I'd LOVE to buy the books touted by many conservatives ... Levin, f'rinstance ... but the computer age has re-directed my love for reading and knowledge to occur in a sitting straight up position while becoming fat on whatever I damned well feel like gorging myself on.
Reading these days is more a Pac Man experience of bits and pieces until a whole hour or day has been eaten up and we move on to the next free game.
I HAVE attempted to read a book, but I find that as good a sleeping aid as Nembutol.
I think it all began in my childhood when I learned to peruse (a) magazine(s) while sitting on the terlet ...
Do girls have this sitting and reading thing ?
I don't think they do. At my home it was always Popular Mechanics, Mechanics Illustrated, Popular Science et al. Or outdoors magazines in "the reading rood." At my wife's family's farm it was always gear head magazines. Nary a Home and Garden in sight. The closest might have been a build your own home or log cabin living magazine.
The old standbys were Farmers Almanacs and of course Sears, JC Penny and Monkey Wards.
I miss those days...sigh.