# FYI: new Dave Barry book out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801 "2010-06-11T15:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/1 "2010-06-11T15:08:53Z")
Public service announcement, for those of you who like Dave, but weren’t paying attention to his career. (I myself only found out about the book by skimming the NYT best-seller list). It’s called _I’ll Mature When I’m Dead_, and it’s a collection of nineteen never-before published pieces (and one published one). It’s got weddings, tips for new dog owners and new fathers, a comparison between Judaism and Christianity (one has frogs, one has figgy pudding), and a four-chapter Twilight parody. Get it. ETA: Okay, not sure about the number of chapters. Eh, math isn’t my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/2 "2010-06-11T15:26:29Z")
This is much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/3 "2010-06-11T16:34:37Z")
Squee!! _happy dance_ Off to Amazon! Thanks for the tip! I’ve had a major fangirl crush on Dave Barry since I read his first column in high school, which was, uh … more than three years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/4 "2010-06-11T16:43:05Z")
It’s a pretty good book. If you’re a Barry fan, his parody of \*Twilight \*is worth the price of admission all by itself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/5 "2010-06-11T18:26:37Z")
There are some excepts on his _Miami Herald_ page: [http://www.miamiherald.com/dave\_barry/](http://www.miamiherald.com/dave_barry/) ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/6 "2010-06-11T21:13:56Z")
It’s good stuff - I got it a few weeks ago. No one is better at describing a vasectomy than Mr. Barry! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/7 "2010-06-11T21:21:17Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > No one is better at describing a vasectomy than Mr. Barry! Or the thought processes of an evil toilet. Thank you for posting this, **Malleus, Incus, Stapes!**. I’ve been trying to figure out what my dad would like for Father’s Day and now you’re my hero! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-new-dave-barry-book-out/542801/8 "2010-06-11T22:11:26Z")
This is great news - thanks for the heads up! I had some extra credits on my Audible account and I was pleased to find this at the top of Dave Barry’s list - I can be listening to it in just a few minutes! 😃