Let's Be Less Stupid: An Attempt to Maintain My Mental Faculties

Former SNL writer and The New Yorker staffer Patty Marx employs the weapon she wields best—not that weapon; Patty believes in gun control. Instead, she uses her sharp-edged humor to tackle the most difficult facet of aging: the mind's decline. From forgetting her brother-in-law's name while he was wearing a nametag to hanging up the phone to look for her phone, Marx confesses to her failures, and not only to make you feel better about yourself.

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