tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post8141721371966139199..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Guilty Pleasures: Yoda, Carnivàledpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-44424287247953646262015-02-08T12:00:00.346-05:002015-02-08T12:00:00.346-05:00A time for everything, as the wise man sez. Unfort...A time for everything, as the wise man sez. Unfortunately for me, Yoda is the "work" book. dpreimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-6342049629779415832015-02-08T04:25:09.801-05:002015-02-08T04:25:09.801-05:00I liked that link to the article about guilty plea...I liked that link to the article about guilty pleasures. And I think I agree with it. Guilty pleasures are important, but it's not a bad thing to qualify them with the words "guilty pleasure". Not that we have to feel guilty in the protestant self-loathing sense of the word, but we recognize it for what it is.<br /><br />As far as reading goes, I've felt a lot less guilty about my guilty pleasures ever since I read Stephen King's book On Writing. Which I believe you've read also. As you probably remember, King makes the point that reading anything and everything will develop your literary skills, and a bad book can have just as much value as a good book in terms of giving you a sense of how good prose should, or shouldn't work. <br /><br />But more than that, it's important just for your generally sanity to have a book you can relax with. My general rule of thumb is to try to always have two books on the go--one book that is challenging me a little bit, and one book that is just for relaxation. When I first wake up in the morning, and my brain is still feeling a little foggy, I reach for the relaxation book. And when I'm reading in the evening before bed, I also go for relaxation. But during the afternoon reading hours, I might try to push myself on the harder book.Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-28115059662144054282015-02-07T11:42:19.444-05:002015-02-07T11:42:19.444-05:00All pleasure — ha, indeed. (Read “But I knew she’d...All pleasure — ha, indeed. (Read “But I knew she’d dig it in a big way, so of course I finally queued it up,” and I’m thinking, “And this is a post about guilt?”)paul bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409615610994443652noreply@blogger.com