The Smell of Funny

<p>A wry blend of hilarity fantasy and everyday life educator Matt West’s writing captures the subtle and not-so subtle<br />humor in the life of a Southern family man. His unique view of ordinary and imagined events leaves the reader either laughing out loud or with a new and amusing insight into daily life.</p><p>His short often self-deprecating anecdotes will strike a familiar chord in his audience although some might think to<br />themselves I just wouldn’t have told that one. The book leaves the reader wanting more of these somewhat twisted but entertaining musings.</p><p> 'This book will give you a look inside the mind of a comedy writer.<br />If the author wanted to do stand-up comedy he already has all<br />the material he needs inside his head. Couldn’t stop reading this<br />book—except when I was laughing so hard I had to put it down.<br />– Darl DeVault<br />Distinctly Oklahoma magazine<br /><br />The older of two sons from a U.S. Navy family Matt West attended schools in New Jersey Texas<br />Oklahoma Arkansas and Alabama. After finishing high school in Tuscaloosa Alabama he majored<br />in physical education at the University of West Alabama and began teaching in 1997. He later completed<br />a master’s degree in educational administration.He is now the assistant principal at Albertville (Ala.) Middle School.</p>