tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post4889049594273334800..comments2024-01-31T23:35:23.799-05:00Comments on try harder: Reading and Eating are Perfect TogetherCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-6027476081926796792007-09-14T16:22:00.000-04:002007-09-14T16:22:00.000-04:00I agree, mostly -- except -- it's so hard to keep ...I agree, mostly -- except -- it's so hard to keep books open with one hand! Therefore, I prefer to read magazines with meals, and save books for tea and jellybeans.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039488548874385815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-8538930675860825322007-09-13T17:57:00.000-04:002007-09-13T17:57:00.000-04:00...maybe he was angry because the messy kid who me......maybe he was angry because the messy kid who messed up the book didn't add anything tasty...perhaps the work was holding out for bacon bits, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-52220279536613576142007-09-13T15:15:00.000-04:002007-09-13T15:15:00.000-04:00don't bookworms eat books? i know i'd prefer my Ba...don't bookworms eat books? i know i'd prefer my Baroque Cycle with bacon bits anyday...Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-85341157349741140022007-09-13T14:48:00.000-04:002007-09-13T14:48:00.000-04:00When I was a kid, I signed out a library book abou...When I was a kid, I signed out a library book about a bookworm, who was all offended because his book was returned to the library by a lender who ate grape jelly and fries and drank coffee and used messy ink...each page was illustrated as though soiled by one of these substances...and so, years later when I got a job in a bookstore, and shortly after that, the wave of café-bookstore combos swept the nations (Cda & USA), I was horrified...horrified! and simply couldn't shake the thought of a little angry bookworm, all bent out of shape over the wreck someone had made of his book...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com