tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post5469429349651474844..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: The Benefits of Reading -- A Primo Procrastination Tool!The Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-85087323162141325282011-02-16T09:29:06.903-05:002011-02-16T09:29:06.903-05:00That would explain my split personality. On the on...That would explain my split personality. On the one hand, she encouraged that dilettantism, while on the other she inculcated in us a whole load of Irish Catholic guilt.ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242190927997728930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-30887603329981474202011-02-15T11:20:30.083-05:002011-02-15T11:20:30.083-05:00Well, mine never mentioned that she had that rule ...Well, mine never mentioned that she had that rule until we were in our forties. Which caused us to nod sagely and say "This is how you end up with a lazy intellectual child."The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-26025654940670536412011-02-15T10:15:53.605-05:002011-02-15T10:15:53.605-05:00Your mom, too, eh? My mom didn't have that off...Your mom, too, eh? My mom didn't have that official rule, but we all noticed how she'd hesitate to assign a chore to anyone with their nose buried in a book. My non-reader sister used to complain when my mom would tell her to do something, because I was reading and not to be disturbed. (It was my form of revenge. Sis used to head for the bathroom every night after dinner, leaving me to do the dishes all by myself!)ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242190927997728930noreply@blogger.com