Charlie the Flatulent Christmas Angel and Other Poetic Stories of Joy

By Steve Case

You know that time of year when you think you smell pine cones or holly-berries? Is that pumpkin? Ginger bread? Peppermint? ...or those peanut butter cookies with the chocolate kiss in the middle? It's not what you think. There's an angel passing over your head and he's squeezing a duck. "Charlie the Flatulent Christmas Angel" is the heart-warming (cheek-flapping) story of the only angel to receive God's special gift of marvelous methane memories. Release your inner child as the angel with the fog-slicer takes the Christmas spotlight and shows how "Joy to the World" is often best played on the trouser-tuba. Gather you family around the fire (but not too close), as Charlie releases a squeaker of Christmas cheer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John R. Mabry
• Release date: Mar 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781940671628

Steve Case

Steve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs, and a pioneer in making the internet part of everyday life. He cofounded America Online in 1985, when just three percent of people were online for an average of just one hour a week. He saw the possibilities of the digital future and built AOL into the largest and most valuable internet company in the 1990s (and the first internet company to go public). Case’s passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. He was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House in 2011 to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship in every region of the country. Case also was the founding cochair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and a member of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship.  He was active in passing the bipartisan JOBS Act in 2012, which made it easier for startups to raise capital. His engagement on policy led Politico to name him “Washington’s tech whisperer” in 2017.  As chairman and CEO of Revolution, a Washington, DC-based investment firm he cofounded in 2005, Case partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build businesses such as Zipcar, Sweetgreen, Clear, Tempus, DraftKings, and many others. Case also serves as chair of the Smithsonian Institution, which under his leadership has launched a bold effort to make the best of the Smithsonian available to every home and classroom. He is also Chairman of the Case Foundation, and with his wife Jean was among the first to commit to The Giving Pledge, dedicating a majority of their wealth to charitable causes.

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Contents

Charlie the Flatulent Christmas Angel (Illustrated)

Charlie the Flatulent Christmas Angel (Text Only)

The Story of the Lost Wise Man

Sandra McNeal

Clay and Water