Every once in a while, an author embarks on a huge project, a grand literary mission. He spends agonizing hours writing, rewriting, editing, starting over, editing some more, realizing the first draft was better ...

This was not one of those times.

A couple of years ago, Dave Naples posted a simple thought on Facebook: "Rule for good living: always spring for the luxury toilet paper." No grand design. No marketing strategy. Just something that popped into his head, a gentle, refreshing reminder that there was more to life than shrieking at people online.

Then he did it again. And again. And again some more. And people started paying attention.

For over a year, Dave posted a new one every day — simple, occasionally profound, sometimes irreverent, often irrelevant observations about navigating modern life without losing your flippin' mind. The response was modest but genuine. Real people, in real life, started mentioning them. A friend outside a breakfast place. A comment on Facebook. And then, inevitably: "You should put these in a book."

So he did.

"Rules for Good Living: Tips for Finally Getting Some Peace" is the result -- a collection of illustrated tips for maintaining calm, peace, and sanity in a world that is becoming increasingly hostile to all three.

Dave Naples is a database administrator by trade, a writer by accident, a baker out of necessity, and a firm believer that common sense, while not as common as advertised, is a noble goal. He is owned by both his spouse and an Australian Shepherd he is firmly convinced is trying to kill him every time he goes downstairs, and remarkably belligerent deer in the area that see nothing wrong with wandering around the driveway while he's trying to pull in.

This is his first book. How y'all like it will determine whether or not there will be a second one.