Jonathan Gold­stein is described in a trib­ute on the book cov­er as ​“one of the fun­ni­est and orig­i­nal writ­ers I can think of.” It will become clear from this wit­ty and insight­ful descrip­tion of his 40th year, the year pri­or to his 40th birth­day, that this descrip­tion is on tar­get. The book is read­able and enjoy­able and, in our minds, a real winner!