"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, 'Morning, boys[, h]ow's the water?'"
-- This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life by David Foster Wallace.
When the senior partner at your law firm hands you a little book and tells you that you should read it, the only response is to smile and say, "Oh, yes. Certainly. How lovely."
Does this mean I don't have to read Infinite Jest?
BOOK BLOG HOP
I will be hopping around today because we settled a big child sex abuse case last night (after a long, long day of mediation) and I am celebrating.
The BBH question this week is whether you listen to music when you read and, if so, what songs?
I can't listen to any music with words while I read. I can have music without words playing -- in our house, this means classic, Mid-Century jazz like Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, or Dexter Gordon -- but I don't hear it. I tune out everything when I read.
