Introduction    11

Acknowledgments    17

How Big Is Yours?    19

Primate Peekaboo    35

The Night You Ruined Your Pajamas    43

Measures of Life    61

The Yung and the Reckless    75

The Solace of Patterns    91

Beelzebub's SAT Scores    101

Poverty's Remains    113

Junk Food Monkeys    125

The Burden of Being Burden-Free    135

The Trouble with Testosterone    147

The Graying of the Troop    161

Curious George's Pharmacy    l75

The Dangers of Fallen Soufflés in the Developing World    197

The Dissolution of Ego Boundaries and the Fit of My Father's Shirt    211

Why You Feel Crummy When You're Sick    229

Circling the Blanket for God    241