Topic: Books and Electronics
Back in the old days, don't you love it when an article starts out that way, when I decided to read a book, it meant I would pick up the book hardcover or paperback and have at it. No more. I have become a victim, or scratch that, a devotee of the electronic age. I love the computer and all it's multitude of little electronic whelps it has spawned. But back to my dilemma, I currently am reading three books, not simultaneously, that would be impossible I think, but each will get it's share of my time each day. I am reading a paperback of William Saroyans, 'THE HUMAN COMEDY", a novel that follows the goings-on of a family in Ithaca, California during World War II. I am also listening to EMPIRE FALLS, BY Richard Russo, on tape, usually at night before I fall asleep, and lastly I am listening to THINK by David Lodge on my discman in between when my eyes get a little tired from reading the paperback or fiddling on the computer.
When I lose interest in the books, as on occasion that might happen, I have been known to fire up a movie on my personal DVD player, which I think is the most decadent, most unnecessary toy I have bought in recent times, but I truly love it. I can indulge myself in movies that only I like and watch a rerun many times if I wish. Now the problem, oh yeah, there are problems with all this is that I have a wife who I truly love and deserves my undivided attention and she usually get's it, but I have to walk a tightrope between being a normal person or give in to my self indulgences and become a complete social introvert. I guess there are worse hobbies I could indulge in, but care must be taken I don't fall in head first and disappear in the electronic jungle.
Posted by jim2jak
at 5:25 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 26 August 2004 12:38 PM EDT