Books by Tom Friedman
1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 246
by Tom Friedman
No, you’re not losing your mind. And you’re definitely not alone. There’s Jimmy Carter, forgetting the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. Rod Stewart fumbling for the name of the intense first love who inspired “Maggie Mae.” G. K. Chesterton writing a long letter to hismother announcing the good news about his engagement―while his mother is in the room with him. Marilyn Monroe blowing the same line through 52 takes during the filming of Some Like It Hot.
Celebrating history’s greatest mental lapses, is a perfect impulse book in the fine gift format of Famous Last Words. Not just outlandishly funny, it’s also a book of great comfort―after all, having a senior moment puts you in the company of Einstein, Lincoln, Beethoven, Newton, Toscanini, and a whole assortment of presidents, poets, philosophers, popes, and Nobel Prize–winners. Talk about gaffes. Here are best men forgetting to show up at the wedding. Judges staggered by the incompetence of their previous decisions. Senators frozen in front of TV cameras. Olympic officials gazing absently while bewildered runners continue through the finish line. Bono losing the only copy of his lyrics to a new album. Forget to pick up your copy today!
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1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 254
by Tom Friedman
The president who left the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. The novelist who put the orange juice outside and the kitten in the refrigerator. The Russian general who left home in full military dress . . . minus his pants. The famous sex goddess who blew the same line through 52 takes. And the rock star who no longer remembers 1975. Filled with classic lapses, gaffes, and mental bloopers, 1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments is a fabulous and witty gift for anyone of a certain age. And now it is updated, revised with more than 20 percent new stories, and repackaged in two color, making it an even more vibrant, visually appealing, fresh, and compellingly readable book.
Anyone who’s ever had a mental lapse will empathize with relative spring chicken Nicki Minaj, who, while accepting a BET Viewers’ Choice Award, forgot why she was receiving the statuette (on live national television, no less). Or the team of astrophysicists who believed they had discovered proof of alien life—only to discover the signals were coming from the lunchroom microwave. Here’s a best man forgetting to show up at the wedding, a musician leaving his priceless cello in a cab, the bank robber who wrote a holdup note on a paycheck stub that had his name and address printed on it, and the Fox studio chief who, when pressed by his leading lady to remember her name, offered “. . . Cleopatra?”
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Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day® Calendar 2026
by Tom Friedman, Workman Calendars
CELEBRATE AGING: With a daily dose of extreme absentmindedness, bouts of forgetfulness, and mental lapses – plus quotes and other wisdom about aging well - you’ll put your own senior moments into perspective! HEAD-SLAPPING BLUNDERS: Includes wise and funny quotes, Confusion in the Court, Insurance Claims of the Deeply Distracted, Headscratching Headlines, and more. A GIFT FOR ANYONE PRONE TO SENIOR MOMENTS: Isn’t that everyone? This calendar is a favorite for birthdays, White Elephant and gag gifts, and more. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: Page-A-Day® Calendars are environmentally friendly! Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable, with sturdy cardboard backers.
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Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day® Calendar 2025
by Tom Friedman, Workman Calendars
Senior moments happen to the best of us: here's a year of funny real-life stories of forgetfulness and stupidity to remind you you're not alone. CELEBRATE AGING: With a daily dose of extreme absentmindedness, bouts of forgetfulness, and mental lapses – plus quotes and other wisdom about aging well - you’ll put your own senior moments into perspective! HEAD-SLAPPING BLUNDERS: Includes wise and funny quotes (“You’re never too old to become younger.”—Mae West), Confusion in the Court, Insurance Claims of the Deeply Distracted, Headscratching Headlines, and more. A GIFT FOR ANYONE PRONE TO SENIOR MOMENTS: Isn’t that everyone? This calendar is a favorite for birthdays, White Elephant and gag gifts, and more. PLASTIC FREE: Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.
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$17.99