Newsgroups: rec.arts.mystery
From: "Joan in GB-W" <jjkr...@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:09:46 -0500
Local: Fri, May 16 2008 5:09 am
Subject: Re: PING: JohnP
>>>>Hi JohnP There is also an excellent article in that Playboy (Zero-Narrative Nation by >>>>I would imagine this has been called to your attention before now . . . >>>>While reading The Playboy Advisor this morning (PLAYBOY April 2008) I >>>>In their reply Playboy lists several good reasons why knowing the >>>>Sounds familiar? >>>>Joan >>> Wow. I always wanted to be in Playboy. I think. >>> Now I have an excuse to buy a copy, and my wife can't get mad when I >>> Thanks for letting me know. >>> I wonder if April's is still on the stands? It's now May. Usually they >>> John P >>Let me know if you can't find a copy. I can always send you ours. >>Joan > I have a friend who gets it, I'll ask him. And Beeg just emailed a > John P Susan Jacoby) that speaks to the decline in both children and adults reading books. We are becoming a nation of sound bites, starting with plopping our preschoolers, actually toddlers, in front of the TV at an extremely early age. Many adults get their news from their computers . . . sound bites actually. Here is a sentence from the article: "According to a 2007 report by the national Endowment for the Arts, 40 percent of adults from the ages of 25 to 44 and nearly half of Americans from the ages of 18 to 24 never--I repeat, never--read books for pleasure." Wow! RAMmers are way above that average, but then most RAMmers are older than 44 . . . . ?? Joan You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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