Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Reading

Yesterday was a bit rubbish - didn't post anything.  Although I do now know more about a BR1600CD than I did.

Decided I'd better get back to doing some reading. Tom Wright is usually good.
Read 2 pages and fell asleep. Tried again. Sleep again. Not that there's anything wrong with the eminent New Testament scholar (and brilliantly named) N.T. Wright - I'm actually very fond of him: it's just that I'd had a large lunch to say goodbye to our local Methodist minister. At a pub, of course.

I do find reading so boring. Especially when there are no pictures. Especially when there are no breaks in the text. It's just such a slow process.
It's not that I don't do much reading - in fact I do a lot. It's just that I'm conditioned to read small chunks of text, with control over which small chunk I read next.  That's how text is on the internet.  The whole modernist linearity of a 'book' is what gets me down. Even a good book.
I should say that I have read the Bible cover to cover. But in the CofE we have a lectionary which splits it up into small, palatable chunks. Which is how I like to read anyway.  So instead of blaming technology for my lack of ability to read long chapters, I've decided it's the church's fault really.



Shed arrives tomorrow!

1 comment:

  1. I want to see pictures of your shed first thing! I bet once it is installed and you get a nice chair in place and make it homely you will find reading less boring as well once in there.

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