Tag Archive: books

Book Review: The Art of Non-Conformity

We grew up in a world of expectations:  Eat your vegetables, don’t poop on the carpet, do your homework.  It continues right up to “Go to college”, “Get married”, “Having a dozen kids”.  Are those the expectations you want to use to guide your life? Chris Guillebeau, author of The Art of Non-Conformity (the blog…

The Library vs Amazon

A few weeks ago, I discovered the queue at my public library’s website.  The process is simple: Select your books, wait a few days, then pick them up. They are available from any library in the county, delivered to my local library. That’s awesome. Much more convenient-and cheaper-than Amazon. So I moved a couple of…