Or it could be the new version of Firefox I downloaded the other day… But WordPress looks hideous now, almost unusable… So it might be a few days until i update again… Hopefully I’m not the only one experiencing this and WordPress is working on it, or Mozilla is…
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I’m Writing about BookMooch
Why? Mostly because it’s a great idea and I love books. BookMooch is a book swapping website. You post books you’d be willing to give away and then when people request them from you you send them to them. You get points for doing this and with those points you can request books you’re interested in from other people. There are other sites which do the same thing (e.g. Swaptree, PaperbackSwap, WhatsOnMyBookshelf, etc… just google book swap) I use BookMooch because it’s free to join and you can’t buy points, you only get points for giving books to other people. There is some cost to you as you’ll be paying for the postage to mail these books out. This isn’t as bad as it sounds though, considering that most of the books you’ll be sending are Mass Markets it’ll only cost you 2 or 3 dollars to send it anywhere in the U.S. Which is a deal when new MM cost between 6 and 9 dollars. I also like it because I don’t have all the room in the world, and books and bookcases take up space, space better spent being filled by things like dressers, or tables, desks, etc… With BookMooch I can get a book I want to read, and then give it away again… Wait that sounds just like my local library, which I don’t have to anything for… hmmm… Ok, well with BookMooch you have the option of keeping the book, no such luck with your local library. The only other problem with BookMooch is that the selection is pretty slim, or you’ll find the book you want but it’s in another country and the owner doesn’t ship internationally… Over-all it’s a good thing, especially if you have books laying around that you aren’t using but don’t want to throw away. Put them up someone will want them and you can exchange them for a whole new set!
Thought you’d like to see my business card…
…Very professional!
Getting my hands green
I’m about a quarter of the way through the Better World Handbook. Every page I’ve read so far has notations on it, sometime numerous and a score or more of the pages are dog-eared so that I can refer to them quickly later. I went shopping for groceries with Diana today. Thinking about vegetables and such reminded me of what the authors had to say on eating and food. In front of the co-op there were numerous seedlings. I mentioned to Diana that we should try and grow some vegetables. We talked it over and though it’s just a tiny apartment we both would like to grow a few things. It might never save us money, it likely won’t, but, it will bring us closer in some ways to our food, and nature. I’ve spent too much time not getting my hands dirty or green and this will be a good way to ease back into it. Oh, I might learn something as well… We’ll be planting some tomatoes, chilies, and herbs. I’m excited about the idea and if anything grows I will let you know.