Sometimes the best of intentions can lead to restraining orders, threats from the elderly and volatile awkward impromptu reunions on Facebook. Think if Larry David (Curb your ethusuism) and "Moms" Mabley had a drunken one night stand, Michael Whitley would be their grandchild. Brutal, honest, draconic wit and razor sharp tongue, "How to not friends and Piss off family members" is eighteen comic rants that attempt to apologize for bad and often inebriated behavior but fail on introduction? Why does bad stuff always happen to good alcoholics? Michael Whitley is an award winning essayist and playwright, a graduated of the University of Houston Creative Writing; and Hurston. Wright workshops at Howard University. He's writings has appeared in various anthologies, magazines and newspapers. His play "Mama Medicine" was produced by Edward Albee and performed at Stages Theater in Houston, Texas. He resides in Washington, D.C. with his "special friend."