More Reading

I continue to realize things as I read more. 
The first is just how little I miss listening to the radio.  I read about 20 minutes of news on the internet at lunch and pretty much know everythign there is to know.  I had long thought that I had to read a lot of news to understand what was going on.  I now realize that I really don't need to read that much news. 

There is probably a separate blog on reflecting on the role of the media in today's world, and while I am not taking anything from the concept of a free press, I do take issue with a for-profit press that has to create news rather than keep leaders accountable.  I used to enjoy listening to NPR because their stories were usually more interesting and thoughtful than regular radio.  On Friday, having already finished my most recent audiobook of To Kill a Mockingbird, I turned on NPR.  The story that robbed me of 4 minutes of my life was about the oh-so-secret Chelsea Clinton wedding.  It was a story about the fact that there was no official story since everythign was oh-so-secret.  I used to expect NPR to be better than that, but they have lost it also.  They are so enamoured with anyone in that particular political party that they had to stop the presses to cover something that wasn't even a story yet.  I think I need to end my membership with them.

I am also starting to see that the more you read, the better you can write.  I still haven't read a lot yet, but I find my mind filled with ideas that I have to commit to writing here.

Next time I will tell you about filling my nook.