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Sunday, November 13, 2011

To read or not to read

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Reading can be a pleasure or a pain depending on the reading material. To read is to me an insight into a new world and an interesting mind. When the story becomes straining on your patience is either when it becomes dull or when it becomes seriously interesting. That is my only two complaints about reading: when you encounter a boring story and when the story becomes so interesting that it is nearly unbearable to wait for the end. That is, to read is slow and it takes time to get to the conclusion so you can be let off the hook. Of course once you’re off the hook you wish to get back on the hook. Another slight complaint, I guess. Finishing a great book is very anticlimactic and the thrill won’t be the same the second time around.

Text 3

Reading can make you plebeian or it can be painless depending on the maternity of the reading. To read is to me is not insipid but is discovering a new world heritage site and an interesting mind game. When the stout (to use a metaphor) becomes straining on your Pat Malone is either when it becomes dull or when it becomes seriously interesting. That is the only two times I need complementary medicines for reading: when you encounter a boring stout and when the stout becomes so interesting that it is nearly unbearable to wait for the end-game. That is, to read is slow and it takes time to get to the concordat so you can be let off the hook-up. Of course once you’re off the hook-up you wish to get back on the hook-up. Another time when I need a slight bit of complementary medicine, I guess. Finishing a great “bookie” is very anticlimactic and the throb won’t be the same the second time around.

3 comments:

  1. That obviously made me quite thirsty! Nice slightly crazy alterations (complementary medicine, hook-up and throb) - reminding us that reading is a thing of the body as well as the mind.

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  2. Great little text - it still inspires me to read a book, just in a funny and unconventional way..

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  3. I loved how the revision turned out. There's nothing I like more than enjoying a stout when finishing off a bookie.

    Seriously, the original text in itself is a good piece of meta-writing. I was left "on the hook" so to speak when the text ended

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