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A memoir of divine comedy, surprising awareness, and permanent, unconscionable ignorance Followers of Jason Mulgrewis extremely popular website realize that anything is really wrong with him. The merchandise of the crazy, not-merely-semi-but-completely-dysfunctional Philly household, Jason has observed it all—from Little League activities of unspeakable terror to citywide parades closing in stab injuries; from hard-partying longshoremen dads to feathered-hair, no-nonsense, kind-hearted moms; and from mind-debilitating Catholic dogmas for the similarly confounding faith of ladies. With chapter titles like "My Chicken: Drawback and Payoff" (no, he's not talking about a parakeet) and "On the Connection Between Genetics and Hustling," Everything Is Wrong with Me demonstrates that, as Jason puts it, "publishing is just a fantastical workout in manic-depression"—but he never doesn't guarantee that fun is area of the program. With echoes of Jean Shepherd adopted to Philadelphia in the eighties and nineties, this guide is crucial-read for each individual who looks back wistfully on their family and youth and wonders, "What were we thinking?"