February 25, 2007 Show

Did you know you could earn your living eating dog food? Odder Jobs captures the personalities and occupations of quirky, brave professionals. There's Anice Robel, the face feeler, who strokes the faces of freshly shaven men to rate the effectiveness of razor blades. Barbara Abbot, a laboratory odor judge, must smell people's bad breath and dirty socks. In this satisfying follow-up to "Odd Jobs", which sold more than 40,000 copies, Nancy Rica Schiff brings these and many more peculiar professions to light, giving us a glimpse into a whole other world of work.
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