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Chap reviews Dr. Phil
Another of my reviews by “Chap Gmunderson”. Enjoy.
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Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out by Phillip C. McGraw |
11 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
Disappointed for the First Time by Dr. Phil, sad, January 27, 2005
By Chap Gmunderson
As a longtime Dr. Phil and Oprah fan, I got this book with the highest of expectancy. However, I find it to be full of advice which if followed, would not be as effective as that in his previous tomes. Obviously we create our lifes from the inside out. How else would this happen? Outside-in is just backwards and leaves a hollow person like one of those chocolate rabbits that aren’t as good as the solid ones and ruin Easter. This is the type of obvious logic which runs rampart in this book of Dr. Phil. The lack of input of Oprah is also sorely lacking, and may be the reason for my disappointment. Normally I find his “get real” Phil-osophy (get it?) to be a breath of fresh air, but here it is “over the edge” – when
Annoyed by music
Here’s another comic from my upcoming second “if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest” print-on-demand book, this time collecting Flung #1-#3 with some extra stuff. This, again, is part of the extra stuff – it’s a story I wrote back then but drew just recently (finished it yesterday, actually) about a conversation between a friend and I about someone I was seeing at the time. It takes place around the time of the events depicted in Flung #3. (By the way, “bonding elements” was a phrase my friends and I tossed around when talking about dates, for a little while – you’ll see where it comes from if you read this story from Flung #3.) Anyway:
Meet Chap Gmunderson
For the past couple years I have occasionally written reviews under the name Chap Gmunderson, mainly to amuse myself. Mr. Gmunderson is a big fan of Dr. Phil and Oprah. I will occasionally post one here, hopefully for your amusement. Enjoy!
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The Oprah and Dr. Phil Connection: Their Lives, Career, and Philosophies on Successful Living by Gary J. Fuller |
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Behind the Scenes of the best!, January 26, 2005
By Chap Gmunderson
I thought I knew most of the facts about Dr. Phil and Oprah, but I was wrong until I settled down in front of my space heater with this book, which details their connection all the way back to their first awkward encounters and subsequent fireworks (Dr. Phil and Oprah). In addition to pointing out that “Oprah” is “Harpo” spelled backwards (we learn that her parents were huge Marx Brothers fans, and that her little brother “Ohcuorg” felt the naming tradition was a stigmata), we learn about how their meeting took place at a Beef trial, and the rest is history, but is spelled out in the book in pleasurable detail and with aplomb. Although they have never been married, the rumor that Dr. Phil is actually Steadman is quickly “put to rest” by this book (and in addition, they both have mustaches but Dr. Phil’s predates Steadman’s by six years!). I really liked being taken behind the scenes and touring the backsides of these great storied individuals. Hurrah for this book! I heartily recommend it for your reading pleasures.
Buddy boy
Time marches on, but vitamins help
I’m working on a collection of the first three Flung issues plus some extra stuff. This is part of the extra: it’s a short section I cut from the main story of Flung #2. It comes near the end, and I’ve included the panels from right before and right after for anyone who has the comic so you can see where it would have gone. If not, during the story, I end up in Vancouver, B.C. with some cruise ship musicians and we end up talking to some women working on the street, and hilarity ensues. No, not quite. Anyway, this takes place the next morning, right before we drive back down to Seattle:
…and on to the rest of the story as published. I cut this because it really was extraneous and didn’t advance the narrative, but it’s fun to let it see the light of day anyway.
Guided By Comics
One from the archives…back when Guided By Voices was going through drummers like Spinal Tap, I (being a drummer-type myself) decided to campaign by mail for the position. After handing Bob Pollard a tape in person at a show, I later mailed a video of some friends and I playing some GBV covers, a CD, and the original (!) of this comic. Alas, I did not get the gig.
When I was small
I just started a new story about an adventure I had as a little kid, and so here’s a preview of the first 8 panels. Or what may end up being the first 8 panels. What will happen next? Oh my!
Where’s the coffee?
