Books and stuff
Since my mom died I've slowed down considerably with my reading. I want to read, I think it'll take my mind off things that are bothering me - but I'm finding it hard to concentrate, which makes me even crazier and actually more depressed. And I am depressed right now, I know it, I can feel it, and there are a few reasons for it that are perfectly
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Oh, trust me, I know about bad tv habits. Thus, the appropriate bobble head I bought. ;) But, you're right, it's so much easier to sit there and veg in front of the tube because it takes a lot less concentration. It's okay if your mind wanders when you're just sitting there watching something. It's aggravating when you think you've just read some pages in a book, and you realize you have to go back and try again because you don't recall a thing you just supposedly read. It's like being in a blackout situation at times.
As much as we are physical book people - and we'll never stop being that - I did buy The Spousal Unit a Nook a couple years ago for Father's Day. I had zero ideas, and I thought it would be convenient for taking on the airplane because he travels so much and likes to pack as light as possible in order to fight for those overhead compartments. And it is super useful for that. But, like you, what he found he likes most is being able to find old sci fi classics that are out of print, and most of them are freebies.
Got The Girl Child a Kindle for her birthday because that's what she asked for. Thought it could come in handy in helping to cut down a little on those outrageous book expenses for at least one or two of her college classes.
So I do think those e-readers are convenient and have some cool features - but I still live in fear of bookstores going completely by the wayside, and us being the last generation that knew real books.
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