UPDATING WEDNESDAYS Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of THE ART OF ASKING. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. THE ART OF ASKING will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.

Did you know that its good for you to laugh? No? well damn! It's good i'm saying it now then! It's good i'm here to help you guys to 'not' die, you're welcome. The most of these jokes I have found on the internet, so don't come bitching about copyrighting and everything. Thank you.

Adeline had it all in New York City. The promise of a prestigious new job at MoMA that put her on the fast track to her dream job and a group of friends she adored. Just before she could leap into her new life, Adeline's Southern roots pull her back to Savannah where she must take over her family's whiskey distillery and fend off the threat of the newest whiskey player in town. Her rival just so happens to be the charismatic and warm Henry Miller, the best man at her younger sister's upcoming wedding. When thrown together on a magical July night, will Adeline and Henry be able to set their differences aside?