Comments on: Not-Reading

By: Life, improved, without sleep » Sandi Kahn Shelton

Life, improved, without sleep » Sandi Kahn Shelton — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:50:41 +0000

[...] out that not sleeping is a pretty good idea, according to a a great blog I found, written by BlogLily. She has discovered an early 20th century self-help book, Arnold Bennett’s How to Live on 24 [...]

By: Jana Bouc

Jana Bouc — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:28:23 +0000

Another great post. I’m glad to hear you’ve found Audible to be a good thing. I certainly enjoy it. I loved the idea of How to Live in 24 Hours until I hear the solution was to get less sleep. But you also inspired me to try getting up earlier and making good use of the morning hours instead of staying up late trying to do art and post to my blog when I’m sleepy and then sleeping too late the next day. I never know what kind of interesting information I’ll get when I visit. Thanks for the votes on the pictures.

By: w

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:37:24 +0000

Now The New York Times is catching up to you: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/books/04audio.html?ref=books.

By: archiearchive

archiearchive — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:58:47 +0000

I am married to a person who has “Callow”s in her ancestry. They came from a small parish named “North Piddle”in Worcestershire. [giggle]

By: Make Tea Not War

Make Tea Not War — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:07:09 +0000

>The proper, wise balancing of one’s whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

Oh I love this quote! It’s so very true.

By: healingmagichands

healingmagichands — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:56:38 +0000

The servant problem being what it is, I guess I’ll go empty the ashes, dust my house, take down the Christmas tree, vacuum and do some laundry. Ta ta for now.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:43:31 +0000

You brave soul, tackling Ulysses. Maybe you’ll be my impetus to try it sooner rather than later. Would you mind setting up that 5:00 a.m. tea and biscuit tray for me once you’ve finished reading it and have a little more time on your hands, so that I can start in on reading it (no hurry, though. 2008, 2009, any year would be fine)? And I am absolutely going to adopt Carrie’s “The servant problem being what it is…”

By: lucette

lucette — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:53:35 +0000

I’m not sure I’d like to see servants at 5 am–I don’t really like to see anyone early in the morning.
I love the idea of having books you’re not reading–I’ve got some of these, too.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:10:11 +0000

With Kelly and Deb, I was reading a 1947 book featuring upstanding hostesses of their time and (the wife of the Governor of Nebraska and such; each lady was profiled with a mention of her church and political party) and the menus that they like to serve their guests. You can imagine the variety of jellied salads. One sentence fragment jumped out at us in the introduction of one prominent lady’s “easy” menu for a casual gathering (no aspic): “The servant problem being what it is…”

This is an all-around handy phrase for intoducing topics of all kinds. Just try it. The servant problem being what it is, we’re having takeout tonight. The servant problem being what it is, the cat’s litter box hasn’t been changed. The servant problem being what it is, I’m not getting out of bed this morning.

By: Heather T.

Heather T. — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:40:58 +0000

Sigh. I am drinking a bit of tea right now and looking at the pile of books waiting for me…ah yes right now I am on my reading bookish blogs jag and frankly I am enjoying it! Next week when I’m back to work and my regular commute then I shall be reading proper books wishing for a bit of tea!

By: LK

LK — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:11:56 +0000

I have to second Carl’s comment … Carl, maybe someday there can be a Homer-Challenged Reader Challenge.

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:13:28 +0000

I want to, but have not had the courage to, read The Iliad and The Odyssey. There is something that on the surface seems so difficult about these books and yet the stories have had an influence on or been the underpinnings of so many books and movies I have enjoyed over the years. I really need to act like a grown up and get to reading them.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:02:39 +0000

I remember that scene in a Room with a View…I want to read Homer this year, but I wonder how it will go reading it since it is really meant to be spoken. Maybe I can find an audio and read some and then listen. I am not sure I will ever read Joyce–it’s good to hear it is not as bad as you thought. Perhaps on this one I will live vicariously through you!

By: bloglily

bloglily — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:57:36 +0000

Happy new Year Ms. Coffee — your plan sounds like a fine one. Looking forward to reading about that painting by the way. xo, BL

By: Coffee

Coffee — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:38:03 +0000

Thats some reading!!!!!!! I m just gonna replace the tea with coffee and reading books with some painting (for which I never seem to have any time)!!!! I can paint the whole town then