Alaska's main comic export is that rarest of commodities--an original new voice in American humor. In this, his second collection of casual essays, he muses on the everyday joys and embarrassments of being a husband, father, citizen, and breadwinner.

* Introduction * Taking Pot Luck * Mood Piece * Mechanical Inclinations * Wood: You Can Count on It * Old Friend Guilt * Ditch Diving * Sixty-Four-Dollar Questions * Bad Signs * Command Performance * See and Be Seen * Taking Potluck * Off the Top of My Head * Shake What Thing? * Pet Peeves * Wait Divisions * Cleanliness vs. Godliness * Strangers in my Chairs * Symptoms of Fatherhood * Dadiholics Anonymous * A Housebuilders Guide to Homemaking * Dish Demeanor Small Comforts * Small Comfort * Gross Estimates * Senior Boom * Mental Safety * I Aim to Please * Miss America * Lost Mail * Chain Reactions * Burger Blues * A Year of Peace * Hard Comprisons Not Letting Go * Eulogy for an Ancient Eskimo * Ohlsen Mountain * State of Spring * Back to School * Last Dollar * Pretty As a Picture * Working Slobs * Orphans * Wow * Fathers Day * Not Letting Go