A lot of wise and amusing tips have gone into Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered, a book that comes complete with pencils.
Evie, an amusing, wise-guy narrator, is revealed as an indifferent mother to her own daughter and a needy, cloying mother of her son.
The older and wiser Angie generates some amusing bits, too, but also provides the occasional dramatic relief in this comedy.
"He always smiled, he was very wise, he had a strong, amusing outlook on life, he always asked how your family were.
"Adaptation" curses the contrivances of blockbuster filmmaking so thoroughly that by the time it resorts to them, the results are amusing, clever, even wise.
VS Pritchett judged Gross "a very wise man"; Angus Wilson called him "invariably amusing, interesting and informative"; Cyril Connolly considered it "an important book"; and Norman Shrapnel remarked that "Mr Gross is one good argument for the survival of the species".
E*TRADE A baby wise beyond his years "talked" in two amusing spots that pitched stock-trading and savings accounts for the embattled E*Trade Group.
We're introduced to Robert Bobbyy" Trench (Washington) and Michael Stigg" Stigman (Wahlberg), a pair of wise-cracking hard guys whose glib patter is more irritating than amusing.
