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    A Smidge Of Crazy
    A Smidge Of Crazy
    A Smidge Of Crazy
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    A Smidge Of Crazy

    By Barbara Venkataraman

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    A collection of humorous insights into important topics ranging from being targeted by annoying ads ("Nowhere to Hide"), to resorting to symbols when you've forgotten your words ("At a Loss for Words"), to figuring out what door that extra key opens ("My Extra Key").


    Other essays examine how sitting is the new smoking (whatever that means), what it means to have stamina, and why it is just so hard to focus when you have the attention span of a gnat.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNext Chapter
    Release dateNov 17, 2022
    ISBN4867523879
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      A Smidge Of Crazy - Barbara Venkataraman

      A Smidge Of Crazy

      A SMIDGE OF CRAZY

      QUIRKY ESSAYS FOR QUIRKY PEOPLE BOOK 3

      BARBARA VENKATARAMAN

      Copyright (C) 2018 Barbara Venkataraman

      Layout design and Copyright (C) 2021 by Next Chapter

      Published 2021 by Next Chapter

      Cover art by CoverMint

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the author’s permission.

      CONTENTS

      Books by Barbara Venkataraman

      Nowhere To Hide

      At A Loss For Words

      A Smidge Of Crazy

      My Extra Key

      Let Them Eat Cake

      Mental Health Day

      Don't Mind Me--As I Read Over Your Shoulder

      The New Me

      A New Year's Tale

      The World Turned Upside Down

      An Ode To Howard Parks

      Try To Focus

      What's Your Thunder?

      Family Ties

      Sitting Is The New Smoking

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      The Case of the Killer Divorce (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery #2)

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      Jeopardy in July (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery #5)

      Malice in Miami (Jamie Quinn Cozy Mystery #6)

      Jamie Quinn Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-3

      Jamie Quinn Mysteries Box Set: Books 4-6

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      I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course (Quirky Essays for Quirky People #1)

      A Trip to the Hardware Store (Quirky Essays for Quirky People #2)

      A Smidge of Crazy (Quirky Essays for Quirky People #3)

      Teatime with Mrs. Grammar Person

      If You'd Just Listened To Me In The First Place

      The Fight for Magicallus

      Accidental Activist: Justice for the Groveland Four (Co-Author)

      Scary Shorts: Flash Fiction

      Holiday Shorts: Flash Fiction

      Valentine Shorts: Flash Fiction

      Dog Days of Summer Shorts: Flash Fiction

      A Year of Shorts: Flash Fiction

      NOWHERE TO HIDE

      It started with an ad for Depends. It was popping up everywhere and following me all over the internet. Personally, I rarely notice advertising, whether it dances on the edge of my news articles, or wedges itself boldly between the paragraphs, or even when it hijacks the entire page and forces me to click on the 'x' to close it--but this one caught my eye. I couldn't decide if I was annoyed

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