In his book, “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Gay Men Are From Uranus, Lesbians Are From Jupiter, Agnostics Are From Mercury, Jews Are From Pluto, Vegetarians Are From Saturn, African Americans Are From Neptune, Cat Fanciers Are From Mercury Too, Christians Are From ... (see inside cover for full title),” anesthesiologist and phrenologist Bob Greene investigates the myriad of miscommunications and perceived miscommunications that have made his book a run-away best seller. For the purpose of this article we will call the book, “Practically Everyone is From Somewhere Else,” and examine the argument he makes that we should buy the companion book and DVD, “The Linguistic Guide to ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Gay Men Are From Uranus, Lesbians Are From Jupiter, Agnostics Are From Mercury, Jews Are From Pluto, Vegetarians Are From Saturn, African Americans Are From Neptune, Cat Fanciers Are From Mercury Too, Christians Are From (see inside cover for full title)’.” During a series of compelling interviews, Mr. Green eloquently made the case for his companion book.
     “The best-selling 'Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Gay Men Are From Uranus, Lesbians Are From ...' hell, you know the book I'm talking about. Anyway, viewing the DVD will allow anyone to read and understand the linguistics primer in a few short hours. Next you'll move on to the primer itself. In a few short weeks you'll feel more than confident to tackle the book.”
     The Uglier Truth remarked that that the preparatory process for reading the book could be seen as laborious, to which Greene replied;
     “I guarantee it's unreadable without the companion book and DVD.”
After several attempts to read Mr. Green's book, The Uglier Truth can certainly vouch for that!