A collection of humorous essays (well humorous to those with brilliant minds and above-average humor capacities) that deal with observations on the life around the other Mary Hirsch. She covers issues as profound as grandfathers, as sweet as the loss of a tree, and as weird as her yearly exam. Readers have commented about how much they have enjoyed and "LOL" at the essays. It has also become a popular bathroom reader and Mary is not sure whether or not that is a compliment but she really doesn't care if you read it in the bathroom, the bedroom, or the broom closet (does anyone have a broom closet anymore) -- just read it. She is being held hostage by aliens (the kind from space not from other countries) and if she doesn't sell a million copies well it's back to the probe machine.