Comments on “On Reading” http://blog.nertzy.com/2009/01/15/on-reading/feed/On+Reading 2009-01-17T22:52:35-06:00 Chyrp On Reading tag:blog.nertzy.com,2009-01-16:/id/41/comment_120 2009-01-16T07:23:00-06:00 2009-01-16T07:23:00-06:00 Tommy <p>53 feeds. 0 unread. I usually just skim titles, but I try to empty out feed counts on a daily basis. Some feeds I don&#8217;t even bother with and just mark the whole thing as read. If there&#8217;s something interesting and I don&#8217;t have time I might star it or e-mail it to myself. I&#8217;ve got a hefty stack of things to read during off times. Every semester, for example, I start a &#8220;Things to Read in May/December&#8221; folder, which I rarely get to even during the break. Sometimes I print them out and leave them on my desk if I think it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll eventually really need to read.</p> <p>But yeah, when I&#8217;m not out with friends, or not at school/work, I am reading. In place of APIs it&#8217;s practice manuals for courts, or caselaw, or federal/state regulations. At home it&#8217;s random things on the net, typically technology or law related. When I have long drives, I like to listen to books from my iPod. Once a week or so I will watch a basketball game, or an episode of Law &amp; Order. If I can, I go to the gym or go for a run a few times a week. There&#8217;s much less sitting around talking until 4 or 5 like we used to do in South C-shire. Reading has pretty much become it for me.</p> On Reading tag:blog.nertzy.com,2009-01-16:/id/41/comment_121 2009-01-16T16:30:31-06:00 2009-01-16T16:30:31-06:00 Erin <p>Hey Grant! You rock. Read on!</p> <p>I mostly read journals and textbooks. But I wouldn&#8217;t suggest those to anyone. For fun, you should read &#8220;Peppermints in the Parlor.&#8221; Its a juvenile fiction about an orphan who goes to live in a creepy mansion full of sad old people and forbidden peppermints, all of which are shrouded in mystery. But it has the most delightful ending.</p> On Reading tag:blog.nertzy.com,2009-01-17:/id/41/comment_125 2009-01-17T22:52:35-06:00 2009-01-17T22:52:35-06:00 austin <p>oh fun an interactive post! i mostly just listen to books as its easier than carying the thing around. i just finished hot, flat, and crowded by thomas friedman and the world without us by i forget who. both were full of lots of good random facts but they were pretty long winded. i had to set the ipod to fast speed. i also finally finished pimsleur japanese 1 and am a few lessons into japanese 2. also my feed list only has 15 subscriptions with 32 unread. i enjoyed marking every one of your posts read the other day when the feed screwed up.</p>