Word: readerly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...report documenting his investigation of steroid abuse in Major League Baseball, and within 24 hours a relatively small group of journalists produces 400,000 pages of newspaper stories, wire service copy and website reports. And just how do you think that gets done? Let me tell you, dear innocent reader, there's only so much coffee a laptop-toting journo can drink...
...Adam R. Gold’s Nov. 30 comment on the Amazon Kindle e-book reader (“Stick to Harcover”), he glosses over the biggest problem with the new gadget. All books that are bought through the Amazon store—which is, of course, the only practical way to read full books at all on the device—come crippled with DRM (Digital Rights Management Software). This is the same type of software that is included on most tracks purchased through the iTunes Music Store. This is “copy protection?...
...know as soon as I start to talk about fencing the average reader will put down the paper saying, “fencing’s not a real sport” or “why would I care about fencing...
...words about it. And you could read them all. But unless you had a bite (with coffee) you would never know how good it is. You wouldn't know it like I do. I've never been on ketamine, so I know it only as well as a reader would know my wife's cake - secondhand. I wondered how could I warn Sasha about this drug. Without firsthand experience, could I still reason effectively with him about it? I wondered if there was anyone who could, who could say something like "Look here, son, when I was in fourth grade...
...worry that you, dear reader, might be anxious at this juncture in my narrative. Did I ever find my inner nature lover, and/or manage to assimilate successfully into the Harvard community? Well, no...but hey, assimilation—and fleece—are overrated...