Please Open in the Event of My Death
Mark Hsu
AS FEATURED IN TV, PODCASTS AND MAGAZINES:
Imagine your plane is going down. Prayer is useless. Fiery death awaits.
Now imagine your children. The hours spent feeding, giggling, changing diapers, soothing tantrums, gazing into eyes ... all will fade...
Location:
United States
Description:
AS FEATURED IN TV, PODCASTS AND MAGAZINES: Imagine your plane is going down. Prayer is useless. Fiery death awaits. Now imagine your children. The hours spent feeding, giggling, changing diapers, soothing tantrums, gazing into eyes ... all will fade from their memories until you're just a name. What are the stories – from "unabashedly sentimental" to "exceedingly age inappropriate" – would you want to preserve? What advice would you give them, the hard-earned wisdom to prepare them for life's challenges? Well, Mark Hsu was never in a plane crash, but his crippling fear of being in one led to this book. A litigation partner in New York City, Mark remembers hearing the refrain that having kids meant "your life is over" ... and how he welcomed it. He recalls the night he first met his Italian wife and decided that the Japanese-Chinese guy needed to go for broke and show off his Roman-accented Italian. He describes his lonely, peripatetic youth as an only child of a deep-cover CIA spy. Drawing inspiration from pop culture and sports, Mark offers hilarious and astute advice – not saccharine or blindingly idealistic – for modern life. Duration - 8h 44m. Author - Mark Hsu. Narrator - Mark Hsu. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2020 Mark Hsu ©.
Language:
English
Please Open in the Event of My Death Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:19
You Really Have to Listen to This Foreword
Duration:00:17:03
Chapter 1: How You Are
Duration:00:36:47
Chapter 2: How I Met Sarah
Duration:00:32:40
Chapter 3: Mind Over Matter
Duration:00:24:19
Chapter 4: Your Guiding Rule
Duration:00:20:23
Chapter 5: "Describe Yourself in Three Words"
Duration:00:41:13
Chapter 6: What TV Show Theme Songs from Cheers, Friends, The Golden Girls, Etc., Are Trying to Get At
Duration:00:23:26
Chapter 7: John Ford Didn't Suck
Duration:00:17:02
Chapter 8: When You Get Your Ass Knocked Down
Duration:00:27:07
Chapter 9: The Wisdom of Charlie Sheen
Duration:00:29:20
Chapter 10: Your Projection
Duration:00:22:20
Chapter 11: Advice on How to Successfully Navigate Social Waters from Someone Who Was Never Voted Prom King or Won Any Senior Superlatives
Duration:00:26:55
Chapter 12: A Cubicle Monkey's View of the World
Duration:00:30:13
Chapter 13: Heartbreak and the Magical Healing Powers of Mahalia
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 14: The Gentleman in Your Life
Duration:00:31:41
Chapter 15: "I Believe the Children Are Our Future"
Duration:00:36:14
Chapter 16: When You Believe
Duration:00:42:52
Chapter 17: The Year You Were Four and Three
Duration:00:41:23
Chapter 18: How You Will Be
Duration:00:06:22
Please Open in the Event of My Death Acknowledgments
Duration:00:04:59
Please Open in the Event of My Death Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:20