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Who uses the Big Yellow book any more?

Posted on: Thursday, August 21st, 2008 in: Books, Environment, Simplify

When I need a phone number or address, I let my fingers do the walking. Walking across the keyboard at my computer. The YellowPages, Dex, and every other 5lb. paper doorstop I’ve had in the past 5 years has been a sad waste of paper.
 Here’s a great way to stop receiving those outdated recycling nightmares. […]

Eight Things

Posted on: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 in: Books, Relationships, Fun, Parenting

I got an email the other day from my wife, who got it from Cheryl. It’s more interesting than most email forwards, and I enjoyed it enough, I thought I’d share it with the world, with links to clarify some of the items. If you give it a try too, be sure to add a […]

Now I pay for the time dialation

Posted on: Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in: Handyman Saturdays, Books

Okay, who sped up all the clocks and keeps ripping days off the calendar? Everything is just flying by lately.
My commute is too short, cause I really want to listen to my current book on CD, Ender’s Shadow.  Card is using lots of long, drawn-out,  and sometimes run-on sentences to express the character’s rapid internal monologue, due […]

First Paragraphs

Posted on: Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 in: Books, Fun

I was intrigued by the books my loyal readers posted in the comments section of yesterday’s post on reading books. So I looked them up online, and thought I’d read some excerpts. They say: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” but I have with regularity judged a book on a single paragraph. Though rarely […]