presents

Wear a Helmet
(Collected Blogs)

Think David Sedaris meets Nora Ephron. In Wear a Helmet, Baeli again displays her ability to swing from unapologetic humor to revealing even the most painful fragments of her psyche. It becomes clear, as you read through these pages, that she relies on humor as a survival mechanism. "I'm an open book, but some of the pages are stuck together," she admits. From a comical account of falling off the top of her SUV (Cherryot Gymnastics) to admitting profound insecurity as an over-forty single lesbian in the dating pool (Id, Ego, Super-Ego & the Social Security Number), to a revealing trip journal during a recent relocation, wherein she falls prey to a panic attack (Going to Denver Because You're Dead), the author of Wear a Helmet strides unabashed through the battlefield of life familiar to us all, sometimes wearing a jester's jingling hat. The result is a portrait of a person you can relate to, who says all the things out loud, we can only murmur under our breathe, and she does it in a way that makes you want to be counted as one of her friends in the journey. ~LightSwitcher Books
"An absolute joyride through a life examined, a burden shared, and a soul shining with determination and honesty. You will come away from this book feeling like there's someone out there who really understands what it's like to suck the marrow out of life."
~KIWI Club Reviews
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Available in March 2010


CONTENTS Page:

The Bitch & Stumble
"Can't. Have a Bone in my Shoulder."
Love Archetype
Remains to be Seen
Bigfoot, BigLie
"Here, Hold My Brain While I Vote"
Self Sufficiency: It's Not Just For Survivalists Anymore
Maverick AKA Reckless
Second Presidential Debate
Things I Don't Need.
Early Voting for Idiots & the Insane
Temporal Anomaly?
Obama wins. Us Too, Maybe.
What Happens When I Leave the House
Gun-Toting Sleepy-head
What I'm Getting Myself for Xmas.
KUDOS!!!! NJOY Alternative Smoking Device
Lights! Camera! Grief.
I'm Having (Gulp) Good Luck.
Ditto
Witty Segues: Pariahs, Torches, Movies & Sex Toys
Warned You About Protective Head Cover
Her Floxiness
Who are you, WHO WHO
Movie Review: Already Dead
Her Floxiness in 3D
Them Thangs That Hold Up Books
Still Suckin' on That.
Troubling Mammaries
Movie Review: The Descent
Herniated Disco: Lies & the Lying Doctors Who Tell Them
Herniated Disco: Motivations & Ruminations
Herniated Disco: How the Bleep Do YOU Know?
Herniated Disco: Quantum Bungee
Herniated Disco: Necessary Scissors
Horns, Loneliness, Memories & Flight Patterns
Silk Purses from Sow's Ears
Conversation with my Cat
Shopping for Banishment
Gynepsychology
Wishbonehead
News from the Front Lines
On the Heels of...
Jae-Walking
Enough about you
Independence Night for Phylum Annelida Luminaria
Comment on "blogs aren't legit writing" article
What Money Can Buy
Stick Buggin' in the Grocery Store
Leaving No Pebble Unturned
Turn, Turn, Turn
Turn Turn, Turn: the Phantom Ex
Turn, Turn Turn: UnAbridged But Edited
Bettered by a Dead Crustacean
Going to Denver Because You're Dead
Making Tracks
Women's Homophobic Meetup Group
Food, Sex & Purpose
Stored Memories & Domestic Trivia
From Dreamword Mant to the Noosphere
Show & Tell
Cherryot Gymnastics
Horns, Loneliness, Memories& Flight Patterns
Kindred Molecules, Deja Vu, and the Noosphere
What Would You Do to Have it?
Maintenance Mike & The Domesticated Harpy
NEAT But Not Reassuring
Self-Educators, Unite!
Gay Marriage in the US & Why it Has Not Been Legalized
Id, Ego, Super-Ego & the Social Security Number
Footie Pajamas in the Street
Train Wrecks & Other Human Tragedies
Beware of Peruvian Fat Smugglers
Shamelessly Stolen Meme Survey
Held by Jell-O
Creativity, Intelligence & Depressive Realism
A Rose By Any Other Color....

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