So I set (and meet) goals all the time. This week the Happiness Trap wanted me to think about SMART goals, and I (and every other corporate employee in America collectively) cringed. For those who don’t know, SMART goals (“Specific,
Starting off 2013
I usually don’t make “New Year’s Resolutions”, simply because I don’t think this is always the best time of year to be starting new things. After the bustle of the holidays, winter sets in, and I’m up for a period
What Do I Read Next?
One of the most frequent questions I get as a bookseller is a variation on “What should I read next?” (It’s not the top question. That’s “Do you have a book?” followed by “Where’s the bathroom?”) It’s actually a fun
Book Update
Since my last book update, I have finished Diet for a Dead Planet (Christopher D Cook) and The Consumer’s Guide for Effective Environmental Choices (The Union of Concerned Scientists), gotten halfway through Redwall, and read The Last Little Cat. I
How many bookmarks do YOU need?
Working at a bookstore, I run into a lot of books that I want to read. In fact, my “to read” list has gotten longer, and longer, and longer the more I’ve worked there. We’re allowed to keep a stash
Before Somebody Lifted the Lorax Away
At the far end of town, where the Grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting old crows… is the Street of the Lifted Lorax Everyone has books they remember as “making
Sticky Fingers
There are few things so wonderful as a good book, a cool drink, and a piece of chocolate on a warm, breezy afternoon. And then you get a smear of chocolate in your new book, and it all goes downhill.