I cannot tell you just how much I love him. He's so incredibly funny and this was just as good as his other two (The Know-It-All, about reading the entire encyclopedia for fun, and The Year of Living Biblically, where he spent a year following all Biblical commands).

In this one, he does several little social experiments--he outsources his life to India, for example. (His "assistants" order Christmas presents, talk to his wife and relatives for him and once read a story to his son.)

My favorite is the month where he followed George Washington's example. If you didn't know this (and I didn't), he followed a 110-rule code of conduct. (Basically it can be boiled down this way: manners, yay!) My favorite rule is the last one. "Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience." Good rule for everyone, right?

These books don't sound that great when you discuss what they're about, but they're just incredibly smart and funny. I envy people who get to read them for the first time. It's quite the adventure.

In the last chapter, for instance, his experiment is to spend a month doing whatever his wife says. He volunteers to do all the little chores around the house that she typically does. Her response?

"`I can't let you do that,' she said. Our apartment would look like Grey Gardens within two weeks."

How can you not love someone who references Grey Gardens?! Love. :)