Over one hundred succinct essays. Illustrated. Included: Bed and breakfast in Hell; Water woman of Senegal; Aliens at three a.m.; Peace in the ice house; Soul doodles; Vlad the Impaler is scaring me silly; Practical phrenology; I could live in Outer Mongolia; In Patagonia, there is a rock shaped like a man; I hate you, Chester; The Fun Encyclopedia; Steve and Ray sit on my tub, and we talk; The psychology of what's under the bed; Marooned on Mars; Laplander music; I yearn for a concrete swan; Radiating baby; more!