Justin Lloyd's Thinkering

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Reading

I made it a goal in 1985 to read one book a week.

Generally I have managed to stick to that goal for the most part.

Some years I couldn't get as much reading done as I wanted to.

My GoodReads list shows that I have a smidgen under 3,500 books that I have read.

And there are at least 300 books on my GoodReads list I have yet to tackle.

So much to read. So slow a reader.

Due to dyslexia I am not a particularly fast reader.

I plod through books at a pedestrian pace. I am jealous of people who can read quickly and I have no clue how people are able to speed read and retain all that information.

It's only dogged persistence that lets me get through a book some days.

Read – Democracy in America

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Today I finished reading “Democracy in America ” by Alexis de Tocqueville

I figure if I am intending to work in America or Japan, I should at least study how each country’s respective government works and how the people are governed.

There may be a test on it later.

Update
So it’s August 19th, 1998, and I can conclusively say that I have not met one single person in all of my travels throughout the US who has ever read this book.

I am flabbergasted that the population of the United States does not understand how their government works or that there are more than two parties.

I am just stunned.

These are educated people.

And they just don’t seem to care!

Read – Learning C: Programming Graphics on the Amiga and Atari ST

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Today I finished reading “Learning C: Programming Graphics on the Amiga and Atari ST” by Compute! Publications Staff

I do not need to learn to program in C.

I do need to learn the graphics systems of my brand new Atari ST and the Amiga that will be on my desk by the end of this year.

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