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I found a new way to entertain myself on my long commute home from work. Audio books. At first I wasn’t sure about this medium, but now I love it. I have very little free time and don’t get to read as much as I would like. One of the things I enjoyed about taking the express bus into downtown, when I used to ride the bus in another lifetime, was the opportunity it gave me to catch up on my reading.

Now, I can read in the car and it isn’t just anyone reading the book. It’s usually some famous actor or professionally trained voice actor, so it’s like aural drama. I recently finished We Need to Talk About Kevin. I’ve never read any of Lionel Shriver’s books but now I plan on reading more of her. I loved this book and it was perfectly suited for audio because the book is a series of letters written by the main character to her husband.

The only problem is my library doesn’t have any other audio books by Shriver, which is the only drawback of audio books. They’re not all at my library. I’m a taxpayer, so I like to take advantage of my public library, which has a great selection. I think more people should take advantage of their city’s public services. Paul and I like to use the library as a free blockbuster as well with all the movies you can get there. It was a sad day when the library put a limit of three on the number of items we could put on hold online.

Anyway, what is this blog about? I’m just saying We Need to Talk About Kevin is a great book. And go visit your public library. And public schools are awesome.

Earlier this week I read a list of warning signs to watch out for that your boss may be trying to “manage” you. The list was produced by Valleywag in response to Business Week’s list of tips to managers of Generation Y. I am posting the link because I think education is important. It’s obviously a Generation X viewpoint, as they’re the only ones suspicious enough to come up with these counterpoints.

The only other interesting thing I found is that veganism is just a euphemism for anorexia, according to the authors of Skinny Bitch.