Being a Slave to the Robots (getting electrocuted for nodding off during robot opera, polyester slave jerkin).

Put it at the top of your list of Things That Make You Laugh So Hard You Shouldn’t Drink While Doing Them or You’ll Snort Coffee out Your Nose.


Available online at
amazon.com.