alexist

2 recent articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?ref=arts

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google (I read it in the Independent)

I think that reading online is different from reading a book--you do skim more. I've also noticed that the Web chips away at my ability to read books; I want to skim and skip. I'm actually making more of an effort these days to read books. (In some ways, having my laptop out for repair has been a blessing!) While I don't think that reading on the web should be entirely discounted, I'm not sure that some of the experts interviewed by the Times considered the benefits of reading 400 pages without clicking on a link or skimming or being interrupted by Flash.

I am rather depressed by the girl who doesn't think you need to read books to get into college--and wants to major in English.

1) She's worked out that paper is the least fun thing on which to draw. We have purple crayon on our wall. (Washable Crayola, thankfully, though I haven't actually tried getting it off).

2) she got into my wallet again and took out all the cards. I retrieved most of them, but one is AWOL. I SAW her dump a bunch behind the printer table! I got 3! So where's the 4th?

It's warm and humid. I don't want to have to cook today, but I bet my laptop won't be ready so I'll have to. (SInce I have to go into town to pick it up, I'll meet Neil and get dinner. I won't be able to manage my laptop, diaper bag, and stroller all by myself anyway.)

Plus, our dishwasher is being increasingly cranky so I'm having to wash all the dishes by hand; this puts me off cooking. Everything is coming out coated--it's almost like when you forget to rinse mashed potato off utensils and it gets splattered over everything. I've cleaned all the filters and spray arms and I'm running it empty to try to clean out whatever's doing this.

Although I did make Aliza French toast (with homemade bread, too). After I'd made it I wished I'd made myself some as well!

Freshly baked cinnamon swirl bread = Teh Yum.

(and I got a really really good spiral this time!)