What to do with the remaining minutes of a Sunday evening?
There is a National League championship game on TV (which the Phillies are winning 4-0). There is an intriguing book
Ah, the solution: the mute button.
I know what they say: ‘multi-tasking’ is not really possible. Neither is decision making for some of us.
Staci Thomas
PLEASE tell me you picked up the book and turned OFF the TV, not just the volume.
TulipGirl
Ooooh! I really want to read that book! (Soon, soon. . .)I've hit upon the sad reality that I just do NOT multitask well at all. My schoolwork has shown that to me in sharp relief.Hubby teases me — after all, women are "supposed" to be better at multitasking. (One of the skills of motherhood?) And yet. . .
Randy Greenwald
Staci, I could lie and said I did the strictly literary thing, but, well, I didn't. Of course, don't you try to read while driving, at stop signs and such? Hmm.And as for multi-tasking, spoke with Tammy yesterday who tells me that every study out there says that it is impossible. Barb's skill is not multitasking, but the ability to concentrate and focus on the thing at hand to the complete exclusion of everything else. That, it would seem to me, is the skill that motherhood demands!But I confess – had it been the Rays playing, the book would have gotten little attention. As it was, the game was an 11-0 blowout, so demanded little from me.
Staci Thomas
Well, it's just that it was a choice between baseball and THAT PARTICULAR book. Not all books should be chosen over baseball. But the one at hand should be ingested at "the complete exclusion of everything else".
Randy Greenwald
So, The Elegance of the Hedgehog trumps the Phillies vs the Dodgers. Would it have trumped VT vs. Georgia Tech? I mean, just how good is it?!
Gus/Adri
Now that I know the name of the book in question, I'd say it would trump most anything – but then I'm not a sports nut – er, fanatic. But yes, it's a great story and I hope to read more by this author. –ae