Hi folks,

It's been a busy August for me. As DC has emptied out for vacation, I've taken the opportunity to clean out my proverbial closet and my literal desk. As such, I have taken my Buyer's Corner duties for granted. For this, I apologize.

I'll be taking the rest of the month off to clean up the mess I've made. And to read more books. But I'll return in September clear-headed and witty.

In the mean time, here's a few words on a book that I really enjoyed and that remains on our paperback bestseller list.

Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling On Happiness is a fascinating cultural and psychological look at the human search for happiness. Gilbert is a professor of psychology at Harvard and is also conveniently a funny and engaging writer. He delves into the way our minds work and how our desire to predict the outcomes of our behavior and confounds our quest for happiness. This is most certainly not a self-help book, but a walk through the brilliant but inept imagination of the human mind.