Good-Spirited & Wholly Serious

"Giggles and snorts are dispensed with quickly" 

in this "good-spirited, wholly serious broaching of the—
incredibly—still taboo subject of human waste..."

--from a short review of my toilet book for teens--you can read the whole thing here: Kirkus (not to be confused with Kirk 'r Us)

When I read the review to Marz, she said, "Good-spirited & wholly serious... that's like you!" which made me feel like this:

George Takei in Allegiance (here)