mnartists.org: Jack Daryl Becker

100 Things Retired Guys Should Avoid - A Men's Guide To Surviving Life After Work

Jack Daryl Becker — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:54:33 GMT

Welcome to retirement! Spicy, fun and full of retired guy truisms, this little book of avoidance principles for men should serve as a tactical field manual - a reference guide, that will see you through one of the most important and confusing times any man has to endure - retirement and old age. This is the perfect gift for any guy that is about to retire, has recently retired or has already been retired for some time. Buy it at Amazon.com or contact the author at teawater@rocketmail.com

"Behind The Sausage Curtain"

Jack Daryl Becker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:03:44 GMT

Jack Daryl Becker's new novel, "Behind The Sausage Curtain" is a hilarious and exciting adventure story that embroils the City of Minneapolis - and in particular - North East Minneapolis in a plot to build the nation's first illegal toxic waste dump disguised as an under ground amusement park with a nuclear melt down theme. The story has all the classic mystery characters - including intrepid investigators, murderous evil doers, innocent victims, corrupt officials, greedy investors, and an impossibly outrageous plot that twists and turns from downtown Minneapolis to a bazaar set of caves along the Mississippi River, to a secret Federal Agency in Virginia known as the Bean Farm, to - well, you have to read it. The book is published by Teawater Press in Minneapolis, Mn. You can buy it on Amazon or by contacting teawater@rocketmail.com

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A Few Last Words - Your Guide To The Art Of Self Memorializing

Jack Daryl Becker — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:10:06 GMT

Who better to comment on life than the one who did the living? The eulogy is your best - and last chance to set the record straight and have some fun in the process so don't let this opportunity pass you by. "A Few Last Words" is a humorous guide to the endless possibilities surrounding your final message to the world. It's not a book about death. Rather, it's a book about living, and it opens the door to plenty of interesting observation as to how we think of ourselves and how others think of us. Jack Becker has been making social commentary in the arts for forty years. Now he tells - how to write your own eulogy, and why you should.

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The Lilibet Logs

Jack Daryl Becker — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:47:44 GMT

Lilibet is a 42' wooden - ocean racing sloop, built in England in 1937. She crossed the Atlantic in 1989 and found her way to Annapolis, Maryland where Jack Becker rescued her and brought the old yacht to St. Paul, Mn. where he and his wife spent the next two years restoring the boat. Today, Lilibet lives on Lake Minnetonka and is a familiar sight on breezy summer days. "The Lilibet Logs" is a humorous and true documentation of Jack's great adventure in choosing this boat for rescue, the process of restoration and the high adventure of learning to sail. Published by Sheridan House Publishing, New York 2006.