Thursday, June 07, 2007

Honey Do Man

A short while ago I gave a reading at a San Francisco bookstore for an anthology about being single to which I contributed an essay. The book is called Single State of the Union and it's great--check it out.

After the reading there was a bit of friendly milling about with members of the audience. One guy (fortiesish, a somewhat working actor) asked me what I was up to now and I told him about my To-Do List book (due out in November) and this blog. He then produced a business card with the title "Honey Do Doctor." Turns out this fellow is a someone who completes to-do lists for others! In To-Do List I write about the "honey do" phenomenon of wives writing their husbands lists of things to do: "honey do" theoretically designed to soften the blow, since handing someone a to-do list essentially amounts to bossing them around. He solves this problem by making it a financial arrangement--he's a rent-a-husband, if you will.

I wish I had the money to hire him, and that I could share his contact info, but because I am congenitally disorganized, I lost it. Ha! Such is the irony of a disorganized person like me collecting other people's lists.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

sasha, are you kidding! that is one of the funniest things i have heard in a long time. ya lost the name of the guy that could help you get organized. priceless. :-)

can't wait for the book.

take care. mjl

Anonymous said...

Sasha,
I have this number! His name is Greg... Would you like it?.... LOVE the pics of us on your Quirky site. Thanks.
xoxo,
Rachel

Unknown said...

thanks rachel! what's even more funny is that greg just emailed me. word travels fast on the internet! hope to run into you again soon.

Single Mom Seeking said...

I'm gonna post something about your To List right now on my blog...

http://singlemomseeking.com/pblog/index.php

(and I have to call Greg back!)

Best,
Rachel

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