P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

Joke Format Exposed

June 21, 2026

Books That Will Never Be Written. Again, a pretty simple format: an innocuous book title and a ridiculous author.

The ones I remember from middle school:

The Yellow River, by I.P Freely

Under The Grandstands, by Seymour Butts

Antlers in the Treetops, by Whogoosed Themoose (OK, that’s not a great author name)

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Diagnosing Hernias with Chinese Medicine, by Won Hung Lo.

Posted by: Robert E. MalchmanJune 21, 2026 at 09:22 PM

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