{"id":383,"date":"2009-03-26T02:57:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T02:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2009-03-26T02:57:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T02:57:32","slug":"reading-readingjust-keep-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/reading-readingjust-keep-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading&#8230; reading&#8230;just keep reading&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0525474846\/ampedesistud-20\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Art of Reading\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0525474846.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Art of Reading\" hspace=\"8\" width=\"191\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been grappling with a cold or the flu or a just plain nasty combination of the two.  What it means, other than feeling like I got run over by a especially large convoy of sixteen wheelers, and as if I ran at least 10 consecutive marathons, is that my brain doesn&#8217;t run on all thrusters.  In other words, since my life doesn&#8217;t make any sense anymore and I can&#8217;t seem to wrap my mind around the simplest tasks of living; like cooking, cleaning, or doing the wash; let alone trying to proofread or copyedit (without 30 gallons of coffee per item), I read.<\/p>\n<p>I dip into someone else&#8217;s life and universe and just enjoy their adventure.  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