Day 1850: What fresh hell is this?

“What fresh hell is this?” is

• a book about the writer, wit, and self-proclaimed “wisecracker” Dorothy Parker,
• a variation of a phrase Dorothy Parker would say when her doorbell rang (“What fresh hell can this be?”),
• something I’ve considered using for a voicemail greeting, and
• a thought I often have when I check the news.

Because I was dealing with so many fresh hells yesterday, I have only two fresh photos today.

Some people consider their birthdays a fresh hell, or at least a fresh realization that they’re growing old. I don’t see my birthday — February 2 — as a fresh hell. I see each birthday as a fresh start.

Here are some fresh ideas about how to cope with fresh hells:

• Share your fresh hells with people you trust.
• Try on a fresh perspective.
• Raise hell by taking one fresh step.
• Eat some fresh food.
• Get some re-fresh-ing sleep.
• Make a fresh comment on somebody’s fresh blog.

How do you deal with fresh hells?

There are a lot of hellish fresh hells on YouTube, but I’m choosing “What Fresh Hell is This?” by Gilbert Neal.

Fresh thanks to all who helped me create today’s fresh hell of a post and — of course! — to YOU.