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We've all heard them. We might have even said them from time to time. "It's like comparing apples to oranges." "It's for the best." "When God closes a door, He opens a window." We pepper our daily conversations with a lengthy list of cliches and sayings that, regardless of our best intentions, may or may not actually make sense. There are a few popular expressions that I hear almost daily that never fail to make me wince. Depending on the amount of wine I've had, I can usually resist ...

Mike Sacks has re-released a longer version of his 2009 book, And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers, complete with an extra 200 pages and never-before-seen interviews. In June, Viking/Penquin published his fourth book, Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers. He has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney's, Radar, Funny or Die, MAD, New York Observer, Premiere, B ...