“Deciding What You Want - If you don’t know what you want, it’s probably sleep.” Simple and brilliant. I’d love to hear more of these if you have the time to share them.

That’s a classic JD, and it’s so true.

I’ll try to add a few more a bit later.

Just bought all three books at Amazon (via your Associates links) on the cheap. If they are filled with even just a few more insightful nuggets — in addition to the above — their purchase will be justified.

I love “Shite’s Unoriginal Miscellany” (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1843170817/) for the same reason. Lot’s of stupid and interesting information. Like the names for different size flowerpots and so on.

Great for a giggle as well as informative.

AlwaysWoW - Rule of Thumb 1: Read 43 Folders before you start to work to ensure a productive day ahead.

AlwaysWoW - Rule of Thumb 2: Don’t read 43 Folders before you go to bed. You won’t be able to sleep since the easy and great recommendations would keep you awake. You would just wait to get up and read the next entry before you start to work the next day.

Awesome! My HS driver’s ed class was full of this sort of tip, but I forgot most of them before I finally got my license. (The one I recall is that, when stopping at an intersection with a crosswalk, you’re in about the right place when the far line is barely hidden by the front of your car.)

You mean like “stop your car so you can see the rear tires of the car in front of you?” This always leaves enough room to go around the car if it stalls or just decides not to proceed.

Or when following another car, you can measure following distance by counting in ‘Mississippi’s’ when the car in front of you passes a stationary object like a telephone pole. Three Mississippi’s works at any speed. Try it.

You might also like The Practical Guide to Practically Everything (link to Amazon) - your friendly neighborhood librarian ;)

That “Passing a Car” rule of thumb was actually on the CA driver’s license exam when I took it.

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I must get myself a copy of Rules of Thumb 2! (I always wondered why my potato salads never turned out quite right…)…

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Rules of thumb

“Fan of tiny improvements” Merlin Mann unearths a dog-eared copy of Rules of Thumb 2, a book which offers all sorts tidbits, like: Passing a Car - You can safely cut in front of the car you are passing when…

Rules of thumb

“Fan of tiny improvements” Merlin Mann unearths a dog-eared copy of Rules of Thumb 2, a book which offers all sorts tidbits, like: Passing a Car - You can safely cut in front of the car you are passing when…

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This book looks like a good “guide to life” manual full of “little gems of guesstimation”….

http://www.controllercode.com/archives/2005/03/feedingcockro_1.html

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I Love Books Like This

I’m such a geek, but I love books that tell you how to do day-to-day stuff you wonder about. Sadly, my library does not own a copy. We do have this one, however.

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43 Folders uncovers these important Rules of Thumb: Passing a Car - You can safely cut in front of…

http://www.controllercode.com/archives/2005/03/feedingcockro_1.html

Feeding Cockroaches - Twelve cockroaches can live on the glue of a postage stamp for a week. gross. so very gross. (src: 43folders)…

Feeding Cockroaches

Feeding Cockroaches - Twelve cockroaches can live on the glue of a postage stamp for a week. gross. so very gross. (src: 43folders)…

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