Up North (& Out There doing it)

Daily Lit Dialed In

I met the founder of DailyLit.com three years ago and thought their idea was very cool. Subscribe to a book and have it delivered right into your inbox in digestible chapters. I think it's a great idea. However, if you zero out your inbox and get behind in the reading, it can be a little tough and I've abandoned a couple of times.

However, I just signed up for 'DailyLit's Big Read' which just launched and the first story was 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' – great timing to get in line with the Oscar's buzz, but just wonderful content for DailyLit. The wonderfully written short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is just perfect for this type of consumption – and the best part about this title – its free.

One of the problems I thought about the email subscription was with something like 'The Art of War' – I can't remember what the number of emails required to read that was, but it was a lot and kind of depressing. Seeing (1 of 67) in your inbox subject line doesn't help your anxiety of your overflowing inbox.

Give it a try.

Ruby Shoes = Small World

Amazing. With 8 Million people in New York, several million of them in the great island of Manhattan, as I was coming home later than a normal workday but an hour earlier than I’ve been on any trip this week, I ran into this same woman on the way there and on the way back. There wasn't anything too distinctive about her other than these very distinct shoes she had on. So weird. I really know nothing about her and yet it's like I recognize her. Now it wouldn't be that strange to see her on the same Metro North train but to see her on the subway just seems so crazy. I love how small New York is sometimes.