Paddle Your own Canoe : : one Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

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Call Number: 791.45 Of
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Not-so-little house on the prairie: eat red meat -- Hail Mary, full of beans: horse sense > the Bible -- Ubermann/Offermensch: how to be a man -- Football troubador: don't be an asshole -- Walking beans: work hard, work dirty -- Carnalisthenics: Leviticus can blow me -- Enter Dionysus: don't walk alone -- Doing time: be smart while getting stupid -- Born again again: the moustache makes the magick -- Wax on, wax off: make a goddamn gift -- Kabuki farmboy takes Chicago: carry a handkerchief -- Subaru leavings: discern your ass from a hole in the ground -- Resurrection: measure twice, cut once -- Romantic love: love your woman (a paean to Megan) -- Finding Swanson: let your freak flag fly -- Nowadays: go outside.
The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.

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A Fun Read submitted by Enzy on May 9, 2014, 3:31pm Fans of Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation will definitely want to check out Paddle Your Own Canoe: One man’s fundamentals for delicious living. This book contains the musings of Nick Offerman on varying subjects. There is much about Nick Offerman that is strikingly similar to the fictional Ron Swanson. For example, he loves woodworking and red meat. However he is the first to point out that unlike Ron Swanson, he is not a character and also eats salads.

I greatly enjoyed the chapters where he discussed growing up in rural Illinois and his early theater experience. Offerman certainly describes himself as having a passion for theater and yet also not being a stereotypical actor which creates an interesting dynamic to his stories. He also briefly discusses his romance with his wife of 11 years Megan Mullally (the fabulous actress who plays Ron Swanson's crazy ex-wife Tammy in Parks and Recreation). Overall, Paddle Your Own Canoe was a fun and quick read, perfect for reading when traveling.