Jordan

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Revisado: 10-30-22

I’ve been a fan of Penn and Teller since I saw them on the Drew Carey Show once as a kid. Over the past decade, I’ve increasingly been a fan of Penn’s solo work product as well, the Penn’s Sunday School podcast, his other books, Directors Cut, et Al.

I began reading this book with the comfortable understanding that ours (mine and Penn’s) was a classic, everyday, run of the mill parasocial relationship, wherein I was a fan, and Penn had no knowledge of my existence.

Imagine my surprise when, sentence by sentence chapter after chapter, Penn gradually unmasks himself; making it increasingly clear that the lions share of his time and energy over at least the past decade has in fact been covertly observing me (possibly stalking), and harvesting all of my life experiences to use in this book.

^^^

That’s kinda sorta maybe a little bit of how I felt about reading this. To be clear, the broad brushstrokes of the story don’t overlap. My name isn’t Bobby, I’ve never lived dice life, and don’t have any memorable feuds with killer criminals. But those primary details are always secondary in a story. It’s the minutiae that matters, in life and in story. And my god.

I’ve sat alone in that golden nugget Starbucks for hours in quiet contemplation while Fremont street flows by. I’ve stayed in the suite, alone, and masturbated on the bed. I’ve seen the Tiesto billboard on the late, lonely drive from Phoenix, after a fight with a girl. I’ve taken flights to cities with no purpose, just for the feeling of being somewhere nobody knew where I was, and loitered in the airport because I had no place I was meant to go. I’ve left worthless things that appear to be quite valuable with partners to see how they’d handle it. I regularly mention to people who are not from where I am from what fluffernutters are and how they are the best thing. There’s a girl from Newfoundland. It’s all there.

I, sitting alone in my room, on a hill, on an island, in a country thousands of miles from any place I have ever had any sensible reason to be, had several audible outbursts of “WHAT???” with a disbelieving laugh as yet another line came through that was clearly lifted from my most private thoughts.

To be clear, and I really want this to be clear on this before famously litigious Penn unleashes his army of lawyers to take me out, I am not saying Penn has devoted several years of his life to stalking me, across states and countries, to loosely base parts of random on obscure details he gleaned from his efforts. That’s not for me to say. I’m saying it’s a question worth asking and that you, like Penn, should DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!

I’m in the book. ❤️

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Brilliant Summary Of How We Got Here

Revisado: 08-05-20

Didn’t know who Stuart Stevens was until today. Very glad to have been introduced to him now!

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The greatest book anyone has written about anything ever.

Revisado: 01-09-20

Is my opinion about this book.

But of course we won’t know for sure until weeeee.......... PUT IT TO THE TEST.

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A must read for every entrepreneur.

Revisado: 08-04-18

This book is an incredibly well-written and practical guide for any businessperson. I learned a tremendous amount from it. One of the most successful entrepreneurs of the last century put out a book that is the complete nuts and bolts of how his companies run underscored with the essential philosophy for why they run that way and why that works so well. My new favorite business book.

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A genuine work of fiction

Revisado: 09-13-13

Purchased this book because it was advertised as a true story. Anyone who has worked in the intelligence community will be able to quickly see this is a work of fiction based around historical events. Even if any of it is true, the title is a lie. This guy would have been an informant for the CIA, not an agent. Huge difference. It doesn't really matter though because this a "Tropic Thunder" of a book. Probably riveting for all the fiction readers, but for nonfiction readers it's garbage.

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