Man, I remember this so much. I read Shogun, IT, The Stand in high school carrying them around between classes. Now I am lucky if I can finish a couple hundred page book in a month.
I worked at my local library while in high school and would come home every night with several books checked out. During that time I went through every Stephen King book, so many mysteries, a lot of fantasy and even a ton of puzzle/logic by the likes of Martin Gardner and Raymond Smullyan.
Now the internet distracts me too much. The last book I managed to read all the way through. was a graphic novel
To be honest I have given up on "reading." If I really want to read a book I get it on Audible. I have a lot more time to do that when walking the dog twice a day than I do to sit down and hold a book. At first I was reluctant because I had a notion that reading it really was different - and maybe it is but if the choice is between not getting the story/information/entertainment because I don't have time to read it or getting it from an audio book I have decided I would rather get it.
I would read (or technically skim) this book.
I'm guessing for was supposed to be floor.
I prefer to think they misspelled the work hole.
It's Enya Patricia Brennan.
You're confusing her legal name with the True Name.
You're confusing her legal name with the True Name.
It's Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin.
*makes note*
never expect a "yes, and" from maverickz.
*makes note*
never expect a "yes, and" from maverickz.
Yes, and?
This is 100% accurate.
Prediction for coming page:
Beating a dead horse until the cows come home to roost.
Prediction for coming page:
Beating a dead horse until the cows come home to roost.
You really killed two birds out of the park with that one.
dejanzie wrote:Prediction for coming page:
Beating a dead horse until the cows come home to roost.
You really killed two birds out of the park with that one.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't count chickens.
This is 100% accurate.
Western Kansas. Oof. They say some folks stopped there on the way to Colorado. And they never found a way out.
[quote="Danjo Olivaw"]
Chapter 4.
farley3k wrote:Man, I remember this so much. I read Shogun, IT, The Stand in high school carrying them around between classes. Now I am lucky if I can finish a couple hundred page book in a month.
I worked at my local library while in high school and would come home every night with several books checked out. During that time I went through every Stephen King book, so many mysteries, a lot of fantasy and even a ton of puzzle/logic by the likes of Martin Gardner and Raymond Smullyan.
Now the internet distracts me too much. The last book I managed to read all the way through. was a graphic novel
The ability to read books for long stretches of time is something we forced ourselves to learn because when this hot new technology called books happened, the moralists were in a panic so it became the hottest thing since sliced bread reading became the height of enlightenment, and the consumption of thought, de rigeur. Since only rich people could afford books, learning and literacy, the ability to consume pages after pages, was a rich people thing, a status symbol. Its incredibly unnatural for us to sit and stare as something for hours, but we forced that square peg through a round hole. Now we've honed this skill so we could still binge-watch Schitts Creek when needed. tl:dr it's the cyclical pattern of power dynamics and classism, baby.
Out technology shapes our habits. So we're in a era where we dart through threads and tweets and short videos, flitting about mentally much like our brains did searching for food and avoiding signs of predators and seeking out immediate needs. Since many of us no longer need to do that anymore, we've invented youtube algorithms and doomscrolling.
From r/Shower thoughts
You can guess someone's generation by asking them what actor plays Batman or James Bond
Life gave us a bitter orange so went and made a better one.
And now I hate the Bills.
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