fighting the lack of good ideas
I’ve been attempting a “reactive”/”consumptive” reading experiment recently. The first book I tried it on was the Henry Petroski’s horrid To Engineer is Human (my review). That turned into a failure as I couldn’t stomach his writing, and so “reacting” to it was going to pretty much be an exercise in futility. So I’ve ditched…
I am the [proud] holder of subscriptions to several magazines. As part of my attempt to vary my reading materials, I get Wired, Inc, Fast Company, Western Horseman, and several others. However – I’ve discovered that I just don’t care about most of what is any given issue; there are times when more than half…
In follow-up to a recent blog post shared to me by my friend Steven, thinking about my aunt’s old practices, and comments from my wife and another friend, I’m engaging in a “consumptive”/”reactive” reading experiment wherein I am going to do something I haven’t done in a non-workbook book since my time at HVCC –…