Occasionally. . .

*sigh* Every now and then, I find myself reading five or so books at once. This is one of those times. (Plus a new Bible reading plan I’d not tried before.) I know how it happens. Books that are just barely well-written and interesting enough to continue reading, but not well-written and interesting enough to read straight through are the usual culprits. Every now and then, a book I need to put down and think about, or just absorb, for a while before continuing makes my reading list as well.

Now? One hardcopy book. A book on my “non-fiction Kindle” and another on my “fiction Kindle” plus three more in different instances of Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader. Between the six, they hold my attention. *sigh*

And then there’s that new Bible reading program. Ten chapters/day, each from a different book with specific instructions to just read them straight through without stopping to think on the text. Tried that. Can’t. So, I generally read half the day’s readings and then go do other things, while the chapters I’ve read percolate. Then, at the end of the day, I finish the readings.

In between, my daily work/chores/activities and. . . the other books.

I prefer keeping it to just one book at a time, but sometimes. . . nope. Not happening.

Subliteracy in the Hivemind #3,245,967

Jonah Goldberg, writing about King Putz’s LAST SOTU blather:

“Several times I heard him say things that sounded politically ill-advised and so I checked the prepared remarks thinking that maybe I misheard. But I didn’t.”

Corrected (with emphasis added):

“Several times I heard him say things that sounded politically ill-advised and so I checked the prepared remarks thinking that maybe I had misheard. But I hadn’t.”

Getting the tense right improves clear transmission of meaning. Sloppy writing such as the example of Goldberg’s comment above, is indicative of sloppy thinking. When a guy is getting paid (as one must assume Goldberg is) for writing, getting it right is part of his job.