My friend Jack recently returned from Palm Springs after spending several days at a self-improvement seminar at one of those fancy resorts. He said a lot of familiar faces were there, including that funny Asian real-estate magnate who surrounds himself with beautiful women and yachts and rants uncontrollably on late night infomercials.
Self improvement is big business in America.
Everyone's looking to improve something, and I'm no different. Over lunch the other day, I mentioned to a friend my Friday plans to have eye surgery to rid myself of the monotonous eyewear that has plagued me for as long as I can remember. I was met with the same reaction that has scourged my decision ever since I started telling people about it a month ago. Her brother had that surgery, like two years ago or something. Anyway, he was driving home from work one evening and got in a major car wreck.