Table of Contents
author's note vi
Part 1 love me
1 the great escape 2
2 major league pop fly 8
3 the last american gladiator 15
4 perpetual underdog 28
5 odd time signatures 35
6 the acquisition of skipper 44
7 the most beautiful sukkah in the entire world 55
8 the hornet conspiracy 62
9 a vue shtet geschreiber 70
10 high school musical 74
11 premature evaluation 81
Part 2 love me not
12 o'virginity 86
13 rules by which a great declaration may be produced 94
14 the gateway gig 98
15 the battle of shiloh 103
16 devil moose 109
17 peep show 120
18 how to bust your best friend's ass knoxville-style 126
19 educating harmony 136
20 the complete reference guide for overly dramatic suicidal artist-types in 41 easy steps 140
21 the german atonement package 149
Part 3 love me
22 love in boxes 158
23 love in 12 courses 165
24 baby with the bath water 170
25 anatomy of a whirl 173
26 love at first sight or by other routes 186
27 clean sweep 192
28 courtyard with lunatics 194
29 the rise and fall of the great corn bread warrior 205
30 beauty & voluntaries 218
31 love fight club 220
32 the days run away like my wife's hair over the hills 229
33 bohemian love baggage 235