'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The only times I talk to someone about what they are reading is if I am reading the same book, which happens freakishly often.
Well, there was that one time on the plane when the man next to me was reading something stamped with both Confidential and the logo for a project my father helped head up, but really, that was just to be mean.
You all will be glad to know, by the bye, that "earworm" is gaining acceptance in published works. Next up: the dictionary.
Obladi, Oblada, Amygdala: Word as Earworm
eta: There. Fixed it meself. No big.
Nutty, I tried to fix your post to remove the trailing >, but I can't make it disappear. We'll have the code fixed soon.
George W Bush uses an iPod.
I'm going to guess he doesn't listen to the Air America Podcasts.
I think I'm with ita wrt people reading what I'm reading.
Not so much with books, mainly because I tend not to read books in a way that they can be easily co-opted. But if I'm reading the paper on the Commuter rail, where it's less easy to keep the page to yourself, and I sense someone trying to read it, my first impulse is to smack said person with the paper, 'cause, ya know, it's only 50 cents (or free, depending on the paper) - get your own fucking paper and stay out of my bubble. Especially if they notice I noticed and look away, and then try to sneak a peak again when I go back to reading.
That said, if I don't notice, more power to you. But if I notice? You've broken the bubble.
I'm going to guess he doesn't listen to the Air America Podcasts.
He listens to it while riding his bike. Maybe he listens to Air America as a way to motivate himself to ride harder.
I realize what I love reading the most on the train is specialized stuff -- people studying for a nursing test, or reading financial reports from their job, or whatever. It's the glimpse into other people's worlds that I love about living in the city.
I try and sneak reads in airplanes. But with the understanding that I'm smackable if caught. It's like Jesse said -- their work is alien and fascinating.
right. no need for twice.
I only try to sneak reads of magazines. anything else is too much of a commitment.
obsessively not doing work. I tried to give the work that I completed to others, but they were out of their offices.