Or your aspiring circus clown, thespian, or biped.Īfter all, when it comes to growing a robust moustache, masticating red meat, or wooing a woman, who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking-he runs his own woodshop-Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman's childhood in small-town Minooka to his risque theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor, and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his wife, Megan Mullally. Have you ever paddled a canoe and been besotted by the natural beauty of the river? Or experienced the savory rewards of a job well done, especially if that job is grilling something's flesh? If so, Nick Offerman's humorous fulminations on life, meat, and much more is for you.

I learned the word nonconformist in fourth grade and immediately announced that I would grow up to become one.” I grew up literally in the middle of a cornfield in the village of Minooka, Illinois, where I spent a lot of time learning to use intoxicants, chasing girls, and screwing around in the woods. I have also exhibited some tool skills and an inclination for eating delicious meatstuffs. I am your average meat, potatoes, and corn-fed human male, with a propensity for smart-assery, who has managed to make a rewarding vocation out of, essentially, making funny faces and falling down.

“I am a jackass living in America and living surprisingly well.

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