A hilarious book of memoirs by: Clifton R. Livingstone

About the book:

 

The CliffR Project comprises a memoirs in six volumes which run contiguously from book to book like  a six part mini series on Television. The first two volumes, Book 1 and 2 are now published. (Covers by Gord Couthart - www.coulthartcartoons.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book 1

Book 2

 

 

 

 

 

“The funniest true life stories on the Planet”
“Cliff is either the Baron Munchausen's of life’s little foibles or the best storyteller of the genre... you decide!”
“Never a dull moment in these autobiographic “woulda, shoulda, coulda’ stories!”
“He’s a damn funny writer and the book is an entertaining frolic.” - Glen Cheriton, Publisher.

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Missed business opportunities, unbelievable foibles with the fates, close brushes with fame and fortune are humorously described in short, too-wacky-to-be-invented, autobiographical stories. The writer's zany, eccentric life makes for a galloping romp through  history. - Glen Cheriton, publisher.

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Book 3

Book 4

 

 

 

 

 

(At publishers)

Titled, 'The Karmic Car Cycles', Book 3 chronicles a myriad of wacky and head shaking 'bin there, did it, wished I hadn't' type Karmic 'Innie' and 'Outie' earning misadventures, which either involved cops or are moving vehicle related. Nearly everybody has bin there did in at least one or another of these hapless hapses. - House review.

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(To be published)

Titled, 'When the Chips are Down, the Buffalo is Empty', this volume returns to the crazy foibles of business and life that are the hallmark of books 1 and 2. The writer claims, at least six world titles, for example, 'The wrong place at the wrong time', The world's shortest taking Government run around, and more. - House review.

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Book 5

(To be published)

Titled, LA is a Kosher Burrito', Book 5 deals mainly with the salad flower selling days of the seventies and early eighties. As you can imagine, the setting is ripe for wild ones of all kinds and it definitely didn't disappoint. This one is a movie all by itself.

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Book 6

 (To be published)

Called, 'What Goes Around, Stays Around', the final books leads into the Dot Com craze of the late nineties and comes out with Look.com, once listed at 15 million dollars at the peak, now stolen by rogue partners. That's just the tip of the iceburg for this final volume as a whole new saga from the Twilight Zone has just jumped in.

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The question is often asked, "Who is Clifton R. Livingstone and why would anyone want to read his memoirs"? The answer is simple. The Books are about the message and the messenger is about the last thing you should be thinking about. Check out some of the excerpts from above and you'll get the idea quickly enough.

Crazier than Pecos Bill, more impossible than Baron Munchausen, The CliffR Project is the wildest most unlikely romp of memoirs you will ever likely encounter. And it's all real.

Who else would turn down McDonalds for all of Canada, twice. Who else almost caused a Air Force acrobatic Jet team to have a collective heart attach because they thought he had teleported forty five hundred miles right under their very noses.

Or who else has a signed 'thank you' letter on official White House stationary from both the then President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and then Vice President Al Gore, and was also on welfare.

And who else sold flowers in bars and restaurants at the age of sixty five to keep the money coming in, and co-owns a four million dollar web name which was waiting for the courts to give it back after somebody stole it.

Who else?? There are hundreds and hundreds of stories. And they are all hilarious, unlikely, or just completely nuts, covering all walks of life. Some are so outright unbelievable it’s almost impossible to imagine they are all one hundred percent true. Some are even out and out uncanny.

The book is called 'The CliffR Project', a catchword for a task the writer set upon himself years ago to not end up on a cot at the Sally Ann by the age of sixty five. And then would you believe it, at the age of sixty five he actually lived exactly six blocks up the street from the stupid place and exactly half a block down the street from Canada's all new multi-million dollar US embassy.

Often whimsical and irreverent the autobiography is always alluring and enduring. It is also often philosophical and coy and could just as easily been called ‘What are the odds’, 'Life is like a kosher burrito’, or ‘Murphy's got my number', because they all sum up what’s been going with this guy’s crazy life at every turn.

Like the fact that sixty five, he had to back to selling roses through bars and restaurants for groceries and rent because the valuable Internet domain name Look.com was piked by rogue partners. Like how many other high end executives do you know who would stuff a bunch of roses in a vase and hit the bars when the going gets rough. 

Don't believe it? You need to read the sample exerpts at the top, specially Book 6.

By the time you've finished you should realize that the writer is anything but your normal guy down the street and that this book is anything but your standard bowl of corn flakes. With an identical twin brother 'Greydie', thrown in on some of the stories, it's double the trouble and three times the fun.

I've also just discovered at the end of September 2008, that the Registrar of one of my domain names has it bringing up a sleazy porno site without my knowledge or consent. If you check the Whois record for the domain name you will see that I am the owner. That's character assassination of the worst kind, because if you know me at all you know that of all the things on the planet that I am, the one thing that I'm not is a pornographer. And the company has no defence for its action. So just like that, right on track, the book continues to write itself.

The CliffR Project in all is six volumes, which are being published two at a time as though a TV miniseries. The first two are ready for sale. For media types, the books are free for review though the media link to the right Hopefully you will like them enough to make it your next front page story.

If you are not with the media, then hopefully you will like them well enough to tell your family and friends.  Or blog it to pieces on your blog. Or put up a sign on your front lawn. Or if you run an web site or publish an ezine, please stick in a slick mention.

Look.com isn't back yet and it isn't heh, heh, looking good, as the full account below testifies. In the meantime, the idea that the writer was going to put up under website www.look.com has been put up for the time being under website www.wholelook.com for your laughing pleasure.

 

 

 

Thanks and bless, Cliff.

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COMMENTS:

Minerva Press - UK

In writing it is hard to find an individual approach that stands out from the crowd, but this is what Canadian author Clifton Livingstone has done in this distinctive work which lives up to it's billing as a 'non-stop romp morning, noon and night'. A born entrepreneur, the protagonist tells the story of his life through a fascinating and oftimes hilarious succession of adventures that have been his life's love and work in an uncanny parallel to the seeming mores and opportunities of real life.

The romps form a series of 'vignettes' that work in their own right over and above the narrative. Writing is about addressing other people; Mr. Livingstone has accurately identified what it is about life's experiences that could be of interest to other people, and this promises to give the work a more universal appeal than the average straight forward narrative novel can offer.

In the portion we received, the writing style is just right; personable, consistently funny without having to try too hard and always engaging. The author's self-imposed demand that all included material be entertaining and/or thought provoking for the benefit of others is a rule from which many writers could benefit.

-- Reader: ARG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

OTHER CLIFFR PROJECTS

WWW.WHOLELOOK.COM - super humour site
WWW.WAFTIT.COM - assorted comments, controversies, and wafts

THE SORRY SAGA OF VALUABLE STOLEN DOMAIN NAME LOOK.COM

All new Anti spamming solution

Absolutely Safe Online Ecommerce system

Pending New Search Engine

WHOLELOOK.COM TITLES

 

For info about any of these projects, please email: clifflive@rogers.com