If there's one thing This Man loves besides my son D, good food, hot guys with no morals and the Last Call sale at Neiman Marcus, it's books. And if I can get them in the hardback edition at a outrageously reduced price that's even better! So it should be no surprise when this evening around 10p.m, my dearest friend in the world, L mentioned to me that Barnes and Noble was having a Summer Clearance with books marked down by up to 80%!

So what did This Man do? I put on my shoes, grabbed my wallet and we dashed to B&N up in Mira Mesa which closed at 11. There were book everywhere and since I'm in the middle of a book already (Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs), we would be in there strictly looking for coffee table books. The selection was picked over and that was cool but there was one book that This Man was on a hunt for: a coffee table book & conversation piece about my favorite show, Law & Order. There L and This Man were, digging through stacks and stacks of books until finally we found it. On clearance for $1.99!
Can you believe it? One copy and I wasn't leaving without it.
Armed with the L&O book, we continued digging and digging. Then she handed me a little gem of a tome that This Man wasn't leaving without: the writers and editors of Esquire magazine had composed a book of tidbits from a man's perspective, entitled the rules: A Man's Guide to Life.
For two bucks, it wasn't big enough to place on my coffee table, but it would definitely make for good bathroom reading. Sold!
Okay, now having got all of that out of the way, before bed This Man read the Rules from cover to cover laughing, nodding and agreeing along the way. While some of the rules listed in the book are pure common sense, the others are just downright hilarious and make for great conversation. Therefore it should come as no surprise that This Man decided to list a few here.
Out of 607 listed, here are 10 of my favorites:

• Rule 600: Mail that comes in envelopes with windows is never good.
• Rule 581: A PBS tote bag does not make you an intellectual.
• Rule 578: When you die they will find your porn.
  
• Rule 77: Never trust a man named after a body part.
• Rule 33: When it comes to luggage, men don't pull.
  
• Rule 12: No talking at the urinal.
• Rule 573: No one ever buys medium-sized condoms.
• Rule 468: Never order a sloppy Joe on the first date.
• Rule 291: There is no shame in eggs for dinner.
• Rule 237: It is always unacceptable to refuse a woman's request to dance.

A great book of interesting tidbits. I'm definitely going to hang onto it with the hopes that my son, D will pick it up and thumb through it on day.

Mahalo