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What’s Out: Words

written by jess on 08-22-2007. 4 reactions.

In what may be my favorite article of the month, the AP has announced that 1 in 4 Americans read did not read any books last year. I will share the most bestiest quote from the entire article, brought to us by Bob Ryan, 41. Bob says, “If I’m going to get a story, I’ll get a movie.”

I struggle to offer color commentary. To think, Neal, you were so riled over the apathetic guitar selection in the display window at the John Varvatos store, when what you should actually be worried about is how the John Varvatos store will communicate to Americans that it is the John Varvatos store when they can’t read the words John Varvatos.

Forward thinking readers, may I suggest that we all turn our names into easily identifical objects now, before the inevitable mad dash in 2012. I pick scratch ‘n sniff stickers in place of “Jess” and a purple racecar for “Kimball.”

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  1. Ron Franscell Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:46:39 UTC

    Americans’ reading habits are just more evidence of our laziness, which seems to grow boundlessly. I blogged on this one, too.

  2. dave_a Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:36:55 UTC

    Is it that WORDS that are out or is it BOOKS?

    I think decreased reading is due mainly to :

    *Increased TV consumption — average American consumes over 8 hours a day and it’s been increasing

    *Increased internet consumption

    *both of the above have created shorter attention spans, which is a problem for books. I read that most book buyers never get past page 18!

  3. Neal Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:03:56 UTC

    I am now known by the following easily identifiable object.

    http://www.holtermann.co.cr/images/productos/124.jpg

  4. satish Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:02:58 UTC

    I just barcoded myself. http://www.flickr.com/photos/unlistedsightings/1206626901/ does that help? Maybe all of us will be carrying barcode scanners someday, so that might make it easy…

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