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Books and Letters

The first of the year for me always brings a little time to relax. The frenzied pace of the holidays has passed and I get a little breathing room. It is my time to dream of the future and perhaps even curl up with a good paperback book – my time to stretch for the year before jumping right back into the insanity of daily life. This month the website review features a few of my private personal favorites. I hope that they help give you a little of that much needed breathing room as well.

LA.


Paperback Swap
www.paperbackswap.com

Ever wonder what to do with all those paperback books that are taking over your bookshelf? Na – box at the back of the hall closet is not an option. After all they are still good. So how about putting them in the hands of someone that wants them and getting new ones for your efforts? And if that doesn’t sound inviting, maybe the word “free” will be the incentive that you need.

Here is how it works: once you register and list 9 or more books, you receive 3 book credits which you may spend to have other members ship books to you. If someone requests a book that you have listed you simply print out the shipping label and mail it to them. Cost for shipping is approximately $1.42 per book. For your efforts you are rewarded with another book credit which may be used at anytime. Cool huh?

The paperback offerings here are not the dregs of the book world. There is great depth to the list of available books in most categories. And with 254,000+ book listings you are sure to find something that pleases your fancy. Sorry, right now this service is limited to the US, but for a site that is only a year old and rapidly expanding, who knows, the sky maybe the limit.

Future Me
www.futureme.org

Dear FutureMe,

I hope that I will have found happiness by this time. I hope I have a job that pays well, and someone in my life that loves me as much as (I think) my cat does. I hope my son has passed 8th grade, and has decided not to play football anymore. I hope that he somehow has forgiven me for my dumb mistake of moving out of state when his dad and I divorced. Whether or not I am still with my BF of 3 years, I hope somehow he has found happiness as well, and not in a stinkin beer bottle. I hope I realize my weight loss goal and am a size 8 again and that my lungs are free of black tar... Sincerely yours,
old me
(written Tue Sep 13, 2005, to be delivered Wed Sep 13, 2006)

Dear FutureMe, are you missing an eye? If so, I apologize.
(written Wed Sep 14, 2005, to be delivered Tue Nov 21, 2006)

The concept of Future Me is simple and basic. The “you” of today sends an email to the “you” of the future. Simple, yet very complex. What will you be doing a year from now – or even ten or twenty years from now? Will you have dodged your greatest fears and achieved your wildest hopes and ambitions? Future Me is a free website that acts like a time capsule into your future. You decide the content of the letter and when you would like to receive it. Future Me stores it and sends it. Simple and basic.

I have written three letters all to be delivered at different times – one for when I turn 50 – one for age 60 and one to my son when he turns 21. What did I say? Well that is between me and Future Me unless I choose to make my letter public. But I have to say I am intrigued – the ability to have my thoughts from the past nudge me forward in the future. Definitely a concept worth exploring.

Until next month –
Veritatem dies aperit.
LA. Judge / nodecafe

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