Woe be unto ye

On Jan 9, 5:47*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:


Some day, I'll have to retire the old Palm M515 I've been using as a
"book" in favor of the real thing. It'd be nice to be able to see more
than one paragraph at a time. Still, for now it seems that all I read
are college textbooks. I'll wait a few months until I can once again
read for pleasure rather than the memorization of facts and factoids.

Not to belittle memorization of facts and factoids (as noble a pursuit
as most humans seem incapable of imagining.....let alone pursuing or
accomplishing), but reading for pleasure (which, it should be
remembered, by no means precludes edification) is, at one and the same
time, among both the most selfish and most selfless of all the
activities that one can engage in.

But, as is often the case, Mr. Clemens said it better.....and more
succinctly: "The man who does not read good books has no advantage
over the man who can't read them."

Food (and good, nutritious food at that) for thought.

Wolfgang