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nFrom acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her My Planet articles published in Readers Digest. The quirky, brilliant author takes a magnifying glass to everyday life, exposing moments of hilarity in the mundane. nBest-selling author Mary Roach was a hit columnist in the Readers Digest magazine, and this book features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary explores the ins and outs of the modern world: marriage, friends, family, food, technology, customer service, dental floss, and ants--she leaves no element of the American experience unchecked for its inherent paradoxes, pleasures, and foibles. n n On Cleanliness: n Ed has crud vision, and I dont. I dont notice filth. Ed sees it everywhere. I am reasonably convinced that Ed can actually see bacteria. . . . He confessed he didnt like me using his bathrobe because Id wear it while sitting on the toilet. n Its not like it goes in the water, I protested, though if you counted the sash as part of the robe, this wasnt strictly true. n n On the Internet: n The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me. Right now, for instance, Im feeling a shooting pain on the side of my neck. A Web search produces five matches, the first three for a condition called Arnold-Chiari Malformation. n While my husband, Ed, reads over my shoulder, I recite symptoms from the list. General clumsiness and general imbalance, I say, as though announcing arrivals at the Marine Corps Ball. Difficulty driving, lack of taste, difficulty feeling feet on ground. n Those arent symptoms, says Ed. Those are your character flaws. n On Fashion: n My husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that your parts have been migrating all these years. My waist, I realized that day in the dressing room, has completely disappeared beneath my rib cage, which now rests directly on my hips. Im exhibiting continental drift in reverse. n n On Eating Healthy: n So Ed and I were eating a lot of vegetables. Vegetables on pasta, vegetables on rice. This was extremely healthy, until you got to the part where Ed and I are found in the kitchen at 10 p.m., feeding on Froot Loops and tubes of cookie dough.n
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