01417cam a2200253 i 4500 1261925929 TxAuBib 980615s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780786864676 0786864672 (OCoLC)6016 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP TOH WPB TXAPL SXC BDX SAB OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ TxAuBib rda Martin, Steve, 1945- Pure drivel / Steve Martin. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, 1998. 104 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A public apology -- Writing is easy! -- Yes, in my own backyard -- Changes in the memory over fifty -- Mars probe finds kittens -- Dear Amanda -- Times Roman font announces shortage of periods -- Schr♭dinger's cat -- Taping my friends -- The nature of matter and its antecedents -- The sledgehammer: how it works -- The paparazzi of Plato -- Side effects -- Artist lost to Zoloft -- How I joined Mensa -- Michael Jackson's old face -- In search of the wily Filipino -- Bad dog -- Hissy fit -- Drivel -- I love loosely -- Lolita at fifty -- A word from the words. A collection of Martin's comic writings, some of which first appeared in: The New Yorker. American wit and humor.