Jack London is a very generous description of my small hiking, bicycling, and canoeing habit. I myself feel like a weak urbanite a lot of the time, because lots of my friends are incredible outdoorsmen and women.

A lot of people find themselves in the entertainment business - or perhaps society steers them toward it - because they're beautiful.

When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and one radio station. I couldn't even get my hands on good comic books. My aunt, who is a librarian, gave me Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie," and Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia." They were such incredible treasures to have in my somewhat mundane country life.

We have such an embarrassment of riches when it comes to choice. Do you want to hike in the Alps? There are 300 pairs of shoes you can order within the next 10 minutes. You have your choice of everything.

No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.

There's a lot of common sense ... which I feel like we have lost touch with.

If you like comedy, go home and curl up with Leviticus. The writers of The Onion are handed Leviticus on their first day.