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Dear Reader,
Sometimes I wish there wasn't so much new technology. It's not that I'm trying to hang on to the "good old days," because actually I think "good old day" thinking is a bit of a myth. It's just that I can't seem to keep up with knowing how to do everything that's available. Every morning when I wake up I discover some creative insomniac has been up all night developing another new product--give these people some sleeping pills--because I can't keep up! There are too many options, too many social networks, too much technology and if I tried to stay on top of "knowing" about everything, when would I find the time to shave my legs?
But then again, there are times when the ease and speediness of new technology is just what the doctor ordered. Monday night at 11:47 p.m. an email popped into my box. A woman who works with me at the book clubs just got out of surgery and her husband was emailing from his Blackberry to let me know she was okay and all was fine. Technology to the rescue! Instead of having to phone a group of people, who are probably already tucked into bed, the exhausted and relieved husband could type one simple email and hit send.
So today I'm rethinking my aversion to all the new technology, I'm really not behind. Because when I think about it, I don't even know how to work all the stuff from the "good old days" and I don't have to. I simply need to learn what's useful and enjoyable for me.
To celebrate technology I'm giving away something old, but with a new twist. A set of three (potato) peelers, each with its own specialty: one serrated, another scalpel and the third makes a Julienne slice. To enter, send me an email and put POTATO PEELERS on the subject line. Send your email to: Suzanne@EmailBookclub.com Be sure to include your mailing address.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
www.muffinsandmayhem.com
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THE HUNTER by John Lescroart
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AUTHORBUZZ: (Nonfiction) ATTACHED: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Love by Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel Heller M.A.
Wouldn't you want know, starting the first date, if the person you're seeing is worth your time or whether you're headed for a disastrous heartache?
This is the iPhone Meets Oprah Relationship Book. Just as Oprah has a way of bringing that personal human touch, you will find the stories in this book compelling and real. But it's much more than relationship bedroom gossip. This book is the social sciences equivalent of an iPhone because it delivers, for the first time, highly technical social science data about relationships in a user friendly intuitive platform for all of us to use.
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