New shoes.
I’ve been seeing more and more about how shoes really aren’t the best things for us and began to wonder. So, I took a week and went without shoes at home (typical) and around the neighborhood. Initially, I was thinking that this would end up being a pain in the foot. And while I did have some wear from concrete and blacktop that was discomforting I didn’t have any pain beside this. In fact, what I found was the more I was barefoot the more I’d end up with discomfort from wearing shoes. So, I started looking at some shoes mentioned in the articles I had read and was intruiged by the Vibram Fivefingers. They appeared to be a way to add just a little protection between your foot and the ground without losing that barefoot feeling. So, I went to the closest local retailer that carried them and tried on a pair. I ended up liking them so much that I left with a pair. I haven’t had them for a long while, so I’m still not sure about durability, but the only regret I have is that work won’t currently let me wear them (hoping that changes).
Some of the articles I’ve read:
nymag.com/health/features/46213/
www.physorg.com/news84737938.html
online.wsj.com/article/SB114955290339472060.html
Picture an enthralled friend took.
Books, books, and more free books.
It always feels like there’s ton of books that people recommend to me or that I hear about and and want to read. Most of the time I can borrow the book from a local library, which usually works out fine, but occasionally I’ll get distracted by life or another book and end up with an overdue book/fines. I don’t mind this as I see it as a way to “donate” money to the library, but it’s not a habit I’m wanting to develop. On rare occasions I’m fortunate enough to borrow the book from a friend who usually doesn’t have a due date. And other times I’ll just buy the book so I can get to it at my leasuire.
Recently I’ve been taking advantage of being able to get digital copies of books for free. If you haven’t happened upon these opportunities for free ebooks yourself take a look at these links:
http://del.icio.us/matthewleffler/ebooks
And of course if you know of some others leave me a comment.
The problem though is that I don’t have what I’d call an easy method to actually read them. When our laptop worked I could lug it around the house and use it, but it was a bit to large to be practical in my opinion. I’ve seen articles on electronic readers like the Kindle, but as I’ve never seen one in person I really wonder how practical they are. More recently I’ve been kicking around looking for a subnotebook pc, as it would be small enough to tote around, but not just a device for reading. Again, any suggestions please leave a comment for me. Hopefully I’ll find some solution soon as my electronic library is stacking up faster than I can keep up.
