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Oh..oh.. oh..OH..OHHHHHH....

That... is horrifying.

I mean, unless you're reading the end first, it hardly matters where you are in the book.

“Read" from the middle English "Reden" or "to advise." Specifically, reading as an act is not exclusive to medium and refers to the appraisal of information as opposed to the delivery of information. It's for this reason, the modern definition also includes reading as synonym for "appraising" a situation.

The thought of a book being a frivolous waste of money is astounding, but I completely understand that. I guess for me it's more of where that external fetish for the book as an object interacts with the book as a medium that is the most difficult to define. Specifically, its about defining the book as a physical gateway rather than just as symbolic stand-in for one, and a lot of it has to do with my personal view of the individual word and its role as a shared conduit. Oddly, this ties in with Sawdy's question about spoken word books and written books: to me there is no distinction as a medium between the two, even if the endpoints on each side are drastically different.

Living in the boonies would be great, as long as the boonies are Lake Tahoe.

Kinda disappointing selection. I mean they cute and all, but not really bears.

It's fucking stupid, but I guess to each his or her own. I have to do a round trip to Madera (next town above Fresno) every week, and it drains me. I'd probably just stay the night, but I can't afford to waste two days out of the office.

Stay away from the beach towns and you stay away from the entitled crowd.

One of my employees lives in Henderson and commutes in to LA for work, so clearly parts of Clark County are affordable to make that kind of commute worth it.

Awesome. I'm out on the OC border myself. I absolutely hate the Valley.

I've never really gotten that, and that's strange since I'm a writer.

Had no idea you were a neighbor. What's your neighborhood?

Useless.

Reading must be an adventure for you.

I think the answer wholly depends on why (and what) you're reading. I mean the act of processing ocular processing activates a different part of your brain than one that processes aural processing. Like mthor said, it might be easier to be distracted if you are listening and are distracted by something in your line of sight for various reasons. But assuming you give it your full attentions and the point is to use books to educate yourself or to think critically, hearing it should be no different than reading it as far as intellectual stimulation. If you're going to read Mary Trump's book, you will be no more intelligent for reading it as opposed to listening to Meryl Streep read it to you.

It's not difficult because you have the natural personality for it. Most dudes do not have your ...gift.

Or, maybe just a hug?

My kitten has take to climbing me all the way from the floor, so bleeding nips is like the new norm.

Flour I don't even need any flour and I still buy a bag of flour.

Just one.

Bet that was laugher.

This makes me want to cry.

Makes it sound even shittier.