So many ways to read
This was just interesting.
Not too long ago, I was on BART, our local subway system. I, of course, had my Kindle out to read. I was standing in the back of the car, so it happened that I could see a number of people.
Just to my right was a person writing in a paper composition book…you know, the ones with those cardboard, black and white mottled covers. I didn’t look at what was being written, of course, but I would guess a diary or some such. It didn’t seem like notes on something.
To that person’s right, someone else was reading on a smartphone. That appeared to be a book.
Immediately to my left, another person had out a big hardback book…I think a novel.
Not far away was someone reading on a Kindle 2 (I have a K3).
A couple of rows ahead, there was a mass market paperback.
I could also see a laptop, but I’m not sure the person was reading something so much as working on something.
I looked around for a chiseled stone tablet, but didn’t see one. 
Just fun to see…reading, reading, everywhere…
This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.
September 25, 2010 at 10:56 pm |
I regret that you didn’t get to see the chiseled stone tablet; let me explain… I was running for the train and tripped on uneven pavement. I dropped my stone tablet and it broke, so instead of boarding, I returned to the quarry for a new tablet. Unjustly, the municipal government wants me to pay for the divot they say my chisel made in the sidewalk when I dropped it, too. I tried to explain that the ding in the sidewalk isn’t mine; some policy writer did that a few weeks ago when he dropped his chisel. In fact, that is the divot I tripped into. The whole thing makes me mad. (Weak pun, but I play the cards I have.)
September 26, 2010 at 12:58 pm |
Thanks for writing, K L!
I can usually spot a pun even when there isn’t one
, but I apologize, I’m not getting this one. I tried “dipping a trivet”, but that didn’t seem to be it. 
You mentioned a policy writer, and I found some references to “pivot or divot”, but that didn’t pan out. I found some other references to “divot”…but those may be best alone.
So, even though it is considered gauche, I have to ask…what was the pun?
I enjoyed the writing in your comment! Definitely made me smile…
October 1, 2010 at 12:28 am
Sorry, Bufo. Although our Kindles’ New Oxford American Dictionary defines “divot” as “a piece of turf cut out of the ground by a golf club in making a stroke,” the word is used by both golfers and non-golfers to refer to the shallow pit that remains, or to any similar depressed area, regardless of cause. E.G. “When Bob missed the nail with his hammer and hit the drywall, he left quite a divot.” It was in that context that I used the word. The pun was that the “whole” thing (hole?) made me mad.
October 1, 2010 at 12:49 am
Thanks, K.L.!
I absolutely should have gotten that one! Your pun was fine…I complicated it too much.
I really appreciate you coming back to explain it! I feel like I’ve asked a magician to explain how the trick works, but I feel relieved now. Thanks!
September 27, 2010 at 1:05 pm |
this is one of my favorites of all your posts. such a great snapshot in time in our fast-changing lives, and this time it’s all good. So many ways to read.
September 27, 2010 at 8:54 pm |
Thanks for writing, Deanna!
Thanks for letting me know.
I wasn’t sure if that one would appeal to very many people…but I’m glad you liked it.