Mentalfloss1

Mentalfloss1 t1_j9ywl67 wrote

Reply to Give me beginner albums recommendations by IAM0LLIE

Beatles: Sergeant Pepper

Dylan: Best of albums

Joni Mitchell: Blue &/or Miles of Aisles

Prince: Purple Rain

Springsteen: Born to Run

Allman Brothers Band: Live at Fillmore East

Quicksilver Messenger Service: Happy Trails (maybe a bit obscure)

Linda Ronstadt: Greatest Hits 1 & 2

Rolling Stones: Forty Licks (but hard to get but Sticky Fingers and best of albums will do)

Dolly, Emmylou, & Linda: Trio II

Leonard Cohen: Live in London (Also a great DVD)

Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Also a great live DVD, my favorite concert album)

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Mentalfloss1 t1_j9pelxn wrote

Reply to Research suggests that school-based physical activity intervention, by way of increasing physical exercise classes to daily during school, is successful in reducing childhood obesity. Scientists found that obesity was reversed after 3 years. by Wagamaga

There were zero overweight kids in my neighborhood in the 1950s. There were around 30 of us. We played outdoors nearly every day. In my classes at school there was one overweight boy.

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Mentalfloss1 t1_j6b43gd wrote

Reply to Have you ever felt this when reading a book? by RVG990104

Back when Gravity's Rainbow was first published I had a loose connection with some "intellectuals". Now one of these guys was indeed extremely intelligent but the others struck me as pretenders. They went on and on about how wonderful the book was but there were never any specifics, no questions, no real discussion. Just praise.

So I got a copy and, like you, it started well but soon became what I call bad writing. If I need to slog then I'm done. I did that with some required texts but life, to me, is too short to slog.

I've heard people have that same complaint about Beloved, by Morrison. But that book made good sense to me even though I read it twice in a row to really clarify it.

So, my lame conclusion is that we all read and understand differently. Good luck with the book!!

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