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More than 30 idiot-proof recipes broken down into a step by step process so simple even a bachelor can understand. ("Open oven door. Slide out rack.") The reader will also learn important rules for getting his apartment date-ready. ("Back to the underside of the toilet seat, the cleaning equivalent of diving in front of a slap shot. Grab the wet sponge and flip it over so that the Astroturf side is the active one. Start scrubbing. Might not be a bad idea to take a page out of Michael Keaton's handbook from "Mr. Mom" and place a clothespin over your nose.") Lastly, the bachelor gets a pre-flight checklist to ensure that he is a "go" for his date. ("Ears. Like an ambidextrous miner, arm yourself with Q-tips and go drilling. Repeat with clean swabs until the tips emerge from your ears still white. Note: For those older than 35, I hate to break it to you but you are a 2:1 shot for ear hair. Snip, snip. Sob, sob.")

Got a sports bucket list? His parents told him he was crazy. His friends said he'd never do it. #HoldMyBeer In September 2013, Jamie Reidy set out to complete Sports Year, his Hail Mary attempt at a return to literary success while also recusing himself from self-inflicted midlife and debt crisis. With very little planning and even less funding, the itinerary called for Reidy to hit a sports event every day, ranging from the Super Bowl down to a six-year-old girls' basketball game. (FYI: the refs don't call traveling.) Along the way, he'd visit all the iconic venues like Lambeau, Fenway, Rupp, et al. He saw a Heisman Trophy winner play... hoops ... in a men's rec league. Jamie tailgated with strangers at The Grove, The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, and Army-Navy. He discovered his favorite new sport: women's indoor volleyball. He also witnessed sports that didn't really qualify as such: inner-tube water polo and Cleveland Browns Football. Not to go to all Tom Rinaldi on you, but it "got a little dusty" at times. Reidy watched in awe as wheelchair bowlers and amputee softball players transcended any so-called limitations. He also brought wounded veterans to games on their sports Bucket Lists, giving him much needed perspective on what constitutes actual "problems." So, Jamie actually made it the entire year? Yeah, no. He fell shorter than a Shaq free throw. But, but for five magical months, the author was a daily spectator of the human condition, and the result - Need One - is a hilarious and heartfelt road-trip memoir. Reidy learned that while scoreboards don't allow for moral victories, life sure does.

This book just might save a dude from death by dust inhalation. Especially one who assumes his toilet bowl cleans itself. Need a college graduation gift? Need a Father's Day present? Need a gag gift for a divorcee? This is the book is for him. "Sweep Her Off Her Feet" gives my cleaning-challenged compadre funny, yet practical instructions for quickly getting his place date-ready. It even provides the list of weapons a bachelor will carry into battle against the dark and dirty forces that have invaded his castle.Kitchen? "Open the fridge. Throw out anything you don't immediately remember buying, won't pass the whiff test or has condensation inside the bottle." Bathroom? "Remember, women use TP every time they go. Every time. You're gonna need a back up roll, brother. Also, spend the extra ten seconds it takes to place the roll on the actual toilet paper dispenser. This, by itself, will distinguish you from 90% of the guys she ever dated."Testimonial: "I wish he had this book forty years ago" - Jamie's Mom Jamie Reidy is an author and recovering slob. His first book served as the basis for the movie Love and Other Drugs, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as "Jamie." (Jamie really likes typing that sentence.)