Dave Barry
Dave Barry was born in Armonk, New York, in 1947 and has been steadily growing older ever since without ever actually reaching maturity. He attended public schools, where he distinguished himself by not getting in nearly as much trouble as he would have if the authorities had been aware of everything. He is proud to have been elected Class Clown by the Pleasantville High School class of 1965.
Barry went to Haverford College, where he majored in English and wrote lengthy scholarly papers filled with sentences that even he did not understand. He graduated in 1969 and eventually got a job with the Daily Local News, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he covered a series of incredibly dull municipal meetings, some of which are still going on.
In 1975 Barry joined Burger Associates, a consulting firm that teaches effective writing to businesspersons. He spent nearly eight years trying to get various businesspersons to for God's sake stop writing things like, "Enclosed please find the enclosed enclosure," but he eventually realized that it was hopeless. So in 1983 he took a job at the Miami Herald, and he has been there ever since, although he never answers the phone. In 1988, he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, pending a recount.
Barry's first novel, "Big Trouble," was published in 1999. He has written a number of short, but harmful books, including "Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States" (Ballantine Books) and "Babies and Other Hazards of Sex" (Rodale Press). His recent books, "Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down" (Crown Publishing), "Dave Barry Turns 50" (Random House), "Dave Barry in Cyberspace" (Random House) and "Dave Barry's Complete Guide To Guys" (Random House), have been hailed by the critics as "containing a tremendous amount of white space."
The CBS television series "Dave's World" was based on two of Barry's books. Barry performs with a less-than-stellar band called the Rock Bottom Remainders with fellow writers Amy Tan, Stephen King, Matt Groening and several others.
Dave Barry Samples
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Only ONE VERSION of the Gift Guide will be available this year.
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Only ONE VERSION of the Gift Guide will be available this year.
Flight 573 Now Boding
We set out with a sense of foreboding. We were traveling from Miami to Minnesota, a state located near, or possibly inside, Canada.
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Both LONG AND SHORT VERSIONS will be offered, along with PHOTOS of each gift.
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Both LONG AND SHORT VERSIONS will be offered, along with PHOTOS of each gift.
Dakota: Just a Snow Job?
North Dakota is talking about changing its name. But apparently states can change their names, and some North Dakotans want to change "North Dakota."
DAVE BARRY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2008
Why do we give gifts during the holiday season?
We do it for a reason that is as timeless as humanity itself: women.
Women have an overpowering biological need to mark pretty much every occasion, including sunset, by wrapping a gift and giving it to somebody, along with a card.
Why do women do this? We put that question to some leading psychologists, who responded: “We think maybe they’re insane.”
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DAVE BARRY YEAR IN REVIEW: BAILING OUT OF 2008
How weird a year was it?
Here’s how weird:
— O.J. Simpson actually got convicted of something.
— Gasoline hit $4 a gallon — and those were the (BEGIN ITALICS) good (END ITALICS) times.
— On several occasions, “Saturday Night Live” was funny.
— There were a few days there in October when you could not completely rule out the possibility that the next Treasury Secretary would be Joe the Plumber.
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ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Only ONE VERSION of the Gift Guide will be available this year.
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Only ONE VERSION of the Gift Guide will be available this year.
Flight 573 Now Boding
We set out with a sense of foreboding. We were traveling from Miami to Minnesota, a state located near, or possibly inside, Canada.
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Both LONG AND SHORT VERSIONS will be offered, along with PHOTOS of each gift.
ADVISORY: DAVE BARRY 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The 2009 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE will be available for purchase from Tribune Media Services on Tuesday, Nov. 17, strictly EMBARGOED for publication Sunday, Dec. 6 or thereafter. Both LONG AND SHORT VERSIONS will be offered, along with PHOTOS of each gift.
Dakota: Just a Snow Job?
North Dakota is talking about changing its name. But apparently states can change their names, and some North Dakotans want to change "North Dakota."
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