Quote for the week

[lathany]

"I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy." Frank Zappa.

As a reader, I'm not too fond of this. I know people who don't read books, but it's usually a part of them I don't get.

Comments

[glittertigger]

I once dated someone (a tall dark handsome stranger I met at a party) who I found had never read a work of fiction outside a classroom, and couldn't see why anyone would waste their time reading made-up stuff. He did read a lot, but it was all factual - textbooks and manuals and things. He was an awesome engineer (could fix anything from a circuit board to a tractor, and was very useful for servicing my car / fixing the flat etc), good at sports, and unexpectedly prone to arranging lovely romantic surprises, but didn't exactly fit into my group of friends... It really was an unbridgeable gulf.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

My current member of staff doesn't read books, but is a Veronica Mars fan, so we just about bridged that gap.