also, joe queenan, an author, humorist, columnist with the wall street journal and a great singer as we found out last time he was here. >> adequate. >> by my standards, great. >> and we have nicole kurokawa with the independent women's forum thinktank in washington, d.c. and andrew jenks who tells me i'm not part of his demographic. he has created and stars in "world of jenks," a documentary film series on mtv. welcome, everyone. >> all righty. first question the national book awards were announced yesterday and patti smith's memoirs "just kids" won an award. if you awarded a book you have read recently, what would it be? >> i read a book called "a thousand sisters, the worst place in the world to be a woman." it's about the congo. i recommend it. >> sounds important. >> it was sad. >> anybody got a more happy idea? >> i was going to say "don quixote." but i read a book called "pantopticon" about universal surveillance. there is cameras all the time on us and people start taking the video and editing it and making their own films with you in them. it's just really scary, creepy, int