Andrew Ferguson's Crazy U: College-admissions advice leavened with humor

I have this problem. I can't read self-help books. Like everybody else, I've experienced my share of life challenges?"life challenges" being the self-help euphemism for "problems"?and I would never pretend not to need any help in facing them, solving them, or at least getting through them. I accept the principles of, and am myself no stranger to, modern psychotherapy. But whenever I try to cope with one of life's predictable stress points by reading a self-help book, I can't manage it. My eyes glaze over. I think "This person is an idiot," or "This person thinks I'm an idiot," or "Maybe I am an idiot, because I can't follow this." Within minutes I toss the book aside and start digging around for a decent novel.

[more ...]

dll file repair fix missing dll files remove dll files