Jack Mingo Explained

Jack Mingo (born 1952) is an American author, journalist and beekeeper.^[1] He has written Bees Make the Best Pets, The Juicy Parts, and The Couch Potato Handbook. He and a small group of media hoaxers trademarked and popularized the term couch potato.^{[2] [3]} He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reader's Digest.^[4] He and Erin Barrett were co-founders and co-writers of the Ask Jeeves series of trivia books, which published selected "questions as they flowed, unedited, into the well-known Web site".^{[5] [6]}

Personal life

Mingo was born to Vera and Glen Mingo in Wausau, Wisconsin.^[7] He lives in Alameda, California. He has a daughter (Elana) from a former marriage and three grandsons, Acton, Oak, and Elm.^[8]

Works and publications

• Bees Make the Best Pets (2013)
• Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth (2004)
• The Juicy Parts (1996)
• How the Cadillac Got Its Fins (1995)

With Erin Barrett

• Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us (2009)
• Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (Mostly) Everything (2005)
• Just Curious about Science, Jeeves (2003)
• It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing (2003)
• Just Curious About History, Jeeves (2002)
• Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves (2002)
• Doctors Killed George Washington: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Medicine (2002)
• Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education (2002)
• Just Curious, Jeeves: What Are the 1001 Most Intriguing Questions Asked on the Internet? (2000)

With Warren Dotz

• Firecrackers!: An Eye-Popping Collection of Chinese Firework Art (2008)
• Firecrackers: The Art and History (2000)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bees Make the Best Pets: All the Buzz about Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and Sweet-Straight from the Hive Mingo, Jack . OpenTrolley Bookstore Singapore . 2018-12-31 . 2019-01-11.
2. Web site: What Ever Happened to the Couch Potato? . The New Yorker . 2019-01-11.
3. Web site: reluctantgourmet . What Does Couch Potato Really Mean and Where Did It Come From . The Reluctant Gourmet . 2017-10-04 . 2019-01-11.
4. Web site: Jack Mingo . Simon & Schuster . 2019-01-11.
5. Web site: Waiting For the Check From Fiji . SFGate . 2000-06-23 . 2019-01-11.
6. Web site: It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer . OverDrive . 2019-01-11.
7. Web site: View Vera Mingo's Obituary on hometownlife.com and share memories . The Detroit News . 2017-05-21 . 2019-01-11.
8. Web site: Baedeker. Rob. The intentional renters: An Alameda couple reflects on the hidden costs of home ownership . SFGate . 2010-01-18 . 2019-01-11.