Monday, January 19, 2004
Creative Reading
First I'd like to introduce a brand new "community" for you people to check out:
Yami Pegasus Broken Toiletry - The Forums. I even used my oldest YPBT Logo on the front page. It is somewhat empty right now, as it was founded yesterday, but with some help, I hope I can get that to change.
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What is this new "creative reading" thing that I've heard about? I was browsing the web and I came across this advertisement banner. "CHEAP... LESSONS... IN... CREATIVE... READING..." What is this?? The idea of paying somebody to tell you to use a tone in your voice seems completely nonsensical. Reading isn't even a creative exercise anyway. Its only purpose is to help people drown out the rest of the world while straining their eyes. In fact, television is better than books are, which I can prove with this table:
Obviously, television is better than reading. I think that I'm going to go out and buy some cheap lessons in educational and creative TV-Watching (picture-in-picture, intense channel-surfing, remote-control battery changing, etc.)
Yami Pegasus Broken Toiletry - The Forums. I even used my oldest YPBT Logo on the front page. It is somewhat empty right now, as it was founded yesterday, but with some help, I hope I can get that to change.
What is this new "creative reading" thing that I've heard about? I was browsing the web and I came across this advertisement banner. "CHEAP... LESSONS... IN... CREATIVE... READING..." What is this?? The idea of paying somebody to tell you to use a tone in your voice seems completely nonsensical. Reading isn't even a creative exercise anyway. Its only purpose is to help people drown out the rest of the world while straining their eyes. In fact, television is better than books are, which I can prove with this table:
| Television | Books |
| Can be a social activity | Can't be a social activity |
| Requires half-hour attention span | Requires 5-minute attention span |
Obviously, television is better than reading. I think that I'm going to go out and buy some cheap lessons in educational and creative TV-Watching (picture-in-picture, intense channel-surfing, remote-control battery changing, etc.)
