A couple of years ago I was asked to become a regular contributor to the radio show Why The Long Face? which is available on ICR 105.7FM and, of course, Worldwide on the Internet. This book is a collection of the best of my offerings. ****** "The charm of these vignettes is Philip Bryer's ability to quickly extract interest from the mundane and then to distil a major event such as life-saving chest surgery down to the bare facts. This book will not change your life but it should make you appreciate it more readily."" James Partridge, Songs from the Blue House