Includes the award-winning stories "Going Green, Seeing Red" and "Driving Miss Conception!" Online humor columnist Barry Parham unleashes this set of satire, humor, and indignations. “Why I Hate Straws” is an eclectic compilation of observations about life on Planet Earth. His “what’s wrong with this picture?” commentaries run the gamut of topics from family, to politics, to dating (or not dating) and even ferrets. From the frustrations of trying to save the planet, one light bulb at a time, to analyzing the inane concepts that define daily television advertising, these brisk, bite-sized stories will strike a chord with anyone who grew upin (or in spite of) American culture. Says one reader: "His delivery is so slick, his punchlines so accessible...Parham proves that he really only needs one sentence to bring you to tears."