Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Reading Over Surfing

My friend Bernadette had this up on Facebook, touting a book that examines the importance of reading books in the face of Internet fun.

6 comments:

takineko said...

I got about half way through reading that. Then stopped for no reason. It wasn't uninteresting. I just decided I read enough apparently. Life is sad.

JP Mac said...

Funny. I was reading your comment and....

Craig Crumpton said...

TLDR

(Too long. Didn't read.)

Luke said...

Hmph, who has time to participate in such frivolous activities as reading. No one ain't learned nothin' from reading.

But in all seriousness, I feel this guys pain. It hits me hard coming in to cartoon making, no one appreciates the small things in life anymore. It's always right here, right now, the newest thing. There for it is my mission to teach people to outreach to people who surround them on a daily basis. And, of course, to entertain. At the very least, I'll have a small audience.

Keeper said...

This reminds me of one of the only scenes I remember from the 1980s Max Headroom series. The old punk rocker played by Morgan whatshisname was handing out food to some teenage girl on the street, along with a book. She held out the book.

"What is this?"

"(dumbfounded) It's a book!"

"(confused) Well, what is it?"

"(exasperated) It's a non-volatile storage medium. They're very rare; you should 'ave one."

"(shoving it back at him) Stuff it!"

Luke said...

Keeper, you are hilarious

So, am I the only one so far to read the entire article?

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