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I'm proud to say that I'm one of those four!
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#1 - Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:40 PM EDT{"commentId":965362,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
Hmmm. Wow. If you mean, one of those 1-in-4... Proud? That is frightening.
Make the next book you read Fahrenheit 451.
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{"commentId":966694,"authorDomain":"forbidden"}
Read it in like 7th grade. Ever hear of the not-for-profit organization Reading is Fundamental (RIF)? I'm going to start one called RIFL (Reading is for Losers).
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{"commentId":966866,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
LOL -- Yer quite the comedian. Ever hear of lemmings?
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{"commentId":966924,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
Hahahaha! I like the cut of yer jib, Robby.
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{"commentId":967003,"authorDomain":"forbidden"}
Lemmings is a great album actually. Really funny. National Lampoon was great back then.
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{"commentId":966880,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
Four books in the last week? Did it. Oh, wait, in a year? Oh my. This is dismaying.
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#2 - Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:39 AM EDT{"commentId":966925,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
Agreed.
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{"commentId":968058,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
Well since I'm reading 100 a year I'm throwing the data off anyway...
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{"commentId":967138,"authorDomain":"stevetherobot"}
Great! That just means more books for me!
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#3 - Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:55 AM EDT{"commentId":968445,"authorDomain":"mheise"}
Liberals Read More Books Than Conservatives
This article doesn't really help the link's theory. The Midwest is normally much more conservative than other areas of the nation but yet they read more books. Weird.
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#4 - Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:41 PM EDT{"commentId":968840,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
I'm from the Midwest and I read on average 20 some odd books per year. Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Detroit and St. Louis all tend to lean toward the liberal.
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{"commentId":969033,"authorDomain":"mheise"}
I'm from the midwest as well, only about an hour or so away from St. Louis, and I average about 12 books a year. Which means that means the link I posted seems a little off.
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{"commentId":969140,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
The assertion that the midwest is more conservative than other areas of the nation is not entirely accurate, based on electoral votes it is actually about perfectly even overall.
I can provide links if I can figure out how to make em in here! I apologize for my ignorance on the linkage. ;o)
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{"commentId":968963,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
I can't imagine my life without books! Yikes.
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#5 - Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:21 PM EDT{"commentId":969852,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
What's the saying of Mark Twain? Outside of a dog books are a man's best friend. Inside it's too dark to read?
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#6 - Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:47 AM EDT{"commentId":970178,"authorDomain":"forsaken"}
LOL -- I love Mark Twain.
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{"commentId":977075,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
Me too. A favorite bookstore has that saying on its merchandise.
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