Comments on: Hiding From the World In Plain Sight http://tannish.net/2005/05/18/hiding-from-the-world-in-plain-sight/ Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These Sat, 19 May 2012 14:35:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: leucanthemum b http://tannish.net/2005/05/18/hiding-from-the-world-in-plain-sight/#comment-26 leucanthemum b Thu, 19 May 2005 18:11:00 +0000 http://tannish.net/2005/05/18/hiding-from-the-world-in-plain-sight/#comment-26 Sorry. That second link was supposed to be <a HREF="http://www.gluetrain.com/#manifesto" rel="nofollow">this</A>. Sorry. That second link was supposed to be this.

]]> By: leucanthemum b http://tannish.net/2005/05/18/hiding-from-the-world-in-plain-sight/#comment-25 leucanthemum b Thu, 19 May 2005 18:09:00 +0000 http://tannish.net/2005/05/18/hiding-from-the-world-in-plain-sight/#comment-25 Okay, you freak! reading in public is shameful and embarrassing... and a helluva lot more fun than just staring at the walls or the traffic. :-) Have you tried using your fork as a bookmark? I find that using the tines to hold the pages open works wonders (two outside tines behind the pages, the two center ones in front of the pages you're reading -- but you can probably work our your own logistics). That way, you can set the book on the table, continue reading, and not worry about the pages flipping shut on you. You still have to be careful about ketchup getting all over things, but it frees your hands up a little better. Besides, what else is that silly piece of metal good for? Surely not lifting food from the plate to the mouth... isn't that why God gave us fingers? ;-) BTW -- I'm too cheap to buy the book you mentioned, so I started <a HREF="http://www.cluetrain.com/book/index.html" rel="nofollow">surfing it online</A>. It has potential. Especially after suffering at the hands of a couple of notoriously stupid dinosaur corporations. Of course, a fairly good<a HREF="http://www.cluetrain.com/book/95-theses.html" rel="nofollow"> parody of the 95 theses</A> exists, as well. Okay, you freak! reading in public is shameful and embarrassing… and a helluva lot more fun than just staring at the walls or the traffic. :-)
Have you tried using your fork as a bookmark? I find that using the tines to hold the pages open works wonders (two outside tines behind the pages, the two center ones in front of the pages you’re reading — but you can probably work our your own logistics). That way, you can set the book on the table, continue reading, and not worry about the pages flipping shut on you. You still have to be careful about ketchup getting all over things, but it frees your hands up a little better.

Besides, what else is that silly piece of metal good for? Surely not lifting food from the plate to the mouth… isn’t that why God gave us fingers? ;-)

BTW — I’m too cheap to buy the book you mentioned, so I started surfing it online. It has potential. Especially after suffering at the hands of a couple of notoriously stupid dinosaur corporations.

Of course, a fairly good parody of the 95 theses exists, as well.

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