As the title indicates, this collection of short stories is eclectic, ranging from pathos to comedy, with the writing at the very least mediocre, sometimes actually almost above average. They were collected personally by the named compiler, me, as I dodged bullets, skied double black diamond runs without a helmet, fought the bareknuckle champ of Papua New Guinea, danced with an admittedly aging Ginger Rogers, free dove to a record 407 while tied to a Weddell seal, won the World Free Lance Bocce Ball Championship against the great Canadian Bocce player Les Miserable, and did a lot of other...