tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post8008139276554583746..comments2023-03-22T19:34:13.412-07:00Comments on Pondering Parenting: I Don't Want OneLaceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338024034517721371noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-78039550692201292572009-12-19T10:41:35.873-08:002009-12-19T10:41:35.873-08:00Hear! Hear! Hand this girl a soap box!!Hear! Hear! Hand this girl a soap box!!Shelley in SChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574849424285401396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-23194099558661923352009-12-18T20:22:08.299-08:002009-12-18T20:22:08.299-08:00Amen and amen. As a person who works in a library,...Amen and amen. As a person who works in a library, I totally agree with you about the tactile experience of holding the printed page in your hand. As one from the "older" generation, I personally feel the same way about hand written letters, etc. Now, let me temper this by letting you know that I am NOT a writer and I almost never write a letter. I have a hard enough time expressing my emotions in "real life"; therefore, it is virtually impossible for me to transmit them by written or typed word! That said....I AM a genealogist and I love things from the past. There is no feeling that compares with holding in my hands something that I know one of my ancestors has held in their hands - a book, a key, a tool, a piece of jewelry..... The most powerful emotions are evoked when holding in my hands the words written on paper by the ones I have loved or even by the ones who past long before I existed. It is as if I can touch them in some small way by touching the paper they held in their hands and the ink that allowed their words to appear on that paper. A note on a computer screen is just not the same....it doesn't have the "human touch or feel." Yet, I would rather have that than nothing, I suppose. It is just another means of communication, but with a much shorter lifespan....Cindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-20164548058045842009-12-17T17:31:21.570-08:002009-12-17T17:31:21.570-08:00I share your rant...Bryan has heard it several tim...I share your rant...Bryan has heard it several times recently. :(Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301552376984355599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-75409851542122204262009-12-17T11:29:20.774-08:002009-12-17T11:29:20.774-08:00Also, I am much stronger now that I am reading The...Also, I am much stronger now that I am reading The Source -- it is so freaking huge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147691596525248673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-88649669089897755942009-12-17T07:55:52.023-08:002009-12-17T07:55:52.023-08:00Do you think the "older" generation or t...Do you think the "older" generation or those "technically handicapped" feel the same way about a hand written letter or thank you note, paying bills online, or even banking online?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-43548863081362038112009-12-17T05:23:32.995-08:002009-12-17T05:23:32.995-08:00I prefer books too, but find it ironic to be readi...I prefer books too, but find it ironic to be reading this and responding to it digitally. Maybe we're just being geezer-ludites.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-60847004194842399752009-12-16T21:16:37.628-08:002009-12-16T21:16:37.628-08:00A-MEN!!! ugh amen......sheesh....i hate these kind...A-MEN!!! ugh amen......sheesh....i hate these kindle things....im like an old lady when it comes to technology, i dont like it, i dont understand it, and i believe it is going to be the end of the world....and the kindle is a HUGE step in that direction...we have replaced sincerity and tangibility with convenience....i hate it.Rachael Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788010613841978566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-62775879973427933632009-12-16T20:00:40.710-08:002009-12-16T20:00:40.710-08:00I first I though "nerd" then I kept read...I first I though "nerd" then I kept reading. I looked over at my bed side table full of my favorite tattered paperbacks, three differnt translations of the Bible, you might just be on to something. I hate hardback books because they dont get that good and used look. I don't like my books to seem like they weren't touched and loved... or thrown across the room at horrible endings.Maggie Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797639937765011847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1263308152895310127.post-44093944993603766832009-12-16T19:48:40.217-08:002009-12-16T19:48:40.217-08:00I like this a lot.
I like it even more that you me...I like this a lot.<br />I like it even more that you mentioned the smell, because that's a huge plus about books.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216150449029183551noreply@blogger.com