After you wear out that SCSW reading it, you will belly up to the bar and be a well known expert.
Actually, that will give you all the basic information, then you will be able to spend the rest of your life learning the details and exceptions. Most of us learn something new just about every time we enter the Forum... it's just a lot more fun if you start with that good solid foundation. Enjoy that birthday gift and give that keeper of a wife a big hug for all of us!
Froggie