You thought I was dead, didn't you?

Eddie Staples invited you to compare books

Message from Eddie:

"I'm trying to get all my reading friends to check out on Goodreads, so we can share book recommendations. It's a really great site where you can give reviews and discuss any books you may like, new or old."

To view Eddie's invitation:
http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?n=estaples&i=LTM2MDUzMDQ2OTU6Mzcy &e=estaples.diamo586@blogger.com&utm_medium=email&utm_source=invite

Goodreads is a community for book lovers. It's a great way to get book recommendations from your friends and others. You can keep a list of books to read, join book clubs, and even take the never-ending book trivia quiz.

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DTV Transition

Call me a nerd for not having cable, :) but I'm proud of living without it the past few... um... years. (Why shell out anyway, when you can crash friends' and family's couches to watch special TV events?) With the digital transition looming on the horizon, I figured I'd nab my gubment coupon for the converter box, and try it out, being that over-the-air digital broadcast has already been available for some time.

OH

MY

GOOD

NESS

I used to get four or so channels, fighting with rabbit ears to make things out through the fuzz. Now, with the converter box and a good amplified antenna, I get *17* pristine, satellite-quality stations, with at least four of them being 24/7 HD (high-definition) stations--FOR FREE! I could not believe what I had been missing all this time, and I never thought that my "worked-all-summer-to-save-up-for-when-I-was-fourteen" TV could look so good!

So, whether you have an older set like me, or a newer flat panel TV, if you don't want to pay for cable or satellite, buy an amplified antenna to boost the signals in your area and get the goodness of HD for *free*!

One of the Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of the 21st Century

I'm currently revisiting Lightheaded's Pure Thoughts, a collection of songs you may or may not have heard of. Fans of vintage mid-ninties style can peep it here. It's rare that an album of any genre is solid enough that every track could be a single.

New Washer Smell

I'm telling you, this thing is clean enough to eat out/off of.

As of now, anyway.

To Run, or Not to Run?

That is the question.

No One's Exempt From the Golden Rule

I often marvel at the favor that surrounds successful leaders; the way people gravitate towards and "like" them. Then I marvel at the frustration others have, as they wonder why people don't
respect them as much. Sure, you can't please everyone all the time... but it's amazing how many relational ills are cured by treating people the way you'd like to be treated.