I just now finished The Social Animal and it is fascinating.
It blends emotional and cognitive thinking in a way that
is easy to understand if you take time with it. It is extremely readable and makes the point each one of us
needs a society to belong to be it gang bangers or high
achievers. It tells of the values that most of us on this
blog hold to be true in order for life to be on an even keel.

Persistance, self confidence, task completion, morality,
and points out how like seeks like in the social order and
has numerous good insights. In other words it is well
worth reading.

I am very disturbed by my favorite neighbors. Our bedroom
is close to theirs and we heard a lot of crying and carrying
on in the middle of the night. They have always seemed
close and happy. She is gone and may not be coming back.
Ted suspected physical abuse and if that is the case, she
is right not to return. There are so many little hills and
vallies in a marriage. It is sometimes difficult to negotiate
them. I hope that this is just a hill and not a major divide
because they are such nice people.