Doris Lessing was just granted a Noble prize in literature and praised for her "scepticism, fire, and visionary power." No mention was made of firewater.
Doris Lessing taught me that it is not necessary to finish every book you start. I used to feel obliged to do this, but when I was reading, and not enjoying, Lessing's "The Golden Notebook," I ran across her advice not to bother finishing bad books. Great advice! I started with "The Golden Notebook." Recently I discovered that this is something I have in common with Ann Althouse.
She is probably one of those people who plays the whose life is worse? game. Like when you complain to someone, and they have to one up you. "I am so upset, I have to write a 10 page paper." "Yeah, well try to be me! I have to write a 15 page paper!"
"I am so tired, I only got 3 hours of sleep last night." "Yeah, well I only got 2!! I'm so much more tired than you!"
This woman is saying outlandish things for attention. No one in their right mind would compare two very different, terrible events and try to say that one is worse than the other. She must have the emotional maturity of a 3 year old. The worst part is, the fools at the Nobel Foundation are rewarding her for an obvious plug for attention. What they call scepticism, I call childishness. (I don't think thats a real word) I would love to see this woman try to tell the families of people lost on 9 11 that it wasn't that bad, and that they are just naive.
Mom: Think about the incredible amount of written word that is out there and that is constantly being produced, and about the extremely small percentage of it that is actually worthwhile. From that perspective it is clear that it is NOT necessary to finish every book you start.
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Doris Lessing was just granted a Noble prize in literature and praised for her "scepticism, fire, and visionary power." No mention was made of firewater.
Doris Lessing taught me that it is not necessary to finish every book you start. I used to feel obliged to do this, but when I was reading, and not enjoying, Lessing's "The Golden Notebook," I ran across her advice not to bother finishing bad books. Great advice! I started with "The Golden Notebook." Recently I discovered that this is something I have in common with
Ann Althouse.
She is probably one of those people who plays the whose life is worse? game. Like when you complain to someone, and they have to one up you.
"I am so upset, I have to write a 10 page paper."
"Yeah, well try to be me! I have to write a 15 page paper!"
"I am so tired, I only got 3 hours of sleep last night."
"Yeah, well I only got 2!! I'm so much more tired than you!"
This woman is saying outlandish things for attention. No one in their right mind would compare two very different, terrible events and try to say that one is worse than the other. She must have the emotional maturity of a 3 year old. The worst part is, the fools at the Nobel Foundation are rewarding her for an obvious plug for attention. What they call scepticism, I call childishness. (I don't think thats a real word)
I would love to see this woman try to tell the families of people lost on 9 11 that it wasn't that bad, and that they are just naive.
Mom: Think about the incredible amount of written word that is out there and that is constantly being produced, and about the extremely small percentage of it that is actually worthwhile. From that perspective it is clear that it is NOT necessary to finish every book you start.
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