Monthly Archives: May 2010

A Greener Moleskine

By Adam Snider | Published: May 31, 2010

When it comes to books, I am a bit of a fetishist. I really appreciate books as physical objects. This appreciation is quite separate from any appreciation of the ideas that may be contained within a book. This appreciation carries over to notebooks, too. For a while now, I have been scribbling down my poetry, [...]

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Coffee For a Cause

By Adam Snider | Published: May 27, 2010

I have a tendency to be a bit of a coffee snob. While I’ll drink the thickest, blackest, nastiest tar around if it’s the only coffee available, I generally try to go for fresh, high quality beans. Organic and fair trade is even better, as far as I’m concerned. Better still is buying coffee from a local [...]

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Asking For Advice: What’s a Good Pair of Cowboy Boots?

By Adam Snider | Published: May 27, 2010

This is kind of a random post. It’s closer to something that I would normally put on Twitter, but my question is just a bit too long for Twitter. I’m looking for some advice, and here is my question: I want a pair of cowboy boots. I want them to be super comfortable (I have [...]

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Living by the “One In, Two Out” Rule

By Adam Snider | Published: May 26, 2010

Yesterday was my first day of living by the “one in, two out” rule. Rather, it was the first day where I had to apply it. It felt good. I bought a small hook to hang my oven mitts on the side of the fridge. At first, I wasn’t going to count this item as [...]

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‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple

By Adam Snider | Published: May 25, 2010

For a few weeks now, I have been participating in a Simplicity Circle (Cecile Andrews, who appears to have come up with the initial concept, offers an explanation of what Simplicy Circles are, at New American Dream). In essence, a Simplicity Circle involves a small group of people gathering on a regular basis to discuss [...]

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Debit Card Copying Alert

By Adam Snider | Published: May 4, 2010

I got a call from my bank this morning. This call indicated that I needed to go the nearest branch and replace my client card. I had, apparently, used my card at a location that is under investigation for client card copying and fraud. And so, I braved the early May snowstorm that has struck [...]

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