Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

A funny and incisive collection of essays on oddities of life in the 1980s, from one of America?s most cherished humorists First published in 1985,?Not Exactly What I Had In Mind?is Roy Blount Jr.?s smart and witty examination of the era?s most glaring absurdities?from the ever-growing deficit under then-president Reagan to the Game Theory?like levels of strategy required to pack for a vacation. In ?Testimonial, Head-on,? Blount offers a loving ode to the virtues of full-bodied beer. In ?Who You Gonna Call?? he enumerates the indefatigable charms of Bill Murray. And in ?What You Personally Can Do about the Federal Deficit,? he proposes a brilliantly simple and populist way to reduce government debt?and probably make your neighborhood post office very happy in the process. Powered by Roy Blount?s irresistible sense of humor,?Not Exactly What I Had in Mind?revels in Reagan-era topics, but with a humor that is truly timeless.