RAGING GIVEAWAY
UPDATED:Â Congrats to steenface, winner of Danny Evans new book RAGE Against the Meshugenah
in exactly 14 days, RAGE Against the Meshugenah, authored by my favorite “neutered jew,” (his words, not mine) , Danny Evans will be released.  some of you may already be familiar with his brilliance from his blog DadGoneMad.com and some of you may just be wading in the shallow depths of his hilarity.
i urge you to dive in. Â both feet. Â now.
here is what i can personally vouch for…
- danny = good people, really good people, salt of the earth.
- RAGE will rock your world, seriously the whole world that you currently exist in.
- no one on the face of this planet is capable of writing about battling depression, and making their readers piss in their pants with laughter like this man… brilliant, i tell you. Â fucking brilliant.
- danny and RAGE saved my marriage.
he is giving away a signed copy of his book to Blogher@Home, his masterpiece pre-release!
it’s only fitting that this magnificent man, has offered ONE signed copy of RAGE to ONE lucky winner. Â (i mean c’mon, this is pre-release. Â let us not be greedy. Â simply pre-order at amazon if you haven’t already.)
Here’s how you can get it:
- Leave a comment briefly discussing NOT your sob story regarding depression, but your strength in overcoming it, especially through laughter = 1 entry
- Follow BlogHerAtHome and Danny on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway (leave us a comment with the link to the tweet)= 1 entry
30 Responses to “RAGING GIVEAWAY”
http://twitter.com/beenie/status/2745829276
My story of overcoming depression through laughter isn’t elaborate. I simply owe it to my husband. We are the couple the general public seems to love to poke fun at. The couple who, when everyone else is bitching about their significant other and want to know why we aren’t, we just say “sorry, I actually LIKE my spouse.” The couple you see laughing their asses off at Costco, just because. The couple who genuinely likes spending time with each other. The couple who takes care of each other and is concerned for the others’ welfare and doesn’t automatically see mild illness as a ploy for attention or an excuse to get out of housework. And my husband? The man can make me laugh so hard I want to pee my pants, even at my darkest moments. Just one word from an inside joke can propel me from streams of tears to peals of laughter. Even if all I want to do is stay in bed, we will lay there and talk and joke and laugh, and it makes me feel so much better that I can get up and face the day. Marrying this wonderful man is the absolute best thing I have EVER done with my life.
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MyBottlesUp Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Twitter: mybottlesup
thanks beenie… i smile at the couples who laugh together in costco. now i’ll think of you when i do. :)
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He was an ass…I knew if and I married him anyway. You know…woman think they can change the men they love. Wrong! He hit me….in MY home…I called the cops..they took him away…divorced asap. Fell into a deep depression…why, why, why did I do this? Am I not worthy of love….TRUE love? Entered therapy…she helped me to understand that I was worthy….worthy of love…worthy of happiness….worthy…just worthy.
I wouldn’t be in a happy relationship now without “Katherine”, my therapist. She believed in me….I believe in me….and I thank her…….
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Dang! I’d love to be able to edit that post! Just as I’d love to be able to edit my life…LOL
Kit White´s last blog ..What a Truly Wonderful World
MyBottlesUp Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Twitter: mybottlesup
“edit my life”…. gaw…. i don’t know a single person who WOULDN’T want to edit some portion of it if not the whole damn thing. so true.
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Son died. Husband died 5 years later. Two little girls to raise on my own. Danny makes me laugh and laughing gets me through my day.
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MyBottlesUp Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Twitter: mybottlesup
wow… i’m speechless, and that does not happen often.
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I knew there was something wrong with me when I, a generally unruffled, easy-going teacher of 8 yrs, had misplaced a student’s quiz and wanted to take my husband’s pistol to my head. I managed, somehow, to sit myself down, cease my maniacal laughing, pick up the phone and call my mother. “Mom,” I remember asking, “what the hell is wrong with me? Any other day I’d laugh this off, invent an excuse, and motor on.” That’s when I learned about virtually every woman in my family suffering from clinical depression, from my great-gran on down.
Even though there was a stigma on meds in my family, I marched myself straight to the dr, hooked myself up with some drugs, and got myself straight.
It was a battle to climb out of depression’s well, and honestly, I didn’t feel like laughing very often. I do now. My son makes me laugh all the time–you can read all about him snorting popcorn and stuff like that at http://www.hintonrae.wordpress.com. I’m just thankful that I allowed my intellect rein over my emotions.
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Lori White Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Hi–Lori here–not sure exactly how to give you the link for my Tweet–here’s the copy and paste…
hintonraeblogher and DannyEvans: RAGING GIVEAWAY http://bit.ly/FQENq
Thx,
L
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MyBottlesUp Reply:
July 20th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Twitter: mybottlesup
amazing lori… thank you so much!
