This is a one-note TV sitcom in book form. The sister seems a picture perfect example of poise and grace when she's out in public, but when she gets back to the small apartment she shares with her brother, she becomes a spoiled brat and slob who likes nerdy stuff. That same theme is played out over and over and over in the short stories collected in this book, and it isn't funny once. It was tedious pushing through to the end of the volume. ( )