OK completely off topic, but I love David Sedaris, too. His pieces frequently appear in The New Yorker, and just the other day I heard a re-broadcast of NPR piece in which he was talking about going to Elf School. I was falling out of my chair. And, have you heard the Fresh Air interview with his sister, Amy?

Sorry...back to books.


"I believe very deeply that compassion is the route not only for the evolution of the full human being, but for the very survival of the human race." —The Dalai Lama