Monty by Jim Meddick for January 20, 2024

Leather reading gloves are so under-rated. ;-)

Guess the “jest” ended right then…

Blame it on Evelyn Woods.

I finished it in the sense that I read to the end. The problem is that, from what I can recall (it was quite a few years ago), David Foster Wallace himself didn’t finish it in the sense of giving it a proper ending. It’s a fascinating read in many ways, but I remember finding the conclusion somewhat frustrating (and far from cheerful).

Almost as long as War and Peace. But, nowhere near as exiting.

Wasn’t David Wallace the CEO of Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company?

I’m with you Monty! Paper cuts are the worse! Or should I say ’’worst’’? I tried looking it up in my Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, and don’t you know it…..I got a paper cut!

Sounds like a good one to put on the shelf next to James Joyce’s Ulysses, and not read.

This comic leaves me in stitches!

If you can get through Gravity’s Rainbow you can probably get through Infinite Jest.

I took a speed reading course in summer school one year as a teen. The teacher gave us a story to read and we marked our time down, which he recorded. Then we were given a test of our comprehension. I probably scored 90% or so. After several weeks of dubious techniques to speed our reading, including using a tachistoscope, at the end we were given the same story and test and did the same thing. Of course the second time I got 100% right because I remembered all the right answers. I didn’t even read the story once I confirmed it was the same one, so my elapsed time was a few seconds. The teacher used this to “prove” how effective his speed reading techniques were.

Not really interested in learning to read any faster than I already do. But being in the habit of reading a lot does seem to increase one’s speed.

I read Infinite Jest to the end, including the end notes. Much of it was interesting, but it’s not something I’d care to repeat, although fans say that you need to read it over and over to get the most out of it.

David Foster Wallace married my wife’s best friend. He is the only person in history to have books on the New York Times Fiction and Non-Fiction best sellers lists at the same time. He was a brilliant but disturbed individual.

Hello Kitty band aids to the rescue!!!!!! :)

Monty had to cut his reading short.

i thought that, similar to steven wright, he’d hit a bookmark and flown across the room…

Seriously, Monty? Stitches for a paper cut?!