Life Skills : How To Do Almost Anything

How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Questions like these -- some highly practical, others wildly funny -- make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Collected from the popular feature how-to columns in the Chicago Tribune called "Life Skills," this book is filled with often humorous instructions on performing tasks that many of us have never gotten around to figuring out, or that we've always wondered about. Some are truly useful pieces of advice on technical topics with straight-forward explanations, while others are good for a laugh or cover the more ambiguous, open-ended grey areas of ending a relationship or breaking the ice. Life Skills covers a broad range of subjects, with chapters on home economics, at the office, at play, technical topics, and social issues. It is a light-hearted and funny guide that is not your usual "self-help" book. Rather, it is a unique collection and simple guide to the many skills it takes people a lifetime to learn and perfect. A quick and easy read, Life Skills will certainly teach readers many new things and supply them with plenty of conversation points for their next party A light-hearted and funny guide that's not your usual "self-help" book. Rather, this is a collection of lessons both amusingly obvious-like hailing a cab or hanging a painting-and impressively useful-like choosing an engagement ring or asking for a raise. Charming illustrations and diagrams are included throughout! How do you give a good wedding toast' How do you fix a clogged drain' How do you bowl without hurting anyone' Questions like these-some highly practical, others wildly funny-make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Collected from the Chicago Tribune how-to columns called "Life Skills," this book is filled with often humorous instructions on performing a variety of tasks. Some are truly useful pieces of advice on technical topics with straight-forward explanations, while others are good for a laugh or cover the more ambiguous grey areas of social interactions. Areas covered include: Basics (sew a button, wrap a gift, shine your shoes) At the Office (clean keyboard, ask for a raise, DIY facial massage) Play (pack for road trips, teach bike riding, photograph a dog) Technical (changing tires, fixing faucets, loading moving trucks) Social (flirting, tipping, breaking up) An entertaining treasury of tips, hacks, and step-by-step techniques to smooth your way through the world. How do you give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Questions like these—some highly practical, others wildly funny—make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. Including illustrations and diagrams and compiled from the Chicago Tribune how-to column "Life Skills," this book is filled with often-humorous instructions on performing a variety of tasks—from technical challenges to social interactions. sew a button wrap a gift shine your shoes clean your keyboard ask for a raise give yourself a facial massage flirt pack for a road trip turn down a request teach someone to ride a bike photograph a dog change a tire fix a faucet load a moving truck end a relationship give a tip choose an engagement ring and more