Jon Webster
Список книг автора Jon WebsterOne Big Joke (And 300 Shorter Ones)
Pictured on the cover, in his younger, more athletic years before he ventured into stand-up comedy and literally tried his hand at writing, Jon D. Webster is seen sporting the coveted green jacket awarded to all Masters Tournament winners. He was the youngest champion on record and per his request, the first in the tournament's history and quite possibly the last to celebrate his win with a Mickey Mouse balloon.
As for the content of this book, here is a sneak preview. As Shang Tsung said in Mortal Kombat. «And now for a taste of things to come.»
I'm an incurable insomniac. I like to say that sleep and I have a strained relationship. In the evening she plays hard to get and in the morning she's clingy. I actually have to take prescription sleeping pills in order to fall asleep. On my bottle of prescription sleeping pills, there is a warning label which says «May cause drowsiness.» No. It had better cause drowsiness. That's what I'm paying for.
Frequently, on the interstate, I will see signs that say «Expect potholes. Use caution.» I think they need to replace those signs with what they really want to say. They need to put up some signs which say «We really fucking don't feel like fixing the road.»
Recently, someone I know moved into a new house. When they moved in, there was a sticker on the front door which said «This property protected by angels.» Not ADT. Not a home security system. Angels. I told them I think they need to remove that sticker because nothing makes a would-be robber say «We're gonna rob this place» quicker than a sticker that says «This property protected by angels.»
Jon has written for outlets such as the Modesto Atheism Examiner, Guardian Liberty Voice, Unreal News, and Back Room Knox and has been featured on The Pink Atheist, Road to Reason, Freethought Forum, The Freethought Radio Hour, Atheist Analysis, and Reason TV. Jon has a Bachelor of Science in Theatre and Communication Arts and is working on a Masters Degree in Applied Psychology. He is the author of Nothing Sacred: An Atheist Quote-A-Day Calendar, Blasphemy: Atheist Quotes and Essays By An Apostate, Unreal News: A Collection of Satire, and 10 Decisions I Could Have Made Better Than God: And Other Audacious Atheist Articles, all of which can be purchased through Fastpencil.com.
10 Decisions I Could Have Made Better than God
What if someone told you that they had come up with 10 alternatives to some of God's decisions that were more efficient, caused less harm, and in general, were more loving than the 10 decisions God had supposedly made? What if you were told that you could too? In this book, that topic is covered as the author provides entertaining analysis, satire, and criticism of a so-called perfect book while making fun of religion in a way that would make even the most fervent religious zealot laugh.
As for the cover. Yes. You read that correctly. David Mills, the author of Atheist Universe said of this book «This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.» Other feedback on many other articles contained within the pages of this book include «This is gold.» «Love love love this!» “Brilliant!” “Wow… just wow!” “Thank you for that! I never thought of it that way!” “Clever.” “Very interesting!” “Wow. I have read the Bible, and never looked at it like that before.” “Very insightful!” «This is amazing. I read it like 4 times. Love at first sight.» «Oh, that is good.» “Genius!” How will you react to this book? Flip through the first few pages and see for yourself. Note: If you are viewing this book online, there should be a preview function you can use to check it out.
As far as the content is concerned, this book has everything: atheist satire (one of which is entitled Joel Osteen Hospitalized After Smiling So Big He Broke His Face), atheist poetry (including a tribute to Christopher Hitchens entitled Tonight I Drink Johnnie Walker Black), critiques of Christian films such as God's Not Dead, Left Behind, Persecuted, and Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas. Included in this work are four passages that each won first place in an atheist quote submission contest. There were around 60 competing entries total in each competition. In this book you will find interviews with prominent atheists such as Camels with Hammers' Philosopher Dr. Daniel Fincke and the founder of Global Secular Humanist Movement, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar as well as a song about the ineptitude of Ray Comfort entitled «Google that Shit!» What more could you ask for? Buy one for yourself. Buy one for a friend. Hell, buy a whole bunch and stock hotel rooms with them like the Gideons do with the Bible.
Jon is also the author of three other books as well. Nothing Sacred: An Atheist Quote-A-Day Calendar, Blasphemy: Atheist Quotes and Essays By An Apostate, and Unreal News: A Collection of Satire can be purchased through FastPencil.com. Jon has written for Guardian Liberty Voice, Unreal News Online, and wrote for four and a half years for the Modesto Atheism Examiner. He has been featured on and interviewed by The Pink Atheist, Freethought Forum, Atheist Analysis, and Reason TV. He has a Bachelor of Science in Theatre and Communication Arts and is working on a Masters Degree in Applied Psychology. Jon hopes you get as much enjoyment out of reading this book as he did writing it.
Unreal News
"Hilarious!" «Funny stuff!» «That's funny!» These are just some of the reviews of the contents of this book. The title of the original site to which many of these articles were published was Unreal News Online. Its tagline was «We write the news stories you won't hear about anywhere else. You can make this stuff up; because we did.» The site description reads «Some people look at the way things are and ask why. Some people dream of things that never were and ask why not. I think of things that could be and make them funny. My name is Jon Webster and I’m a satirical writer.» This, however, did not stop some people from believing some stories to be true. One even received over 118,000 views in one day, over 10,000 shares on Facebook, and 671 tweets on Twitter. In this book, you will find out the true meaning of the Bible verse which reads, «Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind.» As you read the pages of this book, you will come across a parody of Bruce Springsteen's Fire about how much Mitt Romney likes to fire people, an announcement of the next book in Bill O'Reilly's «Killing» series entitled Killing Tupac, how the equality signs on people's Facebook profiles confused prominent Republicans, the recall of a male enhancement product called «Bee» Massive which used live bee venom to sting, inflame, and enlarge men's penises, and over 130 more satirical articles! Jon began writing satire in March of 2013. He would go on to write satire for the Guardian Express – Las Vegas as well. Over half of the articles in this book are being published for the first time and can only be seen in this collection! Jon Webster is the published author of two other books as well. Nothing Sacred: An Atheist Quote-A-Day Calendar and Blasphemy: Atheist Quotes and Essays by an Apostate can also be purchased through FastPencil.com, Amazon.com, and BarnesandNoble.com
Nothing Sacred
The greatest thing about this book is it can be read year round any year. Featuring noted atheist birthdays with their most profound quote on that day and only the best quotes from the most prominent freethinkers ranging from U.S. Presidents such as Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln to Nobel Prize winners to Sagan, Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris, this book is a excellent way to arm yourself with arguments before debating that next theist.
Jon Webster grew up in a Christian home, going to a Christian middle school, graduating from a Southern Baptist college, and had been a «born-again» Christian for 16 years when he finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover for himself. This led him to become an atheist. Jon someday hopes to do groundbreaking research in the field of psychology but until then will settle for going on the O'Reilly Factor and explaining to Bill how the tides work.