Because even on my planet we don't have RG-45 or USB ports in the back of our heads... but we're working on it.
Because even on my planet we don't have RG-45 or USB ports in the back of our heads... but we're working on it.
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
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Originally Posted by n2ize
Most often, it's brevity.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
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Such as ?
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Brevity is the soul of wit and wit keeps us going, reading, continuing.
As opposed to ?
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
We read because we can.
That's true. If we couldn't, we wouldn't.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
Would you take a collection of short stories, or War and Peace to read in the crapper? As Michael Gold said in the Big Chill "never write anything longer than a person can read during the average crap".
In my life, the major reason for reading has primarily been to gain knowledge. Although I also like to read for pleasure the time required isn't always available. When you take a look back on an average life, the first six years you get read to, then, in order to gain knowledge, you go off to grade school for eight years, then high school for four years, for some, a minimum of four years college, and then off to the business world. I have found that the majority of the reading I ever did in business was either to gain the knowledge to better my position, or the reading of technical information. I cannot really remember a time in business where I had an opportunity to read for pleasure. Even in our hobbies we do a lot of reading. Is it to gain knowledge, or for pleasure? For me, it is to gain a higher degree of knowledge and proficiency, in order to provide a higher degree of pleasure and satisfaction within that hobby. I believe if you were to ask this question of 100 people, you would get at least 100 different perspectives. This is not a question that has a definitive answer, and one size does not fit all.
Last edited by K7SGJ; 03-07-2012 at 07:12 AM.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
That it, John. Your question has been answered.
I kant reed. Ore spel eethur
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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