Cool, I thought. A book of useful advice to keep me happy and away from those sharp kitchen knives, which, being unemployed as I am, looked mighty tempting.

So I start to read. And my jaw drops. I am astonished, amazed, and overwhelmed.

It's one of the most sophomoric, pompous piece of a turd literature I've ever had the displeasure to read. The tone is one of a preacher, that you wish to read the book and do these things therefore here's what you must do.

Worse, it's hypocritical and nonsensical as if written by a teenager. In chapter 18 titled "Respect the Religious Belief of Others" you can find this gem "Men without faith are a pretty sorry lot." In short, religion equals respect and this pissed me off. How many religions preach tolerance and respect but only for those who have "faith"? Pretty much all of them otherwise you lose the ground base for religion.

But, surely, this little booklet isn't a religious tract. But the next two chapters focus on the Golden Rule and a variation thereof. But by then I gave up. I ripped the booklet in half and threw it in the recycling bin.

Only to dig it right out again. Who was this group? And then I noticed the ultra-fine print. L. Ron Hubbard. This "Happiness Way", which proclaims itself as a non-religious foundation, is a subsidiary of Dianetics. The address of the main site pops up on the Internet under Scientology.org.

Scientology, as we all know, passes itself off a religion, worshipping the ramblings of a hack Sci-Fi writer. Please, no threats. I've read too much of L. Ron and he wasn't that good a writer. I should have recognized his style in the pamphlet. Besides, this is my opinion and is covered under the Constitution.

Back into recycling it went even though as a sorry lot that I am whay should I care about the environment?