MyBottlesUp´s last blog ..perspective
Hey – did #2 above. Here’s the tweet:
“I’m entering to win what looks like a cool book. So, visit http://bit.ly/FQENq for a free giveaway from @blogherathome and @dadgonemad.”
And following you both! :)
Dani Webb´s last blog ..Girl Talk Thursday – What Turns Me On
I didn’t know you *could* overcome depression! I haven’t exactly overcome it, but I battle it bravely through the modern marvel of pharmaceuticals. And reading funny people. I mean, I don’t read funny people, but people who write funny stuff.
Started following DadGoneMad through Offsprung and love his tweets. Wish you well no matter who wins this!
nic @mybottlesup Reply:
July 21st, 2009 at 8:47 am
Twitter: mybottlesup
yeah… re: “overcoming depression,” i hear ya. and danny’s book addresses it… (a little teaser…)
:)
thanks for the comment!
nic @mybottlesup´s last blog ..sleepy time
I think I suffered before I really knew it, but my first ‘known’ battle was after giving birth. It was awful, as I’m sure anyone who has dealt with it can agree. What helped me through? My mother. She supported me, talked to me, held me, coaxed me into seeing a doctor, and checked in with me several times a day, to make sure I wasn’t turning suicidal (I wasn’t). And? She made me laugh. She would tell me stupid jokes. She would accidently fart in public. She would force me to laugh at myself, big huge hiccups of laughs, where I couldn’t breathe, but felt ALIVE. I couldn’t have done it without her.
(I follow Danny & will re-tweet)
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nic @mybottlesup Reply:
July 21st, 2009 at 8:48 am
Twitter: mybottlesup
farts are always funny…. always.
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Danielle-lee Reply:
July 21st, 2009 at 9:34 am
Yes, they are. Just go to YouTube and search for farting in public if you need a quick pick-me-up. My mother, sister, and I were in tears last night. Yes, we are all apparently 12 year old boys.
Danielle-lee´s last blog ..Heavy load & Can’t
My husband has depression and over the years we’ve developed a code for discussing it when it gets bad. It sounds like this:
husband: “I hate my life”
Me: “it is because you’re fucking crazy”
husband: “no seriously, I hate it”
Me: “have you taken your meds?”
husband: “i think i forgot” (pause while he reflects on this) “yeah, I’m crazy”
Me: “right. I still love you though”
husband: “thanks”
It is candid, we laugh, but it works.
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nic @mybottlesup Reply:
July 21st, 2009 at 8:49 am
Twitter: mybottlesup
candor can be a beautiful thing…. i really like the “i still love you though.”
nic @mybottlesup´s last blog ..sleepy time
Following Danny & tweeted the contest here: http://twitter.com/acirucci MY ways to overcome blues involve being grateful for all I have and reading good books as an escape!
I can’t say I’ve ever had a personal experience with depression but I witness my mom’s battle with it during my parents’ divorce. It was tough on both of us but we have a much stronger relationship as a result.
http://twitter.com/steenface/status/2745655118
I admit it, I suck at overcoming depression. I spent close to a year in bed after my son died, but then I realized how much I missed the sound of laughter in our house. Most of the time it’s cheap thrills as seen on America’s Funniest Videos or making catty comments about certain designer’s work on Project Runway. If it ain’t broke, right?
Sure, I still get kicked in the gut once in a while, but there’s got to be a rerun of AFV on somewhere!
i follow danny now. and i tweeted about the giveaway. no, i don’t know how to link to it via tweetdeck. i might know, but i’ve been drinking.
mwah!
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nic @mybottlesup Reply:
July 21st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Twitter: mybottlesup
hahahahhahahahahaha
and that is how i originally dealt w/ a bout of depression (drinking).
but now, and for a long long time, i’ve been on meds for my anxiety, which pretty much kicks depression in the ass and keeps me sane.
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i can win these giveaways, right? =D
@heartmychloe´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday (at the zoo)
nic @mybottlesup Reply:
July 21st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Twitter: mybottlesup
i. must. have. yes.
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@heartmychloe Reply:
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:01 pm
woooooo green me, baby!
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Heh, in this house? We’ve got depression coming out our ears. I’ve been diagnosed (repeatedly), and just a few months ago, when our marriage was about to implode(explode?) my husband was diagnosed with mental issues (I’d been telling him that for YEARS, but something about my not being a doctor…)
We haven’t quite overcome it yet. Sometimes? It still sucks around here. But thanks to good drugs and a paid professional to listen to our bitching, we’re no longer at each others throats…constantly.
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Like the first comment, my husband makes me laugh and we’re those annoying spouses who don’t want to complain about each other (um, much anyway). Having great things to live for and goals helps me keep my head on straight.
Already following bhah09 and danny :)
http://twitter.com/bookishpenguin/status/2809263204
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