Something fascinating happened while I was reading this book.

I started out just reading a few chapters in between the other books I was reading. It's hard to read a book like this straight through, cover to cover, so I was giving myself room, to keep from getting bored or having it feel monotonous.

Then I finished the book I was reading, and decided to try reading straight through, starting Friday morning. Sitting outside with my coffee, the dog running around and rolling in the sun. Being unemployed as long as I have been, sitting outside and reading and smoking and watching my animals has become an every day, multiple times a day thing.

And I looked up from my book, and saw my big galoof of a dog basking in the sunlight, and I just thought, "Man, it is so wonderful to see a dog enjoying the sunshine. They're just so happy."

Then I set the book down and went inside to get my tortoise's lunch, and put it down for her. As she trundled over and started devouring her lettuce and tomatoes, I sat for a second and grinned, watching how much she ate with gusto.

And the wind blew, and despite the super Louisiana humidity, it felt nice, and the breeze smelled good.

And everything...was awesome.

And a few hours after all of this happened, I got a phone call. I got the job I interviewed for last week. The job I wanted very much.

That is awesome.

This book gave me such a positive lift. Even the chapters I have absolutely no idea about (snow, bowling) were fun.

Certainly, some of the chapters could've done without the explanation. I mean, Popping bubble wrap? 'Nuff said. But then he added in there that bubble wrap was originally intended to be a textured wallpaper.

And salary is derived from Salarium, meaning money paid to soldiers to buy salt.

And Egyptians used to worship onions.

You know how I feel about completely useless trivia?

That's right. It's awesome.

I really really liked this book. It is awesome.

Like a hot dog.