Archive for June, 2008

“Why you should throw books out”

Friday, June 27th, 2008

That's the title of today's post from Tyler Cowen both at his blog and as a guest blogger at Penguin. His point seems to be that the book you've read is likely not the best book you could be reading, and by passing it down the line (via donation or ...

Snarky Facebook e-cards

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

someecards have a wonderfully snarky, face-slapping, aphoristic intensity to their e-card messages. They don't always work and aren't always funny, but the classically lined clip art helps, and when their one-liners do connect, I smile and nod in admiration. What got my attention today were their terribly well-directed Facebook slams. No related ...