"Jason Porter could find a place on the shelf beside Richard Brautigan, George Saunders, and David Sedaris. This is a quick, odd, wonderful book, one that pinned me back on my heels and made me laugh." –Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin Have we all sunken into a species-wide bout of clinical depression? Porter’s uproarious, intelligent debut centers on Raymond Champs, an illustrator of assembly manuals for a home furnishings corporation, who is charged with a huge task: To determine whether or not the world needs saving. It comes to him in the midst of a losing battle with insomnia — everybody he knows, and maybe everybody on the planet, is suffering from severe clinical depression. He’s nearly certain something has gone wrong. A virus perhaps. It’s in the water, or it’s in the mosquitoes, or maybe in the ranch flavored snack foods. And what if we are all too sad and dispirited to do anything about it? Obsessed as he becomes, Raymond composes an anonymous survey to submit to his unsuspecting coworkers — “Are you who you want to be?”, “Do you believe in life after death?”, “Is today better than yesterday?” — because what Raymond needs is data. He needs to know if it can be proven. It’s a big responsibility. People might not believe him. People, like his wife and his boss, might think he is losing his mind. But only because they are also losing their minds. Or are they? Reminiscent of Gary Shteyngart, George Saunders, Douglas Coupland and Jennifer Egan, Porter’s debut is an acutely perceptive and sharply funny meditation on what makes people tick.

Why Are You So Sad?: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Porter, Jason

Dramas & Plays

Penguin Publishing Group

"Like a well-stocked IKEA, Why Are You So Sad? Has everything you need for your home and your heart. Jason Porter has written an astute, intelligent, and hilarious book." —Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love StoryHave we all sunken into a species-wide bout of clinical depression?Porter’s uproarious, intelligent debut centers on Raymond Champs, an illustrator of assembly manuals for a home furnishings corporation, who is charged with a huge task: to determine whether the world needs saving. It comes to him in the midst of a losing battle with insomnia—everybody he knows, and maybe everybody on the planet, is suffering from severe clinical depression. He’s nearly certain something has gone wrong. A virus perhaps. It’s in the water, or it’s in the mosquitoes, or maybe in the ranch-flavored snack foods. And what if we are all too sad and dispirited to do anything about it? Obsessed as he becomes, Raymond composes an anonymous survey to submit to his unsuspecting coworkers—“Are you who you want to be?,” “Do you believe in life after death?,” “Is today better than yesterday?”—because what Raymond needs is data. He needs to know if it can be proven. It’s a big responsibility. People might not believe him. People, like his wife and his boss, might think he is losing his mind. But only because they are also losing their minds.Or are they?

Humor & Satire

BRILLIANCE AUDIO ^

Why Are You So Sad?

Have we all sunken into a species-wide bout of clinical depression?

<div> Optimized for Kubernetes, Quarkus is designed to help you create Java applications that are cloud first, container native, and serverless capable. With this cookbook, authors Alex Soto Bueno and Jason Porter from Red Hat provide detailed solutions for installing, interacting with, and using Quarkus in the development and production of microservices. The recipes in this book show midlevel to senior developers familiar with Java enterprise application development how to get started with Quarkus quickly. You'll become familiar with how Quarkus works within the wider Java ecosystem and discover ways to adapt this framework to your particular needs. You'll learn how to: <ul> <li>Shorten the development cycle by enabling live reloading in dev mode</li> <li>Connect to and communicate with Kafka</li> <li>Develop with the reactive programming model</li> <li>Easily add fault tolerance to your services</li> <li>Build your application as a Kubernetes-ready container</li> <li>Ease development with OpenAPI and test a native Quarkus application</li> </ul> </div>

Quarkus Cookbook: Kubernetes-Optimized Java Solutions

Computers & Technology

Bueno, Alex Soto

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

Museum Education for Today's Audiences: Meeting Expectations with New Models (American Alliance of Museums)

Today's museum educators are tackling urgent social issues, addressing historic inequalities of museum collections, innovating for accessibility, leveraging technology for new in-person and virtual learning experiences, and cultivating partnerships with schools, businesses, elders, scientists, and other social services to build relationships and be of service to their communities. Despite the physical distance the pandemic placed between museums and their visitors, museum educators have remained essential -- sustaining connections with the public through virtual or modified programming, content development, and conversations that they are uniquely qualified to execute. Educators require updated resources to guide their efforts in navigating these new challenges and building upon the opportunities presented by current events and changing audiences. This book and its accompanying on-line resource share lessons from innovators in the field to support ongoing professional development efforts with essays about current issues. Additionally, it provides new models and tools to guide individual or group reflection on how today's museum educators can adapt and thrive in a dynamic and ever-changing cultural sector. The additional resources include discussion prompts and adaptable templates to allow readers to customize the content based on current events, institutional discipline, size, budget, and staffing scenario of their organization.The book's essays are divided into three sections: &#9679;Changing expectations of visitors - inclusion, participation, and technology&#9679;Training and preparation for responsive, resourceful educators&#9679;Models for the futureWhile a book can share ideas in the hope of inspiring change, the accompanying online resource (www.EvolveMuseumEd.com) provides a more flexible and responsive forum for sharing ongoing and evolving resources to encourage professional development for museum educators as they respond to the changing needs of today's audiences.

Reference

American Alliance Of Museums

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Why Are You So Sad?: A Novel

Why Are You So Sad?: A Novel

Why Are You So Sad?: A Novel

Why Are You So Sad?: A Novel

Why Are You So Sad?

Quarkus Cookbook: Kubernetes-Optimized Java Solutions

Museum Education for Today's Audiences: Meeting Expectations with New Models (American Alliance of Museums)