PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewThere are sidesplitting essays here, like the baccalaureate address he gave at Princeton University in 2006 and a primer on masculine style that includes wearing an external catheter called the \'Stadium Pal\' ... It’s hard not to feel a tiny pang of regret as the family retreats into the background, replaced by Sedaris’s partner, Hugh Hamrick, a happy homemaker who has never provided the same comedic mileage ... Here the 83-page story is cut into three parts — before, during and after — and while the first section zooms off the page, once Sedaris stops smoking it’s as if he has lost his muse ... It would take more than quitting cigarettes to make Sedaris bland — he’s not ready to chill out and open a yoga studio yet.
