TY - BOOK AU - Sedaris,David TI - Let's explore diabetes with owls SN - 9780316154697 AV - PS3569.E314 L47 2013 U1 - 814/.54 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Little, Brown and Co. KW - American wit and humor KW - Humorous stories, American KW - Humorists, American KW - 20th century KW - Biography KW - United States KW - Social life and customs KW - Humor KW - Anecdotes KW - Essays N1 - Dentists without borders -- Attaboy -- Think differenter -- Memory laps -- A friend in the ghetto -- Loggerheads -- If I ruled the world -- Easy, tiger -- Laugh, Kookaburra -- Standing still -- Just a quick e-mail -- A guy walks into a bar car -- Author, author -- Obama!!!!! -- Standing by -- I break for traditional marriage -- Understanding understanding owls -- #2 to go -- Health-care freedoms and why I want my country back -- Now hiring friendly people -- Rubbish -- Day in, day out -- Mind the gap -- A cold case -- The happy place -- Dog days N2 - This collection of essays by the humorist author traces his offbeat world travel experiences. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten ER -